Page 71 - The Pains of the False World

THE TRUE SPHERE OF LIFE:
THE HEREAFTER

the Hereafter, revealed as the "true life" in the Qur'an, and to
live by the moral values of the Qur'an by giving thanks to our
Lord, Who gave human beings such a great blessing with His
infinite mercy and kindness.

THE HEREAFTER: PAIN FOR UNBELIEVERS,
HAPPINESS FOR BELIEVERS

Everything which the human being desires lies waiting
for him in the Afterlife, providing he spends his life in this
world pursuing the pleasure of Allah. In the life of Paradise,

t h e re will be the blessings of infinite abundance and beauty.
At the same time, believers will also experience enormous
spiritual joy in Paradise and will feel such emotions as happi-
ness, love, joy, peace and security in a far more powerful
manner than in their earthly lives. Unbelievers, on the other
hand, will experience pain and unimaginable torment in
Hell, described in the Qu'ran as a fire "fueled by men and
s t o n e s . " Allah has revealed in the Qur'an that the Here a f t e r
will be full of severe torment for unbelievers but full of bles-
sings for the believers:
When Our signs are recited to such a person, he turns
away arrogantly as if he had not heard, as if there was a
great weight in his ears. So give him news of a painful
punishment. (Surah Luqman, 7)

Their Lord gives them the good news of His mercy and
good pleasure and Gardens where they will enjoy ever -
lasting delight. (Surat at-Tawba, 21)

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