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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

Who created them and made living possible for them. That is why,
on the Day of Resurrection, they are not allowed to defend them-
selves. No opportunity is given to them to voice their defense.
Humiliated and desperate, they wait for the verdict to be given thus:

On that Day, woe to the deniers! This is the Day they will not
say a single word, nor will they be allowed to offer any ex-
cuses. On that Day, woe to the deniers! This is the Day of
Decision. We have gathered you and the earlier peoples. So if
you have any cunning, use it against Me now!' On that Day,
woe to the deniers! (Surat al-Mursalat: 34-40)

That day, the unbeliever feels an inner loathing for his own
deeds and his own self. However, Allah's feeling of aversion is more
intense. The unbelievers will be addressed thus:
…Allah's abhorrence of you, when you were called to the
faith but then chose to disbelieve, is even greater than your
hatred of yourselves. (Surah Ghafir: 10)

Encountering Allah's wrath, the unbeliever falls into a state of
profound hopelessness, sorrow and shame, and wishes he would
never rise from the dead. He wishes that death had put an end to his
life for all eternity. However death is not an end, but only a begin-
ning. And there is no death other than this. Their state of mind is
thus expressed in the Qur'an as follows:
It may be that those who are unbelievers will wish that they

had been Muslims. (Surat al-Hijr: 2)
In contrast to the difficulties the unbelievers will experience on
that Day, the way believers will give their accounts will be quite
easy. After giving their accounts before Allah, the believers will re-
main in eternal bliss. Allah, the Most Merciful, will forgive their sins,

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