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possible way, but they did not pay any heed to them. Thereafter, God
sent some prophets as messengers as well. Those messengers not only
invited people to the right path, but went even a step further. They
warned them that if they did not follow their teachings, rather than
waiting until the end of the world, God would punish them in their
lifetime, and only those who were on the right path would remain
unscathed. Thus, the nations of Noah
PBUH
, A’ad, Thamud, Lot
PBUH
,
Shoaib
PBUH
The messengers sent to these nations warned them about the
wrath of God, but when their message was ignored, they were punished
in the world, much before the Day of Judgement. The nation of
Noah
, Pharaoh and the Quraish of Mecca themselves suffered that
fate.
PBUH
and the followers of Pharaoh were drowned in water, A’ad
were destroyed by a fierce storm, and the nations of Thamud and
Shoaib
PBUH
were annihilated by a jolt.
Similarly
, the
nation of Lot
PBUH
Above all, in this area where the accountability is taking place today
and what used to be the Middle East, the children of Abraham were the
subject and example of this principle of reward and punishment for four
thousand years. The dealings of God with the two branches of the
children of Abraham, namely the Ishmaelites and the Israelites were
based on a law that his blessings were showered upon them if they
were obedient, and alternatively, if they were disobedient, they were
punished as a nation. Historically, the children of Israel had to face
major destructions twice because of their disobedience. Once, at the
hands of the Babylonian king
was flattened with a wind that rained stones, and the swords of the
believers wiped out the residents of Mecca who rejected the call of the
last Prophet. The Almighty saved the believers and awarded them rule
of the earth. In particular, the incident of the last Prophet and the
disbelievers of Mecca had happened in recent history and thus its
record was also preserved in the Qur’an. The history is witness to how
the companions of the last Prophet became masters of the world within
a few decades. Hence, an example of eternal reward and punishment
was established so that no one could deny it. Despite all that, people
still did not prepare for this day.
Nebuchadnezzar
Along with these punishments, whenever humans sought
forgiveness and turned towards God, the doors of power and rewards
were opened for them again. One of the examples of this process was
when, after complete destruction at the hands of the Tartars, the
Muslims took the message of Islam to them and in a short period of
time they became a super power again. Yet sadly even after seeing
these lucid examples of reward and punishment in the world, people
did not take the absolute certainty of reward and punishment of the
Day of Judgement seriously. Involuntarily, a sigh escaped my lips and I
said:
and the second time, by
the Roman General Titus. Similarly, the Muslim nation had to suffer
severe punishments twice for their crimes. They had to face destruction
and humiliation of slavery firstly at the hands of the Tartars and then by
the European nations.
“My Lord, you did not leave any stone unturned in making people
understand, but man was a very obstinate creature. This is why he is
facing this tough day today.”
Saleh looked at me for a moment and then spoke:
“No! All were not so. Just look at the people around the pond of
Kauthar, you can see so many people here.”
I nodded in agreement but did not add anything. The reason was
obvious. Saleh was looking at the people present at the pond and I was
thinking about the people who were outside in the Plane of Judgement,
my son Jamshaid included. I had returned to the Plane of Judgement to
look for him, but after seeing Prophet Jesus’s testimony, I had given up.
Therefore, for the time being, I decided to leave his fate in the hands of
God.
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We were moving ahead. On reaching a certain place, Saleh said to
me:
“Come on; Let us go to the VVIP lounge of Kauthar.”
I did not comment, but I had an idea about what he meant.
Saleh explained:
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