Page 120 - The Evil Called Mockery

118 THE EVIL CALLED MOCKERY

As we can see, people who dare to mock religion flagrantly fall
into a very great trap. Allah has prepared a serious punishment for
them and turns all of their deeds against them. Their evil behavior
now comes back home to roost. While up until that time they had
believed themselves superior and had made exaggerated claims
about their superiority, they are now brought down to a very infe-
rior position. In the Qur'an Allah reveals their bitter end:
What confronts them will be the evil actions that they
earned, and what they used to mock will engulf them.
(Surat az-Zumar, 48)
Their evil actions assailed them. They were engulfed by
what they mocked. (Surat an-Nahl, 34)
Those who chose to mock Allah's verses, His prophets and the
believers will enter the fires of hell, where they will suffer their bit-
ter "reward" for mocking His religion. Moreover, the hell prepared
for such people is everlasting, because after the Day of Judgment
they will be ignored and kept far from Allah's mercy, just as they
had ignored and forgotten that Day and the hereafter. Without a
doubt, this is the most terrible end anybody can meet, for:
Their evil deeds will appear before them, and the things
they mocked will engulf them. They will be told: "Today
We have forgotten you, just as you forgot the meeting of
this your Day. Your refuge is the Fire and you have no
helpers, because you mocked Allah's signs and the life of
this world deluded you." Therefore, today they will not get
out of it and will be unable to appease Allah. (Surat al-
Jathiyya, 33-35)