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They will shout out in it, “Our Lord! Take us out! We will act right-
ly, differently from the way we used to act!” Did We not let you live
long enough for anyone who was going to pay heed to pay heed?
And did not the warner come to you? Taste it then! There is no helper
for the wrongdoers. (Surah Fatir: 37)
Every moment of life that passes is a step towards death. On that
day, everybody will realize, that the things he chased after in his life,
have no meaning for the hereafter and that only the good deeds and

good morality done for the good pleasure of Allah can benefit him in the
hereafter. This is the reason why people who have been misled into be-
lieving that the world order operates on the basis of “karma” and who
have rejected the idea of the hereafter that begins with death, should
quickly abandon their superstitious beliefs as. People must free them-
selves from such false beliefs and prepare for certain death and the here-
after whilst having their lives on earth. Whereas the faithful who fear
Allah, who do much good, who have spent their lives in the cause of
Allah, who have strictly abided by Allah’s laws are given the good news
on that day, those who subscribe to false beliefs are promised a tragic
end. A variety of sufferings in eternal hellfire is waiting for the follow-
ers of false religions who have rejected the idea of Allah’s existence and
the hereafter, who have closed their ears to the reminders that were de-
livered to them and who have persisted in denial by association. On that

day every human being’s deeds will be measured by accurate scales,
and, as revealed in the following verse, all their sins as well as their good
deeds will be exposed:
Everything they did is in the Books. Everything is recorded, big or
small. (Surat al-Qamar: 52-53)
Another verse warns those who stray from Allah’s path of right-
eousness in the following way: “… Those who are misguided from the

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