The Rising and the Hereafter
Allâhu ta’âlâ pities all the people on the earth, and sends them the useful things He creates. He has taught the entire humanity how they should act and behave so that they may lead a life of comfort and peace in the world and in the Hereafter. Choosing some of the people whose deserved destination in the Hereafter is Hell, He will magnanimously forgive them and bless them with Paradise....
Allâhu ta’âlâ pities all the people on the earth, and sends them the useful things He creates. He has taught the entire humanity how they should act and behave so that they may lead a life of comfort and peace in the world and in the Hereafter. Choosing some of the people whose deserved destination in the Hereafter is Hell, He will magnanimously forgive them and bless them with Paradise....
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knowhowsinfulIam.Takesomeofmysinsuponyourselfsothat<br />
I may have fewer sins to account for! Give me <strong>the</strong> reward <strong>and</strong><br />
thawâbforoneofyourgooddeedstohelp<strong>the</strong>scaleofmygood<br />
deeds to weigh heavier.” His son runs away from him, saying:<br />
“ThatonethawâbissomethingwhichIneedmorethanyoudo.”<br />
Similar conversations take place between sons <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
mo<strong>the</strong>rs, <strong>and</strong> between husb<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> wives. Siblings treat one<br />
ano<strong>the</strong>r likewise. This state is stated in <strong>the</strong> Qur’ân al-kerîm by<br />
Hadrat Allâhu ta’âlâ, as is purported in <strong>the</strong> thirty-fourth <strong>and</strong><br />
thirty-fifthâyatsof’AbasaSûra:“That Day shall a man flee from<br />
his own bro<strong>the</strong>r,”“<strong>and</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r from her children.”<br />
It is stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf: “On <strong>the</strong> day of Judgment,<br />
people will be assembled, naked as <strong>the</strong>y are.”Whenourmo<strong>the</strong>r<br />
’Âisha-i-Siddîqa‘radiy-Allâhu’anhâ’heardthat,sheasked:“And<br />
some people will not look at o<strong>the</strong>rs?” <strong>The</strong>reupon our blessed<br />
master,<strong>the</strong>Prophet‘sall-Allâhuta’âlâ’alaihiwasallam’,recited<br />
<strong>the</strong> thirty-seventh âyat-i-kerîma of ’Abasa Sûra, which purports:<br />
“Each one of <strong>the</strong>m, that Day, will have enough concern (of his<br />
own) to make him indifferent to <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs.”WhatourProphet<br />
‘sall-Allâhu’alaihiwasallam’meantbythishadîth-i-sherîfis<strong>the</strong><br />
factthat<strong>the</strong>vehemence<strong>and</strong><strong>the</strong>severityof<strong>the</strong>dayofJudgment<br />
willpreventpeoplefromlookingatoneano<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
ThatDaypeopleassembleataplace.Ablackcloudcomes<strong>and</strong><br />
hoversover<strong>the</strong>m,showeringunto<strong>the</strong>m<strong>the</strong>irdeedbooks,which<br />
are called ‘Suhûf-i-munashshara’. <strong>The</strong> deeds of Believers have<br />
beenwrittenonscrollslikerose-petals,whereasunbelievers’deeds<br />
lookasif<strong>the</strong>yhavebeenwrittenoncedarleaves.<br />
<strong>The</strong>scrollsdescend,flying.Everyone’sscrollsapproach<strong>the</strong>m<br />
ei<strong>the</strong>rfrom<strong>the</strong>irright-h<strong>and</strong>sideorfrom<strong>the</strong>irleft,astowhich<strong>the</strong>y<br />
have no option. As a matter of fact, Jenâb-i-Haqq declares: “...<br />
(On <strong>the</strong> Day of Judgment) We, <strong>the</strong> ’Azîm-ush-shân, shall bring<br />
out for man a scroll, which he will see spread open.”<br />
Accordingtosomescholars,<strong>the</strong>KawtharPondwillbebrought<br />
after<strong>the</strong>Sirâtispassed.Thatiswrongbecause,onceapersonhas<br />
passed<strong>the</strong>Sirâthewillnotcomebackto<strong>the</strong>Pond.<br />
Seventy thous<strong>and</strong> people, [i.e. very many of <strong>the</strong>m,] enter<br />
Paradisewithoutbeingsubjectedto<strong>the</strong>troublesomeaccounting.<br />
Nor are balances set for <strong>the</strong>m. And <strong>the</strong>y do not receive <strong>the</strong> socalled<br />
scrolls, ei<strong>the</strong>r. However, <strong>the</strong>y receive scrolls with<br />
inscriptions that say: “Lâ ilâha il-l-Allah, Muhammadun<br />
rasûlullah. This is to certify that so-<strong>and</strong>-so, who is <strong>the</strong> son of so-<br />
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