9 Feb
Qur’an
Allah, the Exalted, says:
“Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is removed away from the Fire (Hell) and admitted to Jannah (Paradise), he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of deception (a deceiving thing).” (3:185)
“No person knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no person knows in what land he will die…” (31:34)
“…when their term (death) comes, neither can they delay nor can they advance it an hour (or a moment).” (16:61)
“Until, when death comes to one of them (polytheists), he says: ‘My Rabb! Send me back. So that I may do good in that which I left behind!’ No! It is but a word that he speaks; and behind them is Barzakh (a barrier) until the Day when they will be resurrected. Then, when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of one another. Then, those whose Scales (of good deeds) are heavy, they are the successful. And those whose Scales (of good deeds) are light, they are those who lose their own selves, in Hell will they abide. The Fire will burn their faces, and therein they will grin, with displaced (disfigured) lips. ‘Were not My Verses (the Qur’an) recited to you, and then you used to deny them?’ They will say: ‘Our Rabb! Our wretchedness overcame us, and we were an erring people. Our Rabb! Bring us out of this; if ever we return (to evil), then indeed we shall be Zalimun (polythiests, oppressors, unjust, wrongdoers, etc).’ He (Allah) will say: ‘Remain you in it with ignominy! And speak you not to Me!’ Verily! There was a party of My slaves, who used to say: ‘Our Rabb! We believe, so forgive us, and have mercy on us, for you are the Best of all who show mercy!’ ‘But you took them for a laughing stock, so much so that they made you forget My remembrance while you used to laugh at them! Verily! I have rewarded them this day for their patience, they are inded the ones that are successful.’ He (Allah) will say: ‘What number of years did you stay on the earth?’ They will say: ‘We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep account.’ He (Allah) will say: ‘You stayed not but a little, if you had only known! Did you think that We had created you in play (without any purpose), and that you would not be brought back to Us?'” (23:99-115)
