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6124 Our attention is now called to the Day of Reckoning. Whether we failed to respect the rights of the helpless here or
actually suppressed those rights in our mad love for the good things of this life, we shall have to answer in the realm
of Reality. This solid earth, which we imagine to be so real, will crumble to powder like dust before the real Presence,
manifested in glory. (89.21)
6125 The Retribution will at last come, and we shall realise it in our inmost being, all the illusions of this fleeting world
having been swept away. Then we shall remember, and wish, too late, that we had repented. Why not repent now?
Why not bring forth the fruits of repentance now, as a preparation for the Hereafter? (89.23)
89;24 - He will say: "Ah! would that I had sent forth (Good Deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life."
89:25- For that Day His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict 6126
89:26 - And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
89:27 - (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul in (complete) rest and satisfaction! 6127
89:28 - "Come back thou to thy Lord well pleased (thyself) and well-pleasing unto Him! 6128
89:29 - "Enter thou then among my Devotees!
89:30 - "Yea enter thou my Heaven"! 6129
6126 "Chastisement" in this verse and the "binding in bonds" in the next verse are two distinct phases of the Penalty.
"Chastisement" involves pain and agony, such as cannot be imagined anywhere else, or from any other source, for it
touches our inmost soul and cannot be compared with anything our bodies may suffer or others may inflict. "Bonds"
imply confinement, want of freedom, the closing of a door which was once open but which we deliberately passed by.
We see that others accepted in faith and entered that door. This shutting out of what might have been is worse than
any other bonds or confinement we can imagine, and may be worse than actual chastisement. (89.25)
6127 The righteous enter into their inheritance and receive their welcome with a title that suggests freedom from all pain,
sorrow, doubt, struggle, disappointment, passion, and even further desire; at rest, in peace; in a state of complete
satisfaction. In Muslim theology, this stage of the soul is the final stage of bliss. The unregenerate human soul, that
seeks its satisfaction in the lower earthly desires, is the Ammara (xii. 53). The self-reproaching soul that feels
conscious of sin and resists it is the Lawwama (lxxv. 2, and n. 5810). (89.27)
6128 Note that Evil finds itself isolated, and cries out in lonely agony (verse 24), while Good receives a warm welcome from
the Lord of Goodness Himself,-also that it is the soul which enters heaven, and not the gross body which perishes.
(89.28)
6129 The climax of the whole is: "Enter My Heaven!" Men may have imagined all kinds of heaven before, and many types
are used in the sacred Word itself. But nothing can express the reality itself better than "My Heaven"-Allah's own
Heaven! May we reach it through Allah's grace! (89.30)
90:5 - Thinketh he that none hath power over him? 6134
6134 See the end of last note. If a man has wealth, influence, or power, he should not behave as if it is to last for ever, or as
if he has no responsibility for his acts and can do what he likes. All his gifts and advantages are given to him for trial.
Allah, Who bestowed them on him, can take them away, and will do so if man fails in his trial. (90.5)
95:5 - Then do We abase him (to be) the lowest of the low 6200
6200 This verse should be read with the next. If man rebels against Allah, and follows after evil, he will be abased to the
lowest possible position. For Judgment is sure. Those who use their faculties aright and follow Allah's Law will reach
the high and noble destiny intended for them. That reward will not be temporary, but unfailing. (95.5)
96:5 - Taught man that which he knew not. 6207
6207 Allah teaches us new knowledge at every given moment. Individuals learn more and more day by day; nations and
humanity at large learn fresh knowledge at every stage. This is even more noticeable and important in the spiritual
world. (96.5)
96:6 - Nay but man doth transgress all bounds 6208
6208 All our knowledge and capacities come as gifts from Allah. But man, in his inordinate vanity and insolence, mistakes
Allah's gifts for his own achievements. The gifts may be strength or beauty, wealth, position, or power, or the more
subtle gifts of knowledge or talents in individuals,-or Science, or Art, or Government, or Organisation for mankind in
general. (96.6)
100:6 - Truly Man is to his Lord ungrateful; 6246
6246 Man, i.e., unregenerate man, in contrast to those who receive guidance and wage unceasing war with Evil, is
ungrateful to his Lord and Cherisher, Him Who created him and sustains him, and sends His blessings and favours at
all times. The ingratitude may be shown by thoughts, words, and deeds,-by forgetting or denying Allah and His
goodness, by misusing His gifts, or by injustice to His creatures. (100.6)
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