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ETERNITY HAS ALREADY BEGUN

is not for me to say what I have no right to say! If I had said it, then
You would have known it. You know what is in my self but I do
not know what is in Your Self. You are the Knower of all unseen
things." (Surat al-Ma'ida: 116)

There is another aspect of this fact: any attitude, which is not fa-
vored by Allah, or any deed, which is not within the limits of Allah,
are all kept in the memory of Allah. Anyone trying to deny any mis-
deeds will fail, since he will see the images relative to these mis-
deeds. Since nothing disappears, misdeeds are also retained. There-
fore, those failing to observe the limits of Allah or engaging in deeds
which will not earn the good pleasure of Allah—assuming that no-
body sees or hears them—will be greatly astonished. They will in-
dividually witness that Allah knows everything. Allah states in the
verse:
He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth. He knows what you
keep secret and what you make public and He knows what you
earn. (Surat al-An'am: 3)
However, on the Day of Judgment, the day when everyone will
see his deeds, nobody will have any opportunity to save himself
since, as stressed by Allah in the Qur'an, on that day Allah will en-
compass them entirely:
... What confronts them from Allah will be something they did not
reckon with. What confronts them will be the evil actions which
they earned and what they used to mock at will engulf them.
(Surat az-Zumar: 47-48)

The Day of Judgment will be the day unbelievers will face some-
thing they never expected to face: Allah will disclose all the mis-
deeds the unbelievers try to hide. Just as stated in the verse, what
unbelievers used to mock at all through their lives will, this time, en-
gulf them. The faith of believers in Allah and the hereafter had al-
ways been an issue ridiculed by unbelievers all throughout their
lives. They merely interpret these certified facts as misconceptions.

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