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them suddenly?Its Signs have already come. What
good will their Reminder be to them when it does ar-
rive? (Surah Muhammad, 18)
As Allah informs us in the Qur'an, there is no escape from
His punishment once one is doomed to it. Those who live
their lives heedlessly will feel great regret when they will
meet angels of death, already then recognizing their error. At
that moment, none will any longer be self-satisfied in the
kind of life he had led, pleased for not having obeyed the
good word, and followed the whims and vain desires of his
lower-self. Whether he were an atheist, or an avowed enemy
of the religion, still, he would not then dare to think such
things, for these people will witness the reality of what they
disregarded during their lives, and feel an immense regret
for not having listened those warnings they received. By the
time they meet the angels of death, they will fully grasp the
futility of all they preferred in the life of this world. Their lot
in the Hereafter is related in the Qur'an as follows:
On the Day they see the angels, there will be no good
news that Day for the evildoers. They will say, "There
is an absolute ban." We will advance on the actions
they have done and make them scattered specks of
dust. (Surat al-Furqan, 22-23)
It should also be remembered that, everyone possesses
insight into what is right and what is wrong. Those who turn
from the call they receive, pretend not to have heard the ad-
monitions and reminders made to them, actually know that
their only recourse is to comply with this call. However,
these people do not have faith, because they falsely deem the
Hereafter and the Day of Judgment to be remote. They follow

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