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The Almighty said to him, “Do you have anything to say in your
defence?”
He replied, “My Lord! My conduct was a product of the
environment I lived in. Bribery was prevalent all around. I did not want
to indulge in it but was forced to do so due to the pressures of my
superiors and the demands of society.”
The Almighty thundered:
“So you were forced to resort to do what you did?”
He then summoned a junior police officer who had worked under
him in the previous life. In a short while, a very good-looking man,
dressed in fine clothes, appeared.
The Almighty addressed him:
“You also served in the police force with this person. Why did you
not choose the path of oppression and corruption despite the prevailing
atmosphere?”
He replied:
“My Lord, it was the fear of appearing before you today that kept
me away from accepting bribes. I refused to do so despite pressure
from my colleagues. Even though I spent my life in abject poverty, I did
not compromise on justice for the sake of money.”
“You are right! As a consequence, I have given a lot of weight to the
small number of your good deeds and have awarded you with the life in
the everlasting Paradise.”
He then addressed the first police officer:
“The choice you had was not about whether to get rich by choosing
corruption, oppression, and injustice, or to live a life of poverty. Rather,
the choice was to live a life of righteousness and go to paradise, or
indulge in oppression and go to Hell; you chose to go to Hell. Thus, Hell
is your fate for the rest of your life!”
The police officer was not willing to give up so easily; he started to
weep and said:
“My Lord, Satan misled me.”
The Almighty thundered:
“No! In reality, you were yourself a devil! Even though, for me, you
were even more helpless than an insignificant ant. You are a worthless
man. Even when you oppressed other human beings, I was watching
you. However, I gave you time to correct yourself. You did not avail of
it! You were under the impression that you would not have to face me
in this court. Now you can see that you were wrong.”
As these words, full of wrath & fury were delivered, the sound of
the roaring flames of Hell coming from left of the Plane of Judgement
became progressively louder. The hearts of people present there were
trembling with fear. People were petrified to death! Everyone seemed
extremely tense. Their eyes had a blank look and the faces had
darkened with misery. Their hearts beat so fast as if they would pop out
of their chests. However, today, there was nowhere to run to, and no
place to hide. As each wrongdoer received the verdict, other offenders
felt increasingly worse.
There were all sorts of people waiting for their turn. They included
emperors, extremely powerful leaders, wheeler-dealers, dictators,
billionaires, famous celebrities, and power brokers. All of them were
waiting helplessly for their fate to be decided, like slaves, perhaps more
like a flock of sheep. Today there was no one who could save them.
Record of deeds of the police officer was put in the scale of justice;
as expected, the left arm was significantly lower. The angel tried to
hand him over his record in his left hand but he pulled it back.
Obviously, he was nothing in strength as compared to the angel, who
tied his hands at his back and then shoved the record in his left hand.
Thereafter, both angels started thrashing him and dragged him away
towards the roaring flames of Hell, where an even worse fate awaited
him.
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