Page 92 - What the Qur'an Says about Liars and Their Methods

NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO LIE

IN THE HEREAFTER

T T hose who lie and act deceitfully in this world,
while forgetting that they will be called to ac-
count in the Hereafter for all that they have done
and said, will not be able to find the strength to lie in the
Hereafter. Even if they want to lie, Allah will give them no
chance to do so, will seal up their mouths, and will enable their
bodily parts to declare, against their owner's will, the truth of
that which they were made to do.
Allah tells us, in several verses, that all liars will betray
themselves:
Today We seal up their mouths, and their hands
speak to us and their feet bear witness to what they
have earned. (Surah Ya Sin, 36:65)
When they reach it [the Fire], their hearing, sight, and
skin will testify against them concerning what they
did. They will ask their skins: "Why did you testify
against us?" and they will reply: "Allah gave us
speech, as He has given speech to everything. He cre-
ated you in the first place, and you will be returned to
Him. You did not think to shield yourselves from
your hearing, sight, and skin testifying against you,
and you thought that Allah would never know much
of what you did. It is that thought you had about your

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