The Day of Judgment
Forward By : http://www.shariqkhan.page.tl
Our present life is only a trial preparation for the next
realm of existence. This life is a test for each one of us, so we should all
get prepared for the hereafter life.
On the Day of Judgment, this world we're living in will come to an end and, the
dead will be resurrected for judgment by God.
This day will be the beginning of a life that will never end. It's the day when
all people will be rewarded by God according to their beliefs and deeds. Those
who die as believers, (believing that There is no true god but Allah, and
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah) and are Muslim will be rewarded on that
day and will be admitted to Paradise forever, as Allah says:
"And those who believe and do good deeds, they are dwellers of Paradise, they
dwell therein forever."
(Qur'an, 2:82)
Whereas those who die while not believing that There is no true god but Allah,
and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah or are not Muslim will lose Paradise
forever and will be sent to Hellfire, as God says:
"And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from
him and he will be one of the losers in the Hereafter."
(Qur'an, 3:85)
Allah also says:
"Those who have disbelieved and died in disbelief, the earth full of gold would
not be accepted from any of them if it were offered as a ransom. They will have
a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers."
(Qur'an, 3:91)
After having sent the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to call people to Islam, Allah
does not accept adherence to any religion other than Islam. Allah is our only
Creator and Sustainer.
Allah created for us whatever is on the earth. All the blessings and good
things we have are from Him. So after all this, when someone rejects belief in
Allah, His Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), or His religion of Islam, it is just that
he or she be punished in the Hereafter. Actually, the main reason after which
we were brought to life on earth is to worship Allah alone and obey Him.
This life we live today is a very short life, and will come to an end at one
day nobody knows but Allah. The unbelievers on the Day of Judgment will think
that the life they lived on earth was only a day or part of a day, as Allah has
says:
He (Allah) will say, How many years did you stay on the earth? They will say:
We stayed a day or part of a day....
(Qur'an, 23:112-113)
Allah also says:
"Did you then think that We had created you in jest (without any purpose), and
that you would not be returned to Us (in the Hereafter)? So, God is exalted,
the True King. None has the right to be worshipped but Him... "
(Qur'an, 23:115-116)
The life in the Hereafter is the real life, the life that lasts forever. It is
not only spiritual, but physical as well. We will live there with our souls and
bodies.
In comparing this world with the Hereafter, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said:
(The value of this world compared to that of the Hereafter is like what your
finger brings from the sea when you put it in and then take it out.)
The meaning is that, the value of this world compared to that of the Hereafter
is like a few drops of water compared to the sea. Thus we should all get
prepared for that day, compete in having Hasanat (good deed), for at the Day of
Judgment no one, not even your mom, will be able to rescue you from Hell if
your deeds were bad. As Allah says:
And Upon that Day, the wrongdoer shall bite at his hands and say: "Would that I
had taken a Path with the Messenger".
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