Allah tells us that in His justice and generosity, on the Day of Judgement He
will not judge those who believed in His signs and followed His Messengers, in
the same way as He will judge those who rebelled, disobeyed Him and rejected the
Messengers sent by Allah to them. This is like the Ayat:
[أَمْ حَسِبَ
الَّذِينَ اجْتَرَحُواْ السَّيِّئَـتِ أَن نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ سَوَآءً مَّحْيَـهُمْ وَمَمَـتُهُمْ سَآءَ مَا
يَحْكُمُونَ ]
(Or do those who earn evil deeds think that We shall hold them equal with
those who believe and do righteous good deeds, in their present life and after
their death Worst is the judgement that they make.) (45:21),
[أَمْ نَجْعَلُ
الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ
أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ ]
(Shall We treat those who believe and do righteous good deeds as corruptors
on earth Or shall We treat those who have Taqwa as the wicked) (38:28)
[لاَ يَسْتَوِى
أَصْحَـبُ النَّارِ وَأَصْحَـبُ الْجَنَّةِ]
(Not equal are the dwellers of the Fire and the dwellers of the Paradise...)
(59:20). Allah says:
[أَفَمَن كَانَ
مُؤْمِناً كَمَن كَانَ فَاسِقاً لاَّ يَسْتَوُونَ ]
(Is then he who is a believer like him who is a rebellious Not equal are
they. ) i.e., before Allah on the Day of Resurrection. `Ata' bin Yasar, As-Suddi
and others mentioned that this was revealed concerning `Ali bin Abi Talib and
`Uqbah bin Abi Mu`it. Hence Allah has judged between them when He said:
[أَمَّا الَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ]
(As for those who believe and do righteous good deeds,) meaning, their hearts
believed in the signs of Allah, and they did as the signs of Allah dictate, i.e.
righteous good deeds.
[فَلَهُمْ جَنَّـتُ
الْمَأْوَى]
(for them are Gardens of Abode) i.e., in which there are dwellings and houses
and lofty apartments.
[نُزُلاً]
(as an entertainment) means, something to welcome and honor a guest,
[بِمَا كَانُواْ
يَعْمَلُونَوَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فَسَقُواْ]
(for what they used to do. And as for those who rebel,) means, those who
disobeyed Allah, their dwelling place will be the Fire, and every time they want
to escape from it, they will be thrown back in, as Allah says:
[كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُواْ
أَن يَخْرُجُواْ مِنْهَا مِنْ غَمٍّ أُعِيدُواْ فِيهَا]
(Every time they seek to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will be
driven back therein) (22:22). Al-Fudayl bin `Iyad said: "By Allah, their hands
will be tied, their feet will be chained, the flames will lift them up and the
angels will strike them.
[وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ
ذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّذِي كُنتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ]
(and it will be said to them: "Taste you the torment of the Fire which you
used to deny.'')'' means, this will be said to them by way of rebuke and
chastisement.
[وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ
مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ الاٌّدْنَى دُونَ الْعَذَابِ الاٌّكْبَرِ]
(And verily, We will make them taste of the near lighter torment prior to the
greater torment,) Ibn `Abbas said, "The near torment means diseases and problems
in this world, and the things that happen to its people as a test from Allah to
His servants so that they will repent to Him.'' Something similar was also
narrated from Ubayy bin Ka`b, Abu Al-`Aliyah, Al-Hasan, Ibrahim An-Nakha`i,
Ad-Dahhak, `Alqamah, `Atiyah, Mujahid, Qatadah, `Abd Al-Karim Al-Jazari and
Khusayf.
[وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ
مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَايَـتِ رَبِّهِ ثُمَّ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَآ]
(And who does more wrong than he who is reminded of the Ayat of his Lord,
then turns aside therefrom) means, there is no one who does more wrong than the
one whom Allah reminds of His signs and explains them to him clearly, then after
that he neglects and ignores them, and turns away from them, forgetting them as
if he does not know them. Qatadah said: "Beware of turning away from the
remembrance of Allah, for whoever turns away from remembering Him will be the
most misguided and the most in need, and the most guilty of sin.'' Allah says,
warning the one who does that:
[إِنَّا مِنَ
الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ]
(Verily, We shall exact retribution from the criminals.) meaning, `We shall
avenge Ourselves on those who do that in the strongest possible terms.'
[وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا
مُوسَى الْكِتَـبَ فَلاَ تَكُن فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّن لِّقَآئِهِ وَجَعَلْنَـهُ هُدًى
لِّبَنِى إِسْرَءِيلَ - وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا
لَمَّا صَبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ بِـَايَـتِنَا يُوقِنُونَ - إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ
يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقَيَـمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ
]
(23. And indeed We gave Musa the Scripture. So, be not you in doubt of
meeting him. And We made it a guide to the Children of Israel.) (24. And We made
from among them, leaders, giving guidance under Our command, when they were
patient and used to believe with certainty in Our Ayat.) (25. Verily, your Lord
will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection, concerning that wherein they
used to differ.)
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