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118 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

Those who do good will have the best and more! Neither dust
nor debasement will darken their faces. They are the
Companions of the Garden, remaining in it timelessly, forever.
But as for those who have earned bad actions—a bad action
will be repaid with one the like of it. Debasement will darken
them. They will have no one to protect them from Allah. It is as
if their faces were covered by dark patches of the night. Those

are the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly,
forever. (Surah Yunus, 26-27)
The unbelievers will beg the believers for some of the light,
although they had fought them while alive. The meaning of this
light is illumination, safety, and joy. This light radiating from those
who have earned Paradise will not benefit the unbelievers,
regardless of how much they want it. As its source is the good deeds
done on Earth for the approval of Allah, the unbelievers, who have
no store of such deeds, will not have any of it. For this reason, as
Allah revealed in the verses of the Qur'an they will be told to "go
back to Earth in order to find some". The verse about this matter is
as follows:

That Day the men and women of the hypocrites will say to
those who believe: "Wait for us so that we can borrow some of
your light." They will be told: "Go back and look for light!"
And a wall will be erected between them with a gate in it, on
the inside of which there will be mercy, but before whose
exterior lies the punishment. (Surat al-Hadid, 13)

The believers will receive the reward for their efforts to win
Allah's good pleasure while alive, and they will be well-pleased
with it (Surat al-Ghashiya, 9). Allah will respond to their efforts
most generously. That was what they were hoping and expecting,