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Preparing For The Day Of Judgment

Fear Allah and not do anything that earns His displeasure. Allah protects those who fear Him and makes Paradise their abode.

The sun will come nearer to the earth and nobody will escape its scorching heat. On that Day, there will be no tree to provide shade, no water to give some relief, and no rock beside which to take rest. The land will be flat. The Day of Judgment will be equivalent to 50,000 worldly years.

The level of the people’s sweat will be measured by their deeds. The sweat will cover some up to their anklebones, some to their knees, some to their hips, and others to their mouths.

Amidst this suffering, there are some among the believers whom Allah will provide with shade on the Day when there will no shade except that provided by Him. There are seven categories of people whom Allah will provide with shade. These include a just leader (Imam), a youth who grows up in the worship of Allah, a person whose heart is attached to the mosques, two people who like each other for the sake of Allah, a man who, when called by a beautiful woman of high social standing (for immoral acts), says, “I fear Allah”, one who gives alms and does not disclose it to anyone, and the one who remembered Allah privately and tears flowed from his eyes.

The Prophet (peace be upon him)  said that deeds are driven by intention and that what a person gets depends upon his intention (niyyah). Allah commands a Muslim to do good deeds and keep away from committing sins and all that He has forbidden at all times. However, there is an emphasis on doing good deeds when a person becomes old especially when approaching the last days of life. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The deeds are judged by the final deeds.” Therefore, whoever Allah grants success to do good deeds in the final days or hours of his life, then Allah has written a good end for him.

Whoever Allah does not grant success and does an evil deed in his final hour Allah’s wrath will be brought against him. Allah has commanded Muslims to seek a good end.

Whoever succeeds in having a good end, will be happy in the Hereafter, but whoever does an evil deed in the last hours of life, is at a loss in this world and in the Hereafter.

Pious believers are always keen to do good deeds prior to the final hour and they also seek to have a good end. They have good faith in Allah but bad faith in themselves.

Whoever has sincere and good faith in Allah, follows the teachings and Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the guidance of the Prophet’s companions is successful in having a good end because good intentions and sincerity are conditions for deeds to be accepted by Allah.

Means of securing a good end are performing the five obligatory prayers in congregation with the Muslims. Other deeds include belief (Iman), being God-conscious in private and in public, obeying Allah and keeping away from all that He has forbidden, keeping away from major and minor sins, following the teachings of the Prophet (peace be upon him), following the path of the Muhajireen and Ansar, keeping away from being unjust to others, being kind toward others and refraining from innovations in religion (bida’).

Concept Of Hereafter

Many people wonder how a person with a scientific and logical temperament, can lend any credence to the belief in life after death. People assume that anyone believing in the hereafter is doing so on the basis of blind belief.

This concept has been given to mankind by God in his book “Qur’an Kareem” which has more than a thousand verses containing scientific facts.  Some have been discovered by science and others will be discovered as science advances.

The concept of peace, human values, and good or bad are useless without the concept of the hereafter. One thing or act can be bad in the eyes of a person but could be good or beneficial for another one.

Every human being wants justice: Does human law provide justice to all humankind?

The people who do injustice should be punished: Can we punish a murderer of 100 people as compared to a murderer of a single person?

This life is a test for the hereafter:  If it is not, then why few people are wealthy and enjoying the luxuries of life, and why few are poor and don’t even have enough food to eat?  Life is a test for both of them.

Final justice on the day of judgment.  No human law can provide 100% justice to all humankind.  There will be definitely a day of judgment for final justice. We all are in the examination hall and we will be given results on the day of judgment.

When it is dead sure that there will be a day of judgment and life after death, one should follow the religion instead of passing life in his own style.

All religions basically exhort mankind to be righteous and eschew evil. but Islam goes beyond that. It guides us toward practical ways of achieving righteousness and eliminating evil from our individual ad collective lives. Islam takes into account human nature and the complexities of human society. Islam is Guidance from the creator himself. Therefore, Islam is also called The “Deen-ul-Fitrah” (the natural religion).

According to Muslims the only true religion on earth is ISLAM. Everyone has their own choice to find out the truth but one must not decide anything just by seeing the followers only.  Rather one must study sacred scripture to find out the truth.  ISLAM is for the whole of mankind so whoever accepts it and follows it will get successful. Accepting is not enough till we follow it in true spirit.

We should hurry to ask Allah (SWT) for forgiveness and start following true religion before the end of our life. Life is too short(who knows tomorrow we will get up from sleep or not!).