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108 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

Then when the Trumpet is blown, that Day there will be no
family ties between them; they will not be able to question one
another. (Surat al-Mu'minun, 101)

The strong forts in which they trusted and sought refuge, such as
family wealth and their offices, all will be destroyed. Those who
sought superiority and power from their ancestors' titles or
inherited wealth, who thought that they would profit from a life
removed from the morality of religion and even considered this a
sign of superiority, will now realize their mistake. On this Day, only
faith has value.
In societies divorced from the values of religion, the most
important factor for friendship to develop and continue is self-
interest. Self-interest seeks to invest in and guarantee one's future,
obtain money, status, and connections. But on the Day of Judgment,
no one will be in a state to seek pleasure, ambition, and lust, and so
all friendships will be forgotten at once. In the Qur'an Allah says:

[On that Day] no good friend will ask about his friend. (Surat
al-Ma'arij, 10)
The fear will be so great that everybody would forsake all they
have if only they could escape the fearsome punishment. Moreover,
the wealth that they did everything to acquire will have lost its
appeal. They would give all of Earth's wealth, if it belonged to them,
as a ransom, along with their own wealth. All of the property that
they possessed and guarded so closely will have lost its meaning.
They would spend all of their wealth in the cause of Allah without a

second thought, but now it is too late.
Instead of using their wealth in the path of Allah, they used it
during their short lives for temporary worldly gains and passions in
a futile attempt to ensure that their names, deeds, and status would