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those people who lived by the Qur'an's morality, surrendered to
Allah, and adopted His superior moral system. But on the Day of
Judgment, they will realize that the believers were on the right path
and that they were not. Therefore, the unbelievers will become the
real subject of mockery, since their evil deeds will have harmed only
them and, moreover, have caused them to wreck their eternal life.
Once they enter hell, which is an extremely violent realm, they
will discover that trouble and suffering, both of which are on a scale
that they could not previously imagine or experience, are lying in
wait for them. In contrast, the believers will be rewarded with
unimaginable degrees of beauty and blessings and will exist forever
in paradise. Both groups of people will see each other and witness
Allah's justice:
So today those who believe are laughing at the unbeliev-
ers, on couches, gazing in wonder. Have the unbelievers
been rewarded for what they did? (Surat al-Mutaffifin, 34-
36)
Remember that Allah's justice will be carried out in full, be-
cause He granted all people enough time to pay attention to His rev-
elation and understand that the hereafter and the Day of Judgment
were not events that would happen in the far distant future. Despite
this, however, the unbelievers made a conscious decision not to
abandon their mockery:
We established them far more firmly than We have estab-
lished you, and gave them hearing, sight, and hearts. But
their hearing, sight, and hearts were of no use to them at all
when they renounced Allah's signs, and what they mocked
engulfed them. (Surat al-Ahqaf, 26)
In other words, everyone is given many opportunities to accept
the Qur'an's morality. Those who refuse to do so are condemned to