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32 The Importance of Conscience in the Qur'an

a back-breaking blow has fallen. No indeed!
When it reaches the gullet and he hears the
words, 'Who can heal him now?' And he
knows it is indeed the final parting, and one
leg is entwined with the other: That Day he
will be driven to your Lord. He neither
affirmed the truth nor did pray. But rather
denied the truth and turned away. (Surat al-
Qiyama: 24-32)
You too will certainly experience the moment of death.
What will become important, and what will become meaningless
to you? What will you regret having done or not having done?
Whose advice will you wish you had taken? Whom will you wish
you had never met? How concerned will you be about the
details of your job? Of what importance is a dress you will wear
to a party, or other people's opinions about your appearance, in
comparison to the fact of the hereafter?
Those who answer these questions in full sincerity can
come to terms with what their conscience tells them. If a
person has not heeded Allah's good pleasure throughout his life
and has not done his best to gain Allah's approval, the greatest
feeling he will experience in addition to the fear he will feel at
the moment of death, will be an irrecoverable remorse.
Statements of remorse such as 'I wish I hadn't listened to such
and such a person, I wish I had kept regular prayers, I wish I had
lived for Allah,' etc. will keep crossing his mind.
Meanwhile, the impact of the moment of death will
become more intense, for these two angels will drag man to
hell, as they humiliate him. Before entering hell, everyone is
questioned one by one and they see why they are to enter hell.
At this moment, man will feel unspeakable horror because all