Page 37 - Fear of Allah

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)
If We wished, We could transform them where they stand so
they would neither be able to go out nor return. (Surah Ya
Sin: 66-67)
The reality is that everything a person owns, every breath he
takes, every second of his life he owes to Allah, and because true be-
lievers are aware of these realities they are constantly mindful of ex-
ceeding Allah's limits.

They fear being caught ill-prepared for death

Death is a reality. On average, a person will remain on Earth for
approximately sixty years following which the eternal life com-
mences. This eternal life will be lived either in the Garden (Paradise)
endowed with endless blessings, or in the Fire (Hell), which has
been created especially to inflict pain on body and soul. Whenever
Allah wills, He can end a person's life on Earth and move him to the
Hereafter and there is no doubt that this decision can become a real-
ity within a blink of an eye.
A person can never know when he will die, the time his trial will
end or the moment of his final judgment. As a result he should be
quite fearful and cautious about being caught out unprepared when
that moment arrives, being unable to account for his actions and
being burdened with obligations that he has either neglected or
postponed and not taken seriously. When the angels of death arrive
there is no further possibility to complete unfinished obligations or
to compensate for work that should have been completed. The
deeds done up to that moment will either be to one's profit or loss
and one will be called to account and held responsible for them or
rewarded for them, as the case may be.
Death is a reality from which there is no return. Every person is al-
lowed to "live long enough for anyone who was going to pay heed to
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