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that moment he will begin an eternal life of hardship and
sorrow. Allah informs us of what they will experience:

How will it be when the angels take them in death,
beating their faces and their backs? (Surah
Muhammad: 27)

If you could only see the wrongdoers in the throes of
death when the angels are stretching out their hands,
saying: “Release your selves! Today you will be repaid
with the punishment of humiliation for saying some-
thing other than the truth about Allah, and being arro-
gant about His signs.” (Surat al-An‘am: 93)
. . . and one leg is entwined with the other: that Day he
will be driven to your Lord. He neither affirmed the
truth nor prayed; rather, he denied the truth and turned
away. And then went off to his family, swaggering. It is
coming closer to you and closer. Then closer to you
and closer still. (Surat al-Qiyama: 29-35)
From this, we can see that death is an undeniable real-
ity and, unless Allah wills otherwise, it will be the beginning
of eternal agony for all those who deny Him. But some
people try to think as little about death as possible while
they are alive; they want to forget it and try not to mention
it. That is, until death comes . . . Finally realizing that they
have spent their whole lives suppressing their conscience
and denying death’s reality, they immediately take refuge
in Allah, hoping to find salvation. But they are too late, for:
And your Lord arrives with the angels, rank upon rank.
And that Day Hell is produced, that Day humanity will