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36 Before You Regret

In one verse Allah says:
Or do those who perpetrate evil deeds suppose that We
will make them like those who have faith and do right
actions, so that their lives and deaths will be the same?
How bad their judgment is! (Surat al-Jathiyya: 21)
In other words, every soul will be rewarded appropri-

ately, the good with glad tidings and the evil with wrath-
ful punishment.
Furthermore the fear of knowing that hell is prepared
for them will intensify the regret felt by unbelievers. Until
then they have only experienced the suffering of the
removal of their souls. This suffering however makes
them aware of their impending doom.
This regret of unbelievers beginning with death will
last as long as Allah wills. Every passing moment, hour,
and day, they will remain in this everlasting penalty and
they will not be saved from regret.
However, it is in the hands of man not to suffer such
great regret. Waiting to encounter death is not necessari-
ly the way to have a grasp of the reality of the death and

beyond. For believers, the promise of Allah is enough.
After death, the justice of Allah certainly prevails; unbe-
lievers are punished with fire and believers are rewarded
with the gardens of paradise.
So, the wisest thing for a person to do who has not met
death yet would be to seek refuge in Allah and to hope