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42 UNAWARENESS: A SLY THREAT

“don’t worry about it,” or “I’ll take full responsibility for it.”
Such expressions clearly betray their lack of awareness, for
just as a person comes into this world but once, he or she will
also descend into Hell but once and suffer endless punish-
ment there. Such people regard this punishment lightly and
claim that they will take the sins of others upon themselves.
This shows even more how far away they are from under-
standing His supreme knowledge and power:
No burden-bearer can bear another’s burden. If some-
one weighed down calls for help to bear his load, none
of it will be borne for him, even by his next of kin. You
can only warn those who fear (and respect) their Lord in
the Unseen and perform prayer. Whoever is purified is
purified for himself alone. Allah is your final destination.
(Surah Fatir: 18)

(Has he not been informed) that no burden-bearer can
bear another’s burden? (Surat an-Najm: 38)
In the Hereafter, all people will receive a just and perfect
recompense for their deeds. There will be no friends or rela-
tives to take responsibility for their errors or help them out, as
there were while they were alive. Indeed, they now begin to
hate all of the friends they once respected, blaming them for
making them unaware of these truths:
On that Day the closest friends will be enemies to each
other–except for those who guard against evil. (Surat
az-Zukhruf: 67)

… the Day when friends will be of no use at all to each
other, and they will not be helped. (Surat ad-Dukhan: 41)