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47:4 - But those who are slain in the way of Allah He will never let their deeds be lost.<br />

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4823 The Believers are tested in Faith by the extent to which they are willing to make sacrifices, even to the laying down of<br />

their lives; and the enemies are tested as to whether they would repent and let the righteous live in freedom and<br />

security. (47.4)<br />

78:40 - Verily We have warned you of a Penalty near the Day when man will see (the Deeds) which<br />

his hands have sent forth and the Unbeliever will say "Woe unto me! Would that I were (mere)<br />

dust!" 59145915<br />

5914 Is Judgment very near? Yes. There are three stages of Judgment. (1) Many of our sins and wrong-doings find their<br />

penalty in this very life. It may not be an open or striking event, but it corrodes the soul and conscience all the time.<br />

Let us therefore tum back to Allah in repentance and ask for forgiveness. (2) Where the Penalty is not actually<br />

perceived or is not visible in this life, Death is considered the Lesser Judgment for each individual soul: see n. 5822 to<br />

lxxv. 22. Death may come to anyone at any time, and we must all be ready for it. (3) Then there is the final Judgment,<br />

when the whole of the present order passes away, and there is a New World. Time as we know it will not exist. Fifty<br />

thousand years as we reckon now will be but as a Day: lxx. 4. According to those standards even this Final Judgment<br />

is quite near, and we must prepare for it. For it will be too late then for repentance. (78.40)<br />

5915 The Unbeliever, the Rejecter of Allah, will then find himself in a world of absolute Reality, in which there will be no<br />

place for him. He will neither live nor die: xx. 74. He will wish that he could be reduced to nothingness, but even that<br />

would not be possible. (78.40)<br />

81:14 - (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward. 5983<br />

5983 This is the conclusion. It is only on such conditions that the soul reaches its full realization. Put forward: cf. "the Deeds<br />

which his hands have sent forth" in lxxviii. 40. (81.14)<br />

100:7 - And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds); 6247<br />

6247 Man himself, by his conduct, proves the charge of treason against himself. (100.7)<br />

101:6 - Then he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy 6254<br />

6254 The Good Deeds will be weighed and appraised. This appraisement will be of the nicest and justest kind: for it will<br />

take into account motives, temptations, provocations, surrounding conditions, antecedents, subsequent amends, and<br />

all possible connected circumstances. Against them, presumably, will be deeds of the opposite kind, appraised in the<br />

same way. If the good predominates, the judgment will be in the man's favour, and he will be ushered into a life of<br />

good pleasure and satisfaction. This will of course be on another plane. (101.6)<br />

101:8 - But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light<br />

SEE:<br />

Fiqh-us-Sunnah<br />

Fiqh 4.86<br />

The Deeds that Benefit the Departed Souls and Proffering Reward for Good<br />

Deeds to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)<br />

Fiqh-us-Sunnah<br />

Fiqh 2.154<br />

The excellence of good deeds in the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah<br />

DEFAME:<br />

49:11 - O ye who believe! let not some men among you laugh at others: it may be that the (latter)<br />

are better than the (former): Nor let some women laugh at others: it may be that the (latter) are<br />

better than the (former): nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other nor call each other by<br />

(offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness (to be used of one) after<br />

he has believed: And those who do not desist are (Indeed) doing wrong. 49294930<br />

4929 Mutual ridicule ceases to be fun when there is arrogance or selfishness or malice behind it. We may laugh with<br />

people, to share in the happiness of life: we must never laugh at people in contempt or ridicule. In many things they<br />

may be better than ourselves! (49.11)<br />

4930 Defamation may consist in speaking ill of others by the spoken or written word, or in acting in such a way as to<br />

suggest a charge against some person whom we are not in a position to judge. A cutting, biting remark or taunt of<br />

sarcasm is included in the word lamaza. An offensive nickname may amount to defamation, but in any case there is<br />

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