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earthly accountants, who require other people's help in some matters of account which they do not understand for
want of knowledge of that particular department they are dealing with. Allah's knowledge is perfect, and therefore His
justice will be perfect also; for He will not fail to take into account all the most intangible things that determine conduct
and character. See last note. There is no contradiction between this and xviii. 104-105, where it is said that men of
vain works, i.e., shallow hypocritical deeds, will have no weight attached to their deeds, In fact the two correspond.
(21.47)
25:17 - The Day He will gather them together as well as those whom they worship besides Allah He
will ask: "Was it ye who led these my servants astray or did they stray from the Path
themselves?" 3072
3072 The question is as in a Court of Justice, to convince those who stand arraigned. (25.17)
44:40 - Verily the Day of Sorting Out is the time appointed for all of them 4718
4718 Day of Sorting Out, or the Day of Decision. Cf. xxxvii. 21, and n. 4047. Ignorance, prejudice, passion, spite, and
selfishness, seem sometimes to flourish in this probationary life. In any case they are mixed up with knowledge,
justice, commonsense, love and regard for others. But the good and the evil will be sorted out and separated at the
Day of Judgment. There is a time appointed for it. In Allah's good time all will come right. (44.40)
51:6 - And verily Judgment and Justice must indeed come to pass. 4992
4992 Din=the giving to each person his precise and just due; this is implied in Judgment and Justice. All the inequalities of
this Life are to be redressed. (51.6)
77:11 - And when the apostles are (all) appointed a time (to collect) 5868
5868 The Resurrection will be established. In the world which will then have passed away, inspired Prophets had been sent
in succession at different times to all nations. Now they will be gathered together in one place before the Judgmentseat
to bear witness as to the righteous or the evil ones within their respective spheres of work. Cf. xxxix. 69. (77.11)
39:69 - And the Earth will shine with the glory of its Lord: the Record (of Deeds) will be placed
(open); the prophets and the witnesses will be brought forward: and a just decision
pronounced between them; and they will not be wronged (in the least). 43444345
4344 It will be a new Earth. All traces of injustice or inequality, darkness or evil, will have gone. There will be the one
universal Light, the Glory of Allah, which will now illuminate all. Falsehood, pretence, and illusion will have
disappeared. Everything will be seen in its true light. (39.69)
4345 It is in such a scene of Reality that Judgment will be held. Before the Throne of Allah, the book of each man's deeds
and motives will be placed wide open, which all may see; the Prophets and Preachers of Truth and the martyrs who
gave their lives or made their real sacrifices in the cause of Truth, will be in the Court, to give evidence; and the
decision pronounced will be absolutely just, for the Judge will not only be just, but He will know every fact and
circumstance, and His wisdom will give due weight to everything, great or small. (39.69)
69:17 - And the angels will be on its sides and eight will that Day bear the Throne of thy Lord above
them. 56505651
5650 The whole picture is painted in graphic poetical images, to indicate that which cannot be adequately described in
words, and which indeed OUT human faculties with their present limited powers are not ready to comprehend. The
angels will be on all sides, arrayed in ranks upon ranks, and the Throne of the Lord on high will be borne by eight
angels (or eight rows of angels). That will be the Day when Justice will be fully established and man be mustered to
his Lord for reckoning. (69.17)
5651 The number eight has perhaps no special significance, unless it be with reference to the shape of the Throne or the
number of the angels. The Oriental Throne is often octagonal, and its bearers would be one at each corner. (69.17)
52:7 - Verily the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass
53:57 - The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh:
54:6 - Therefore (O Prophet) turn away from them. The day that the Caller will call (them) to
a terrible affair. 51325133
5132 For a time godlessness seems to triumph, but the triumph is short-lived, And in any case there is the great Reckoning
of the Day of Judgment. (54.6)
5133 The angel whose voice will call at the Resurrection and direct all souls. Cf. xx. 108-111. (54.6)
56:1 - When the event inevitable cometh to pass. 5222
5222 The Event Inevitable is the Hour of Judgment. People may doubt now whether it will come. But when it comes, as it
will come, suddenly upon them, it will come with such tremendous reality that it will be burnt deep into the experience
of every soul. No one can then be deceived or entertain false notions about it. (56.1)
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