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they imagine that, in the wealth and children We are
hastening to them with good things? No indeed, but
they have no awareness! (Surat al- Muminun: 54-56)
. . . You will see the wrongdoers saying, when they see the
punishment, “Is there no way back?” You will see them
as they are exposed to it, abject in their abasement, glanc-
ing around them furtively. Those who believe will say,
“Truly the losers are those who lose themselves and their
families on the Day of Resurrection.” The wrongdoers are
in an everlasting punishment. (Surat as-Shura: 44-45)
They will say, “Our Lord, our miserable destiny over-
powered us. We were misguided people. Our Lord,
remove us from it! Then if we revert again, we will def-
initely be wrongdoers.” He will say, “Slink away into it
and do not speak to Me. There was a group of My ser-
vants who said, ‘Our Lord, we believe, so forgive us and
have mercy on us. You are the Best of the Merciful.’ But
you made a mockery of them so that they made you for-
get to remember Me while you were laughing at them.
Today I have rewarded them for being steadfast. They
are the ones who are victorious.” (Surat al- Muminun:
106-111)
On the Day when the Spirit and the angels stand in
ranks, no one will speak, except for him who is autho-
rized by the All-Merciful and says what is right. That
will be the True Day. So whoever wills should take the
way back to his Lord. We have warned you of an immi-
nent punishment on the Day when a man will see what
he has done, and the unbelievers will say, “Oh, if only I
were dust!” (Surat an-Naba’: 38-40)