Part 48

’So he will say, ‘Yes, my Lord’ - until he has confessed his sins and will think that he is ruined. (Allaah) will say, '1 screened your sins in the world, and I forgive you for them today.'So he will be given the book of his good deeds. As for the unbelievers and the hypocrites, then they will be exposed in front of the people and it will be said, 'These are the ones who lied against their Lord, indeed the Curse of Allaah is upon the transgressors.'" [Reported by alBukhaaree (Eng. transl. 3/372/no. 621) and Muslim (Eng. trans!. 4/1444/no. 6669)]. It is authentically reported from the Prophet that he said, "Whoever intends to do a good deed and does it, then A llaah writes it down for him as ten good deeds, or up to seven hundred good deeds, or many more; and whoever intends to do an evil deed, and did it, then Allaah will write it for him as a single evil deed." [Reported by al-Bukhaaree (Eng. trans. 8/329/ no. 498) and Muslim (Eng. trans. 1/75/no. 233 -237)]. Furthermore there is consensus of the Muslims upon affirmation of the Reckoning and accounting of the deeds. This is also what is necessitated by wisdom since Allaah, the Most High, sent down the Revealed Books, sent the messengers, and obligated the people to accept what the messengers brought and to act upon what was obligatory from it. He also obliged him, and He made their blood lawful (to be shed), and their offspring and women and wealth (to be taken). So if there was to be no reckoning and no reward or retribution - then all of this would be in vain and futile, and the Lord Who is All-Wise is free from that. This is indicated by Allaah, the Most High, in His Saying, "We shall certainly question those peoples to whom My messengers were sent - did they act obediently as commanded, doing what I ordered them and withholding from what I forbade them? And We shall certainly question the messengers as to whether they conveyed what they were commanded to. And We shall certainly narrate to the messengers and to those whom they were sent to whatever they did in the world - with certain knowledge. We were not absent from them and unaware of their deeds." [surah al-A'raaf (7):6-7] (3) Eemaan in the Paradise and Hell-Fire, and that they are the final and everlasting place of return for the creation. So Paradise (al-Jannah) is the place of bliss which Allaah, the Most High, has prepared for the pious and obedient Believers -those who truly believed in whatever Allaah obligated them to believe in, those who were obedient to Allaah and His Messenger, and who sincerely worshipped Allaah alone and followed His Messenger. Paradise contains all types of delights and bounties, "That which no eye has seen, nor any ear has heard, nor has ever been imagined by a human heart." [Reported by al-Bukhaaree (Eng. transl. 4/ 306/no. 467) and Muslim (Eng. transl. 1/122/no. 363)]. Allaah, the Most High, says, "Those who truly believe in Allaah and His Messenger and worship Allaah alone, making their worship purely and sincerely for Him - establishing the Prayer, giving the zakaat, and obeying Allaah concerning what He has ordered and forbidden, then they are the best of creation. Their reward is with their Lord on the Day of Resurrection: everlasting gardens with rivers flowing beneath the trees within them. They will live and remain therein forever and will not die. Allaah is pleased with them for their obedience to Him in the worldly life and they are pleased with Him and the reward He will give them on that Day. That is for those who fear Allaah, openly and secretly, in the world - and therefore do what He commands them and avoid committing sins." [surah al-Bayyinah (98):7-8] "So no soul knows what delights of the eye Allaah has kept hidden as reward for them for what they used to do." [surah as-Sajdah (32): 17] As for the Hell-Fire, then it is the place of punishment which Allaah, the Most High, has prepared for the unbelievers, for the transgressors who disbelieved in Him and disobeyed His messengers. It contains such punishments and tortures as cannot be imagined. Allaah, the Most High, says, "And beware of the Fire which Allaah has made ready for those who disbelieve in Him," [surah Aal-'Imraan (3):131] "We have prepared for the unbelievers a Fire whose walls surround them; and if they call out for relief from their raging thirst they will be given a liquid that is black, foul-smelling, viscid and unbearably hot, it will scorch away their faces. What an evil drink, and what an evil resting place." [surah al-Kahf (18):29] "Allaah has cursed the unbelievers and prepared a blazing Fire for them in the Hereafter. They will remain in the Fire forever and will not have anyone to save or rescue them. On the Day when they are dragged upon their faces in the Fire they will say: oh would that we had obeyed Allaah and obeyed His Messenger." [surah al-Ahzaab (33):64-66] Connected to eemaan in the Last Day is eemaan in everything that will occur after death, such as: (a) The trial in the grave. This is that the deceased will be questioned in the grave by the angels.