Page 100 - The Solution To Secret Sorrows

THE SOLUTION TO SECRET SORROWS

knowledge. What an evil load they bear! Those before
them also plotted, and Allah came at their building from
the foundations and the roof caved in on top of them. The
punishment came at them from where they did not expect.
Then on the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace them,
and say, "Where are My partner deities for whose sake you
became so hostile?" Those given knowledge will say,
"Today there is disgrace and evil for the disbelievers." As
for those the angels take in death while they are wronging
themselves, they will offer their submission: "We did not
do any evil." Oh yes you did! Allah knows what you were
doing. "Enter the gates of Hell, remaining in it timelessly,
for ever. How evil is the abode of the arrogant!" (Surat an-
Nahl: 22-29)
... If you could only see the wrongdoers in the throes of
death when the angels are stretching out their hands, say-
ing, "Disgorge your own selves! Today you will be repaid
with the punishment of humiliation for saying something
other than the truth about Allah, and being arrogant about
His signs." (Surat al-An'am: 93)
People trapped in delusions of worldly grandeur will receive
repayment for their immorality in the Hereafter by being driven into
Hell in a demeaning manner:
The Day they are shoved roughly into the Fire of Hell.
(Surat at-Tur: 13)
We have made ready for the disbelievers shackles and
chains and a Searing Blaze. (Surat al-Insan: 4)
... boiling water poured over their heads... (Surat al-Hajj:
19)

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