Allah, the Exalted, explains the condition of those who lie against Him and
that their scandal in the Hereafter will be presented before the heads of
creation (for testimony) from the angels, Messengers, Prophets and the rest of
mankind and Jinns. This is just as Imam Ahmad recorded from Safwan bin Muhriz.
Safwan said, "I was holding the hand of Ibn `Umar when a man was brought to him.
The man said, `How did you hear the Messenger of Allah describe An-Najwa (secret
counsel or confidential talk) on the Day of Resurrection' Ibn `Umar said, `I
heard him say,
«إِنَّ اللهَللهَعزَّ
وَجَلَّ يُدْنِي الْمُؤْمِنَ فَيَضَعُ عَلَيْهِ كَنَفَهُ، وَيَسْتُرُهُ مِنَ
النَّاسِ، وَيُقَرِّرُهُ بِذُنُوبِهِ وَيَقُولُ لَهُ: أَتَعْرِفُ ذَنْبَ كَذَا؟
أَتَعْرِفُ ذَنْبَ كَذَا؟ أَتَعْرِفُ ذَنْبَ كَذَا؟ حَتَّى إِذَا قَرَّرَهُ
بِذُنُوبِهِ وَرَأَى فِي نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ هَلَكَ قَالَ: فَإِنِّي قَدْ
سَتَرْتُهَا عَلَيْكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَإِنِّي أَغْفِرُهَا لَكَ الْيَوْم»
(Verily, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will draw near the believer and He
will place His shade over him. He will conceal him from the people and make him
confess to his sins. He will say to him, "Do you recognize this sin Do you
recognize that sin Do you recognize such and such sin'' This will continue until
He makes him confess to all of his sins and he (the believer) will think to
himself that he is about to be destroyed. Then Allah will say, "Verily, I have
concealed these sins for you in the worldly life and I have forgiven you for
them today.'' Then he (the believer) will be given his Book of good deeds. As
for the disbelievers and the hypocrites, the witnesses will say,)
[هَـؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ
كَذَبُواْ عَلَى رَبِّهِمْ أَلاَ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّـلِمِينَ]
(These are the ones who lied against their Lord! No doubt! The curse of Allah
is on the wrongdoers).'' Both Al-Bukhari and Muslim recorded this narration in
the Two Sahihs. Concerning Allah's statement,
[الَّذِينَ
يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا]
(Those who hinder (others) from the path of Allah, and seek a crookedness
therein,) This means that they prevent the people from following the truth and
traversing upon the path of guidance that leads to Allah, the Mighty and
Sublime. In doing so they also keep the people away from Paradise itself.
Allah's statement,
[وَيَبْغُونَهَا
عِوَجًا]
(and seek a crookedness therein,) This means that they want their path to be
crooked and uneven. Then, Allah's statement,
[وَهُمْ
بِالاٌّخِرَةِ هُمْ كَـفِرُونَ]
(while they are disbelievers in the Hereafter.) This means that they deny the
Hereafter and they reject the idea that any of its events will occur, or any of
it exists at all. Concerning Allah's statement,
[أُولَـئِكَ لَمْ
يَكُونُواْ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُمْ مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ
أَوْلِيَآءَ]
(By no means will they escape on earth, nor have they protectors besides
Allah!) This means that these disbelievers are under the power of Allah and His
force. They are in His grasp and are subject to His authority. He is Most Able
to exact vengeance against them in this life before the coming of the Hereafter.
This is like Allah's statement,
[إِنَّمَا
يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ الأَبْصَـرُ]
(but He gives them respite up to a Day when the eyes will stare in
horror.)[14:42] In the Two Sahihs it is recorded that the Prophet said,
«إِنَّ اللهَ
لَيُمْلِي لِلظَّالِمِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يُفْلِتْه»
(Verily Allah gives respite to the oppressor until He seizes him, then he
will not be able to escape Him.) For this reason Allah says,
[يُضَاعَفُ لَهُمُ
الْعَذَابُ]
(Their torment will be doubled!) This means that the torment will be doubled
upon them, because Allah gave them hearing, vision and hearts, but these things
did not benefit them. Rather, they were deaf from hearing the truth and blinded
away from following it. This is just as Allah has mentioned concerning them when
they enter into the Hellfire. Allah says,
[وَقَالُواْ لَوْ
كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِى أَصْحَـبِ السَّعِيرِ ]
(And they will say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we would
not have been among the dwellers of the blazing Fire!'') Allah also says,
[الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ
وَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ زِدْنَـهُمْ عَذَابًا فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ]
(Those who disbelieved and hinder (men) from the path of Allah, for them We
will add torment to the torment.)[16:88] For this reason they will be punished
for every command that they abandoned and every prohibition that they indulged
in. Then Allah continues by saying,
[أُوْلَـئِكَ
الَّذِينَ خَسِرُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يَفْتَرُونَ
]
(They are those who have lost their own selves, and that which they invented
eluded them.) They lost themselves, meaning that they be made to enter a blazing
Fire, where they will be punished, and its torment will not be lifted from them
for even the blinking of an eye. This is as Allah said,
[كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ
زِدْنَاهُمْ سَعِيرًا]
(Whenever it abates, We shall increase for them the fierceness of the
Fire.)[17:97] Concerning the statement,
[وَضَلَّ
عَنْهُم]
(eluded them.) meaning that it has left them.
[مَّا كَانُواْ
يَفْتَرُونَ]
(that which they invented) besides Allah, such as rivals and idols. Yet,
these things did not avail them in the slightest. In fact, these things actually
caused them great harm. This is as Allah says,
[وَإِذَا حُشِرَ
النَّاسُ كَانُواْ لَهُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَكَانُواْ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَـفِرِينَ
]
(And when mankind are gathered, they will become their enemies and will deny
their worshipping.)[46:6] Allah says,
[إِذْ تَبَرَّأَ
الَّذِينَ اتُّبِعُواْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُواْ وَرَأَوُاْ الْعَذَابَ
وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الاٌّسْبَابُ ]
(When those who were followed disown those who followed (them), and they see
the torment, then all their relations will be cut off from them.)[2:166]
Likewise, there are many other verses that prove this loss of theirs and their
destruction. For this reason Allah says,
[لاَ جَرَمَ
أَنَّهُمْ فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ هُمُ الاٌّخْسَرُونَ ]
(Certainly, they are those who will be the greatest losers in the Hearafter.)
[11:22] In this verse Allah informs about the direction of their end. He
explains that they are the greatest losers among mankind in their transaction
for the abode of the Hereafter. That is because they exchanged the highest
levels (of Paradise) for the lowest levels (of Hell) and they substituted the
pleasure of Gardens (of Paradise) for the fierce boiling water (of Hell). They
exchanged the drink of sealed nectar with the fierce hot wind, boiling water,
and a shade of black smoke. They chose food from the filth of dirty wounds
instead of wide-eyed lovely maidens. They preferred Hawiyah (a pit in Hell)
instead of lofty castles. They chose the anger of Allah and His punishment over
nearness to Him and the blessing of gazing at Him. Therefore, it is no injustice
that such people should be the greatest losers in the Hereafter.
[إِنَّ الَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَاتِ وَأَخْبَتُواْ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ أُوْلَـئِكَ
أَصْحَـبُ الجَنَّةِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـلِدُونَ - مَثَلُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَالاٌّعْمَى
وَالاٌّصَمِّ وَالْبَصِيرِ وَالسَّمِيعِ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلاً أَفَلاَ
تَذَكَّرُونَ ]
(23. Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, and humble
themselves before their Lord, they will be the dwellers of Paradise to dwell
therein forever.) (24. The likeness of the two parties is as the blind and the
deaf and the seer and the hearer. Are they equal when compared Will you not then
take heed)
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