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EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE TRUTH?

Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
'Taste this! Truly you were mighty and full of honor!'"
(Surat Ad-Dukhan: 43-49)
All those descriptions devised for heaven and hell are ab-
solute facts. Allah, Who has created the world and the life in this
world, has revealed the Qur'an and has let us know that He will
also create the afterlife. Even if a denier is unwilling to see these
absolute facts, he will still be confronted by them. One great
Islamic scholar describes a person who does not think about the
hereafter as an ostrich. With his head buried in the sand he is un-
able to see around him, and thinks that he therefore cannot be
seen. The fact is, however, that Allah sees what everyone does,
without exception. Those who deviate onto the path of denial by
being called on to live by religious moral values but refuse to do
so become deserving of hell. Verses about such people read:
The question asked of the people of hell will be: "Did
not messengers come to you from among yourselves,
reciting to you the revelations of your Lord, and warning
you of the Meeting of this Day?" (Surat Az-Zumar: 71)
And for those who have rejected the invitation, there will be
a "grievous penalty":
"So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray!
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
And then went off to his family, swaggering.
Well have you deserved this doom
Well have you deserved it." (Surat Al-Qiyama: 31-35)
What we are doing in this book is to remind and warn peo-
ple, through Allah's verses, that everyone will have to confront
the Day of Judgment.

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