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100 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

admired as well as the admirer will be in the same situation, for:
On the Day We gather them all together... (Surah Yunus, 28)
Say: "Allah gives you life, then causes you to die, and then will
gather you together for the Day of Resurrection, about which
there is no doubt. But most people do not know it." (Surat al-
Jathiya, 26)

On that Day, worldly status and wealth will have no value, no
one will follow in the footsteps of another, and no one will try to
impress anyone else. Aristocrats, the rich, the rulers, and the bosses
will be held accountable for their sins in the same way as all the
ordinary people, and the only superiority will be one's closeness to
Allah. All people will understand clearly that nothing but trying to
win Allah's approval and good pleasure has any value, and they
will know with certainty that Allah is the sole possessor of
everything. And, Allah relates in the Qur'an, the unbelievers who
encounter this reality will be unable to return to their former lives to
make amends or to help one another:
Then when the Trumpet is blown, that Day there will be no
family ties between them; nor will they ask about one another.
(Surat al-Mu'minun, 101)

THE MOMENT OF JUDGMENT

In the Qur'an Allah reveals the true purpose of human life in the
following manner:
O Man! You are toiling laboriously toward your Lord, but you
will meet Him! (Surat al-Inshiqaq, 6)

Such events like going to university, graduating, marrying, or
having children are considered turning points of life by some