THE JUDGMENT DAY: "I Wish I Were Dust!"

 

The Day Of Judgment

When The Unbeliever Will Say:

"I Wish I Were Dust!”

(M. Javed Naseem)

“Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near,

the Day when man will see (the deeds)

which his hands have sent forth.”

(al-Quran 78:40)

When God sent man to live on Earth, He also told him what to do, what not to do and how to work for his second (or eternal) life in the Hereafter. Allah told man that his tenure in this world would be temporary and the real eternal life was in the Hereafter. Man's death separates the two parts. He (along with all other humans) shall be resurrected on the Day of Judgment to face the questioning. And then the decision will be made to send him to Paradise or to Hell – based on his deeds in this world.

In Surah al-Naba (or an-Naba), Chapter 78 of the Holy Quran, Allah the Almighty talks to us humans directly. He makes it very clear that there is no doubt about that Day. While reminding us of that, Allah reiterates that He has the sovereignty over heavens and earth, and whatever is in-between. He is the Supreme Creator and He is the Best Provider and Sustainer who feeds all humanity and all living things in the universe. Allah asks us:

“Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,

And the mountains as pegs?

And (have We not) created you in pairs,

And made your sleep for rest,

And made the night as a covering,

And made the day as a means of subsistence?

And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,

And placed (therein) a dazzling lamp (sun)?

And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,

That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

And gardens of luxurious growth?”

(al-Quran 78:6-16)

Allah reminds us that there is no doubt about the happening of that Day. That has been decreed and nothing can change it. On that Day, the Heaven and the Hell will be shown to people who did not believe in meeting with their Creator after death; or who did not believe that the sinners and transgressors will become the fuel of Hellfire. The Paradise will be shown to the righteous. The greatest show on that Day will start with the sounding of trumpet.

“Verily, the Day of Decision is a thing appointed,

The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded,

and you shall come forth in crowds;

And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,

And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.

Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

For the transgressors a place of destination.

They will dwell therein for ages.

Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,

But a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,

A fitting recompense (for them).

For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),

But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.

And all things have We preserved on record.

"So taste you (the fruits of your deeds);

for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."

Verily for the Righteous, there will be a fulfillment of

(the heart's) desires; Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

And voluptuous women of equal age;

And a cup full (to the brim).

They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.

Recompense from your Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,

(al-Quran 78:17-37)

You will have no middle-man and nobody would be able to plead your case. After the decision, Allah might allow Prophets & Messengers to submit prayers for forgiveness; on the basis of which Allah might forgive some people who were earlier destined to Hell. The Almighty is warning us with all those verses that the End Time is approaching and we should repent. Only repentance and reverting to Allah, the Most Merciful, can save us from the Hellfire.

“(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth,

and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious.”

None shall have power to argue with Him.

The Day that the Spirit and the angels will

stand forth in ranks, none shall speak except any

who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious,

and He will say what is right.

That Day will be the sure Reality.

Therefore, whoso will, let him take

a (straight) return to his Lord!

Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near,

the Day when man will see (the deeds)

which his hands have sent forth,

and the Unbeliever will say,

"Woe unto me! I wish I were dust!"

(al-Quran 78:6-40)

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