Contrary to popular belief, Judgment Day has not been
cancelled! It is a pre-determined event still to come in our future, no matter
how long we live. We have been warned of this event, so there is no excuse for
not being prepared when it comes to pass. There are no free passes into
Paradise and no escape routes out of Hell except by the Mercy of Allah, the
Creator. Judgment Day will be an intense examination of our individual lives
and the deeds that we have done. On that Day, regardless of how many groups we
have joined, the rank we have achieved and the regard in which others hold us,
we shall individually have to stand before our Creator and answer only for our deeds
in this life. We shall be unable to help anyone, and no one will be able to
help us. The only merits we will be able to claim shall be those we have earned
by our good deeds in this current life.
The good deeds of others, unless influenced by us, are not ours to claim
and lying will not be an option. We shall be appearing before the Most
Knowledgeable and Just Judge of all: our Creator. There will be no lawyers;
ignorance will not be an excuse, and there will be no postponements or
do-overs. This examination is for a total, final grade: Paradise or Hell. And
you will have to experience it on your own; with no helpers.
The Quran warns: “Hearken ye to your Lord, before there come
a Day
Which there will be no putting back because of
the ordainment of Allah.
That Day there
will be for you No place of refuge,
Nor will there be
for you any room for denial of your sins.”
(Quran: 42: 47)
So important to human life is The Day of Judgment, that the
Quran devotes every chapter of its teachings to this topic. It warns humanity
to live this current Life ever mindful of the upcoming “meeting with your Lord”
and to “fear the Fire whose fuel is Men and Stones – which is prepared for
those who reject Faith.” Allah, in His message (The Quran), calls Judgment Day the “Day of Sorting out” when the Evil and the
Good will be clearly separated and sent their respective ways. He also explains that, for some of us,
Judgment Day will be a Day of Great Happiness and for others (Evil doers and
disbelievers), a Day of surprise, humiliation and “a stunning punishment”. He
promises believers and righteous folk “gardens in nearness to their Lord, with
rivers flowing beneath”, whereas unbelievers and evil-doers are promised Hell
and the “agony of the Fire”. In His message (the Quran), Allah makes it
absolutely clear that the results of Judgment Day are indisputably in our hands
right now. What you do with your current life will definitely influence what
you get on Judgment Day.
In The Quran, Allah reveals the question that every one of
us should constantly ask ourselves:
“But
how will they fare when We gather them together
Against
a Day about which there is no doubt,
And
each soul will be paid out just what it has earned,
Without
favor or injustice?” (Quran 3: 25)
He also further clarifies the situation of the individual
sole on Judgment Day so that there can be no mistake as to what will be the issue
being judged.
“On the
Day when every soul will be confronted
With
all the Good it has done and all the Evil it has done,
It will
wish there were a great distance between it and its evil.
But
Allah cautions you to remember Himself,
And
Allah is full of kindness to those that serve Him.”
(Quran
3: 30)
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| You will be judged as an individual |
Many of us, today, have been misled into believing that
Judgment Day is going to be a trivial event and does not apply to us. Despite
the clear evidence of Death being an individualized matter continuously
happening every day, some of us continue to hold to the belief that Judgment is waived
for us because of someone else’s “sacrifice”. We continue to live as if we will
be on this earth forever or can prevent our deaths. We continue to live
careless lives; unwilling to make relevant changes to our behaviors now. Most
of us live unmindful of the upcoming Judgment of our individual lives and how
we appear to Our Creator daily. Most of us do not consider how our actions
stack up in the sight of our Lord or their influence on others. Every one of us
affects others, knowingly or unknowingly. Allah has sent the Quran to make us
conscious of our actions and their consequences, now and in the future. In His message (the Quran), Allah cautions
us:
“Lost
indeed are they who treat it as a falsehood
That
they must meet Allah –
Until,
on a sudden, the Hour is on them,
And
they say ‘Ah! Woe unto us that we took
No
thought of it;’
For
they bear their burdens on their backs,
And
evil indeed are the burdens that they bear.”
(Quran
6: 31)
The results are up to us. How does your life stack up for
Judgment?
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