FIVE QUESTIONS: You Can't Hide Nor Run Away From Accountability!

The Day Of Judgment:

Five Questions!

You Can’t Hide Nor Run

Away From Accountability!

(M. Javed Naseem)

“Then shall We question those to

whom Our Message was sent and

those by whom We sent it.”

(al-Quran 7:6)

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Five Questions that will determine your

fate – Heaven or Hell. You have enough

time to prepare answers to those questions

during your lifespan in this world!

You’ll even get the time to correct the

mistakes and change your wrong answers

before it is all over!

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We are responsible for our actions. Whatever we do here in this world, we would be asked about it in the Hereafter. On the Day of Judgment, we’ll be questioned about our life on this earth. We are all answerable to our Lord Creator for every small thing we do here (in this world) during our lifetime, especially when we were having good time and thousands of people were suffering and starving at the same time.

“Then, shall you be questioned that Day

about the joy (you indulged in!).”

(al-Quran 102:8)

When you appear in the Divine court, you’ll be all alone. Nobody would help you. The only thing that could help you would be your good deeds and charity. Everybody has to bear his own burden and carry the load of his sins! No exceptions there!

“They will bear their own burdens, and (other)

burdens along with their own, and on the Day

of Judgments they will be called to account

for their falsehoods.”

(al-Quran 29:13)

The Holy Quran is full of commands of Allah that determine our path in this world – what we should DO, and what we should NOT do. We choose the path we want to follow, and that will lead us to Heaven or Hell. We’ll be held accountable for our choices and the actions that follow.

“This (Quran) is indeed a Reminder

for you and your people; and you shall

soon be questioned.”

(al-Quran 43:44)

When we die, the door on the life of this world is closed and we pass on to another world – the Hereafter. We stay in the transit lounge of the graves, in a world called “Aalam-al-Barzakh” – the ‘World of Barzakh’. Barzakh is an Arabic/Persian word and it means ‘barrier’ or ‘obstacle’ or ‘hindrance’ or ‘separation’. Therefore, from Islamic point of view, the World of Barzakh means the barrier between the physical and spiritual worlds.

I call it the ‘Transit Lounge’ of our final journey. We’ll leave that Barzakh world when the Trumpet will be blown and we will be resurrected on the Day of Judgment for accountability.

During the accountability process, we’ll be asked many questions. As a matter of fact, Ahadith and traditions tell us that the questioning will start the moment we die and are buried in the graves. There would be many questions but five questions would be major our lives in this world. Every human being has to answer them before he/she is admitted to Heaven or Hell. I would like to remind you of those very important questions in case you’re living a care-free and ‘I-am-not-responsible’ kind of life on this planet. The questioning starts from the grave. At the very first stage you would be asked three basic questions – about your Lord, your Deen (religion) and your Prophet. The first questions in the grave would be about our Belief (‘Aqeedah’) and Faith. Then there are other sessions of interrogation. Some say there are thirty questions; others say it’s 300 or even more. Allah knows best.

What we know from the sayings (Hadith) of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) that there would be many questions, out of which the following five are the most important questions about our lives on this planet earth:

1. How did you live your life on earth? (As per commands of Allah?)

2. What did you do with (or how you spent) your youth? (The most powerful, resourceful, beautiful and effective tool to work with in the physical world).

3. How did you earn your livelihood (money)? (By Halal or Haraam means?)

4. How did you spend your earnings/wealth? (In the cause of Allah, helping the needy?) 5. What did you do with your knowledge (education)? (Did you use it to serve Allah, serve mankind and to guide others to the right path?)

Easy questions, difficult answers!

The most slippery question is about your earnings/wealth. How did you make it? Everybody knows what is ‘Halal’ and what are Halal means of earning. But do we abide by the ‘Halal’ rules? All religions, including Islam, promote Halal things. Halal means ‘allowed’ or ‘permitted’, and in all religions only ‘good’ things are permitted. And this covers all aspects of life, not only the earnings.

“That (Allah) may question the (custodians) of

Truth concerning the Truth they (were charged

with). And He has prepared for the Unbelievers

a grievous Penalty.”

(al-Quran 33:6)

All injustice will be punished; all aggression, all evil and all hypocrisy will be punished. At that point, we won’t be able to change anything. The Time to change the outcome is NOW! It’s possible only through repentance; asking Allah for forgiveness; and doing good things for other human beings. When we look into the mirror, we see only “beautiful Me”. But the mirror shows us only the shell – the outer side – of our personality. It is the inner side of our personality that will determine our final destination – Heaven or Hell.

We better reflect upon it seriously and prepare some good answers. The painful and the longest Day of Accountability is fast approaching.

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