This is why Allah said,
﴿حَتَّى إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ السَّاعَةُ
بَغْتَةً قَالُواْ يحَسْرَتَنَا عَلَى مَا فَرَّطْنَا فِيهَا﴾
(until all of a sudden, the Hour (signs of death) is upon them, and they say: "Alas
for us that we gave no thought to it.'') `It' here refers to either the life of
this world, or the affairs of the Hereafter. Allah's statement,
﴿وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ أَوْزَارَهُمْ
عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ أَلاَ سَآءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ﴾
(while they will bear their burdens on their backs; and evil indeed are the burdens
that they will bear!) Asbat said that As-Suddi said, "Upon entering his grave, every
unjust person will meet a man with an ugly face, dark skin, awful odor, wearing
dirty clothes, who will enter his grave with him. When the unjust person sees him,
he will say, `How ugly is your face!' He will reply, `So was your work, it was ugly.'
The unjust person will say, `How foul is the odor coming from you!' He will reply,
`Such was the case with your work, it stunk.' The unjust person will say, `How dirty
are your clothes!' He will reply, `And your work too was dirty.' The unjust person
will ask, `Who are you' He will reply, `I am your deeds.' So he will remain with
the unjust person in his grave, and when he is resurrected on the Day of Resurrection,
his companion will say to him, `In the life of the world, I used to carry you because
you followed desire and lust. Today, you carry me.' So he will ride on the unjust
person's back and lead him until he enters the Fire. So Allah said,
﴿وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ أَوْزَارَهُمْ
عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ أَلاَ سَآءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ﴾
(while they will bear their burdens on their backs; and evil indeed are the burdens
that they will bear!) ﴿6:31﴾'' Allah's statement,
﴿وَمَا الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَآ إِلاَّ
لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ﴾
(And the life of this world is nothing but play and amusement.) means, most of it
is play and amusement,
﴿وَلَلدَّارُ الاٌّخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ
يَتَّقُونَ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ﴾
(But far better is the abode of the Hereafter for those who have Taqwa. Will you
not then understand)
﴿قَدْ نَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُ
لَيَحْزُنُكَ الَّذِى يَقُولُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يُكَذِّبُونَكَ وَلَـكِنَّ الظَّـلِمِينَ
بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ - وَلَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَصَبَرُواْ
عَلَى مَا كُذِّبُواْ وَأُوذُواْ حَتَّى أَتَـهُمْ نَصْرُنَا وَلاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـتِ
اللَّهِ وَلَقدْ جَآءَكَ مِن نَّبَإِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ - وَإِن كَانَ
كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْرَاضُهُمْ فَإِن اسْتَطَعْتَ أَن تَبْتَغِىَ نَفَقاً فِى الاٌّرْضِ
أَوْ سُلَّماً فِى السَّمَآءِ فَتَأْتِيَهُمْ بِـَايَةٍ وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لَجَمَعَهُمْ
عَلَى الْهُدَى فَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْجَـهِلِينَ - إِنَّمَا يَسْتَجِيبُ الَّذِينَ
يَسْمَعُونَ وَالْمَوْتَى يَبْعَثُهُمُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ ﴾
(33. We know indeed the grief which their words cause you; it is not you that they
deny, but it is the verses of Allah that the wrongdoers deny.) (34. Verily, (many)
Messengers were denied before you, but with patience they bore the denial, and they
were hurt, till Our help reached them, and none can alter the Words of Allah. Surely,
there has reached you the information about the Messengers (before you).) (35. If
their aversion is hard on you, then if you were able to seek a tunnel in the ground
or a ladder to the sky, so that you may bring them a sign. And had Allah willed,
He could have gathered them together upon true guidance, so be not you one of the
ignorant.) (36. It is only those who listen, that will respond, but as for the dead,
Allah will raise them up, then to Him they will be returned.)