Page 93 - What the Qur'an Says about Liars and Their Methods

Nobody Will be Able to Lie in the Hereafter
Lord that has destroyed you, so now you find your-
selves among the lost." If they are steadfast, the Fire
will still be their residence! If they ask for favor, no
favor will be given. (Surah Fussilat, 41:20-24)
Allah also informs us of how "a lying sinner" will be pun-
ished on the Day of Judgment and of how he or she will reveal
what they have concealed within themselves, even though
they may have concealed it many years ago:
No indeed! If he does not desist, We will grab him by
the forelock, a lying, sinful forelock. Let him call his
attendants; We will call the Guards of Hell! No in-
deed! Do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near.
(Surat al-`Alaq, 96:15-19)
Truly man is ungrateful to his Lord, and indeed he
bears witness to that. Truly he is fierce in his love of
wealth. Does he not know that when the graves are
emptied out, and the heart's contents are brought into
the open? (Surat al-`Adiyat, 100:6-10)
Liars might not be confronted with their lies in this world,
for sometimes people do not notice them or, if they do, they
might tolerate them. But in the Hereafter, each individual will
receive the just reward for all of his or her wrongdoing. In one
verse, Allah mentions that those who lie to the angels sent to
take their souls at the moment of death, will find their lies re-
jected, and that they will receive their final "reward":
The angels ask those they take while they are wrong-
ing themselves: "What were your circumstances?"
They reply; "We were oppressed on Earth." They [an-
gles] say: "Was Allah's Earth not wide enough for you
to have migrated elsewhere in it?" The shelter of such
people will be Hell. What an evil destination! (Surat

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