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as well, but through a different chain.

Ibn AbeeAd-Dunyaa related that Ibn Al-Mubaarak wrote verses of

poetry about the matters mentioned in the hadith:

The scrolls flew into hands outstretched,

In them are secrets and eyes are examining,

How come you to be negligent when the matter is coming to pass, Imminent, shortly, yet you do not know what will happen:

Will it be in Paradise and light, which is never interrupted,

Or in the Hellfire, which leaves alone nothing and allows nothing to remain,

Plunging its dwellers on occasion then lifting them,

When they wish for exit from its depths, they are restrained, Interminable is their crying, but no mercy for their pleading, Neither gentleness nor worry will avail them in the least, Then let knowledge benefit its practitioner before death,

For a people have asked to be returned after it, but they have not returned.”

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bed tye on OF ES “O man! Verily, you are returning toward your Lord ~ with your deeds and actions (good or bad), — a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did), Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand. He surely will receive an easy reckoning, and will return to his family with joy! But whosoever is given his Record behind his back, he will invoke (for his) destruction, and he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning. Verily, he was among his people in joy! Verily, he

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thought he would never come back (to Us)! Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!)

Whoever’s Taking Of Account Is Discussed, Is Destroyed

‘Aishah 4 related that the Messenger of Allah 2& said, “There is no one who is taken to account on the Day of Resurrection except that he is destroyed.” ‘Aishah said, “O Messenger of Allah, did not Allah 4€ say: oe yd cece epee 2 be “Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand, He surely will receive an easy reckoning’

The Messenger of Allah 2% said, “That is in the presentation, but anyone who is debated regarding his reckoning on the Day of Resurrection will be punished.” (Bukhaaree)

Meaning, if Allah #¢ discusses a slave's reckoning with him, He # will punish him, but He 9 is not wronging him in the least, And at the same time, Allah # may pardon, forgive, and cover the faults of His slave in the world and in the Hereafter. This is indicated in the hadith of Tbn “Umar 4s: “Allah will bring a slave near on the Day of Resurrection until He 3% will place His cover over him. Then He ## will make him acknowledge his sins, until he thinks he is indeed destroyed, and then Allah 38 will say, ‘I covered them for you in the world, and I forgive them for you today.”

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“And O you Mujrimoon (criminals, polytheists, sinners, disbelievers in the Islamic Monotheism, wicked evil ones)! Get you apart this Day (from the believers).”"!

And Allah a said:

Bacee Oe AEE ts ACOA CoA ART ICES “Then We shall say to those who did set partners in worship with Us: “Stop at your place! You and your partners (whom you had worshipped in the worldly life).”” Then We shall separate them’) BcoBswgge ay wary

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“And you will see each nation humbled to their knees (kneeling): each nation will be called to its Record (of deeds). This day you shall be recompensed for what you used to do,"

And Allah 3¢ said:

6 rhe ype oe Mk “And the Book (one’s Record) will be placed (in the right hand for a believer in the Oneness of Allah %, and in the left hand for a disbeliever in the Oneness of Allah #8) and you will see Mujrimoon (criminals, polytheism, sinners), fearful of that which is (recorded) therein. They will say: “Woe to us! What sort of Book is this that leaves neither a small thing nor a big thing, but has recorded it with numbers!” And they will find all that they did, placed before them, and your Lord treats no one with injustice’!

The creation will be standing for the Lord of all that exists, standing before Him. Sweat will overwhelm most of them, and people, in accordance with their deeds, will be submissive and quiet; no one will talk except by the permission of Allah. And on that Day, none will talk except for the Messengers, and the Messengers will be around their Nations, The Book of Deeds comprises of the deeds of the first ones and the last ones, leaving off no great or small deed but rather mentioning them all. The angels write down those deeds that are acted out by the created beings, in times of old as well as in present times, Allah 4 said:

“On that Day man will be informed of what he sent forward (of his evil, good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil tradition).’")

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“And We have fastened every man's deeds to his neck, and on the

Day of Resurrection, We shall bring out for him a book which he

will find wide open. (It will be said to him): “Read your book, You

yourself are sufficient as a reckoner against you this Day." Al-Basree said, “He has been just to you, O son of Adam, Who has made you your own taker of accounts.” As we discussed earlier, the Balance is erected to weigh good and evil deeds. The Siraat (path) is erected over the Hellfire, and the angels will be surrounding the children of Adam and the jinn. The Hellfire will have appeared and the Abode of Bliss will have drawn near. The Lord #% will come out to issue judgment between His slaves, and the earth will shine with the light of its Lord. The scrolls will be read. And the angels will bear witness over the children of Adam, testifying as to what they did. And the earth will bear witness for what occurred on its surface. Whosoever confesses from them... otherwise their mouths will be sealed. A person’s limbs will be the ones who will speak, informing of what they did in terms of deeds during the day or during the night. Allah % said:

“That Day it will declare its information (about all that ci ened over it of good or evil). Because your Lord will inspire it."

And Allah 8 said:

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“On the Day when their tongues, their hands, and their legs (or feet) will bear witness against them as to what they used to do. On that Day Allah will pay them the recompense of their deeds in full, and they will know that Allah 8%, He is the Manifest Truth,”

Ash sees A Pee 8 AE ge tI ey Ke ales ES CK; eel ae il Leratl GEE aytel fe CS AS SS 0 SKS BE Bias YEA eS Go ake Se “This day We shall seal up their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their legs will bear witness to what they used to earn, {It

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