Page 183 - Jannah: The Garden from the Qur'an and Hadith

listening to our consciences, living
good lives and doing good works.
Despite this evident truth, those who
live their lives with no regard for the pur-
pose of creation set completely different
goals for themselves. However, a record
of our works is being kept so that everyone
may receive the appropriate reward in the
Hereafter for everything he has done and
said. Allah, exalted is He, even knows every
thought that passes through our minds. As
Allah tells us in the Qur’an, everyone will
certainly receive the reward for what he has
done: “… You will be questioned about what

you did” (Surat an-Nahl: 93), “All have ranks
according to what they did…” (Surat al-
An‘am: 132) However, people of deep knowl-
edge of the deen understand that even if their
actions seem good to those who are disbeliev-
ers, they are of no use to them as long as they
have no iman. Some of the verses in the Qur’an
that speak about this matter are as follows:
Those the angels take in a virtuous state.
They say, “Peace be upon you! Enter the
Garden for what you did.” (Surat an-Nahl:
32)
On the Day that each self finds the good it
did, and the evil it did, present there in front

of it, it will wish there were an age between
it and then… (Surah Al ‘Imran: 30)