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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

parts there will be men who recognize everyone by his look.
They will call out to the people of the Garden: 'Peace be upon
you!' But they will not enter it yet for all their ardent desire to
do so. When they turn their eyes towards the inmates of the
Fire, they will say, 'Our Lord, do not cast us among these

wrongdoers!'
The Companions of the Ramparts will call out to men they
recognize by their mark, saying, 'What you amassed was of no

use to you. Likewise your arrogance. Are these the people you
swore would never earn Allah's mercy?' (Again turning to the
blessed, they will say): 'Enter the Garden. You will feel no
fear and know no sorrow.' (Surat al-A'raf: 46-49)
After Resurrection, it is the time when believers, "the best of
creatures", (Surat al-Bayyina:7) and unbelievers, "the worst of crea-
tures", (Surat al-Bayyina: 6) are separated from one another. This day
is described in the Qur'an as follows:

When the Messengers' time is appointed—until what day is
that deferred? Until the Day of Decision. And what will teach
you what the Day of Decision is? On that Day, woe to the de-
niers! Did We not destroy the earlier peoples, then cause oth-
ers to follow them? That is how We deal with evil-doers. On
that Day, woe to the deniers! (Surat al-Mursalat: 11-19)
In the Surah Qaf, the journey believers and unbelievers take to

their real abodes is related as follows:
The throes of death come revealing the truth. That is what you
were trying to evade! The Trumpet will be blown. That is the
Day of the Threat. Every soul will come along with one who
drives it on and one who testifies against it. One will say:

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