Part 69

The sky will be rent asunder that day; Allaah's promise will be fulfilled." [surah al-Muzzammil (73): 17-18] This sentence indicates the necessity of eemaan in the Resurrection, which the Shaykh proves with two Aayaat. Also the Saying of Allaah, the Most High, "And Allaah created you from the dust of the earth, then He will cause you to return to being dust within the earth, then He will bring you forth and restore you to Iife" [151] [surah Nooh (71):17-18]. After the Resurrection the people will be brought to account and will be rewarded or punished for their actions. ___________________________________________________________ Meaning that (a) Aadam, 'alayhis-salaam, was created from dust of the earth; (b) Through your burial after death; (c) Through the Resurrection on the Day of Resurrection; and (d) This Aayah fully corresponds with the Saying of Allaah, the Most High, "From the earth We created you, O mankind, and to it We shall return you after death, and from it We shall raise you to life yet again" [surah Taa Haa (20):55] The Aayaat with this meaning are very many in number. So Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, has mentioned and repeated affirmation of the Resurrection to life so that the people should have eemaan in it, and so that their eemaan should increase, and that they should act for that tremendous Day, concerning which we ask Allaah, the free of all imperfections and the Most High, that He makes us from those who act for it, and who are successful in attaining salvation on it. The proof is the Saying of Allaah, the Most High, "That He may requite those who did evil and disobeyed Him, and punish them in the Fire for what they did; and that He may reward those who did good and were obedient to Him, with what is best (Paradise)" [surah an-Najm (53):3] [152] _________________________________________________________ Meaning that after the Resurrection the people will be brought to account and repaid for their actions - if they were good, then with good; and if evil, then with evil. Allaah, the Exalted and Most High, says, "So whoever does the weight of the tiniest red ant of good shall see the reward of it in the Hereafter; and whoever does evil of the weight of the tiniest red ant shall see its result in the Hereafter." [surah azZalzalah (99):7-8] "And Allaah will set up the Scales of Justice for the people on the Day of Resurrection, so no soul shall be treated unjustly in the least. Even the extent of a mustard-seed shall be brought by Us and recompensed; and Allaah is fully sufficient as a Reckoner." [surah alAmbiyaa (21):47] "Whoever meets his Lord on the Day of Resurrection having done a good deed shall have ten times its like in reward, and whoever meets his Lord having done an evil deed, then he will receive only the like of it in recompense, and none shall be treated unjustly by Allaah." [surah al-An'aam (6): 160] A good deed will be rewarded with between ten times its like, up to seven hundred times its like, or many more times - out of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic's, beneficence and from the bounty He bestows. He, the Majestic and Most High, has bestowed favour by granting that righteous action in the first place, and then has further favoured the person by granting him this huge reward. As for evil actions, then a person who commits a sin does not receive punishment greater than it. Allaah, the Most High, says, "And whoever meets his Lord having done an evil deed, then he will receive only the like of it in recompense, and none shall be treated unjustly by Allaah." [surah al-An'aam (6):160] So this is due to His perfect and complete beneficence and favour. Then the Shaykh mentions as proof for this the Saying of Allaah, the Most High, "That he may punish those who did evil for what they did." [surah an-Najm (53):31] He did not say that they would be requited with 'what is most evil', in the same way that He said with regard to the doers of good that they would be rewarded with what is best, "And that He should reward those who did good with what is best (Paradise)." [surah an-Najm (53):31] Furthermore, whoever denies the Resurrection is an unbeliever, and the proof is the Saying of Allaah, the Most High, "The unbelievers claim that Allaah will not resurrect them after death. Say to them, O Muhammad, 'By my Lord you will certainly be resurrected from you graves, and then you will be informed of the deeds which you did in the world. That is easy for Allaah'" [153] [surah at-Taghaabun (64):7].