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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL
However, this question, asked merely to escape reality and bol-
ster self-deceit, has an explicit answer. Allah reveals:
Say 'He Who made them in the first place will bring them
back to life. He has total knowledge of each created thing.'
(Surah Ya sin: 79)
In the Qur'an, Allah states that the making of such inconsistent
comparisons is an attribute peculiar to unbelievers:
Evil are the ways of those who do not have faith in the here-
after. But most sublime are the ways of Allah. He is the
Almighty, the All-Wise. (Surat an-Nahl: 60)
Some, on the other hand, attempt to justify their stance by pro-
viding some so-called explanations. However every word they say
reveals their foolishness more. Allah says the following in the Qur'an
about such people:
They will say, 'Are we to be restored to our former state?
When we have become decayed, worm-eaten bones?' They
say, 'That will clearly be a fruitless restoration!' (Surat an-
Nazi'at: 12)
In Surat an-Nahl, the persistence of the unbelievers in denying
the hereafter is revealed as follows:
They swear by Allah with their most earnest oaths that Allah
will not raise up those who die, when, on the contrary, it is a
binding promise on Him; but most people do not know it.
(Surat an-Nahl: 38)
Taking their whims and desires as their gods, these people veil
their consciences and deceive themselves. Allah reveals the nature of
these people who deny the existence of the hereafter:
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