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If you walk into a place and you see someone on a pulpit

That denotes that they probably have some level of authority in that place

Now in this life, there are those who judge with integrity

but they're not seeking any elevation or personal gain and

There are those who don't seek out positions of leadership

But it comes to them and when it does they act with a great sense of amount of responsibility

And then there are those that establish relationships with others

But they have no ulterior motives to seek some sort of access or high place here

Allah Azza wa Jarsahsahs till Qaddar al-Akhirah

Naj'aluha lilladheena la yuri duna alu wa nthil al-Ardi

wa lafasada

wa l-Aqibatud al-Muttakin

This is the ultimate abode being the hereafter

We reserve it for those who seek neither elevation, meaning through tyranny

Nor do they seek corruption on earth and the best end is for the people of takwa, the people of piety

And that's why Aisa Ali Saddam, jesus the son of Mary, was narrated to have said

Glad tidings to those that walk humbly on this earth

They are inheritors of pulpits on the day of judgement

There are levels of elevation on the day of judgement that denote some sort of distinction

While many are familiar with Manabir being the pulpits of light which we'll get to

There are other levels before that, so the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said

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