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122                     THE DAY OF JUDGMENT


               Allah reveals that the believers will have an easy trial:
               O Man! You are toiling laboriously toward your Lord, but meet
               Him you will! As for him who is given his Book in his right
               hand, he will be given an easy reckoning and return to his
               family joyfully. (Surat al-Inshiqaq, 6-9)

               The believers who have lived their lives according to the will of
             our Lord, Who created and guided them onto the right path, will
             have their sins forgiven by Allah the Most Merciful, Who has
             revealed that He will forgive sins and turn them into goodness for
             those who believe and do good. On that Day, our Lord will address
             the believers, who will already have received what was promised:
               "O self at rest and at peace, return to your Lord, well-pleasing
               and well-pleased! Enter among My servants! Enter My
               Garden." (Surat al-Fajr, 27-30)
               In this way, they will be saved from the eternal Hellfire by His
             grace and favor and enter Paradise full of endless reward. Their
             reply to "enter Paradise" is revealed in the Qur'an:
               They will say: "Praise be to Allah, Who has fulfilled His
               promise to us and made us the inheritors of this land, letting us
               settle in the Garden wherever we want. How excellent is the

               wage of those who work!" (Surat az-Zumar, 74)



               THE UNBELIEVERS ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

               Their Physical State
               On the Day of Judgment, people will be raised up and re-created.
             The believers' faces will manifest the light and beauty unique to the
             faithful, while the unbelievers' faces will be made hideous:

               We pursued them with a curse in this world, and on the Day of
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