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THE SOLUTION TO SECRET SORROWS

the world, wanted for themselves and refused to sacrifice by shar-
ing, they will want to give up as a ransom to protect themselves
against the torment:
Even though they can see each other. An evildoer will wish
he could ransom himself from the punishment of that Day,
by means of his sons, or his wife or his brother or his fam-
ily who sheltered him or everyone else on Earth, if that
only meant that he could save himself. But no! It is a raging
blaze. (Surat al-Ma'arij: 11-15)
If every self that did wrong possessed everything on Earth,
it would offer it as a ransom. They will show remorse when
they see the punishment. Everything will be decided be-
tween them justly. They will not be wronged. (Surah
Yunus: 54)
But Allah tells us that even if they give up everything they
value, none of it will be accepted as a ransom:
Abandon those who have turned their religion into a game
and a diversion and who have been deluded by the life of
this world. Remind by it lest a person is delivered up to de-
struction for what he has earned with no protector or inter-
cessor besides Allah. Were he to offer every kind of
compensation, it would not be accepted from him. Such
people are delivered up to destruction for what they have
earned. They will have scalding water to drink and a
painful punishment because they disbelieved. (Surat al-
An'am: 70)
Because of this, if they feel even a little egoism in them, people
who continue to set their own selfish needs and desires above those
of other believers should consider how they will be repaid for this
behavior in the Hereafter.

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