Page 124 - The Evil Called Mockery

122 THE EVIL CALLED MOCKERY

So when the time comes, Allah both pays back those who
mocked the believers and rewards the believers for their patience:
Those whose scales are light are the losers of their selves
and will remain in hell timelessly, forever. The Fire will
sear their faces, making them grimace horribly, their lips
drawn back from their teeth. "Were My signs not recited to
you, and did you not deny them?" They will reply: "Our
Lord, our miserable destiny overpowered us. We were a
misguided people. Our Lord, remove us from it! Then if we
revert again, we will definitely be wrongdoers." He will
say: "Slink away into it [the Fire] and do not speak to Me. A
group of My servants said: ‘Our Lord, we believe, so for-
give us and have mercy on us. You are the Best of the
Merciful.' But you mocked 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-Mu'minun, 103-111)
Our Prophet (saas) said in one of his hadiths that "whoever re-
mains patient, Allah will make him patient. Nobody can be given a blessing
better and greater than patience." (Sahih al-Bukhari, volume 2, book
24, hadith no. 548.)