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FEAR OF ALLAH
Furthermore, they were given countless means and resources,
whereas the only thing required of them was that they should heed
their consciences, fear Allah, and act with care.
They will plead for Allah's mercy, even though while they were
on Earth their haughtiness and their pride prevented them from
doing so, and also prevented them from preparing for their death
and the accounting of the Hereafter. Therefore, on the Day of
Judgment they are dragged along on their faces down to their place
of punishment, where they will experience both physical and spiri-
tual pains, the intensity of which they could never have imagined.
When the disbelievers are resurrected they will find their haugh-
tiness has entirely evaporated and will be in a broken and sorrowful
state. They will be driven into Hell and its doors will be closed be-
hind them, and there they will be confronted with a scenario of pain
and terror that defies any attempt at description before being
thrown into the Fire itself. No pain on Earth could ever be compared
with the agonies of Hell, since Allah has produced it as a punish-
ment exceeding all punishments:
That Day no one will punish as He punishes and no one will
shackle as He shackles. (Surat al-Fajr: 25-26)
Excruciating physical pain on the one hand, and unbearable
spiritual agony on the other, will torture these people. They will be
constantly ill-treated, disgraced, degraded and belittled. The sense
of hopelessness, of knowing that they will never ever emerge from
Hell, will envelop their entire souls as they face an eternity of fear,
terror and endless torment.

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