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“True! They all sinned. However, their good deeds made up for their
minor sins. The tears of repentance they shed immediately after
committing any significant sins washed those sins away. Today, all those
people are under the shadow of the Throne. They will only face brief
ceremonial accountability before their eternal success is declared.
In contrast, those people who committed major sins that practically
invalidate one’s faith, like rejection of the truth, assigning partners to
God, hypocrisy, murder, fornication, rape, apostasy, dishonesty in trusts
belonging to orphans, repeatedly ignoring the limits set by God and all
other sins of similar nature, will be sentenced to Hell.” Saleh explained
the Law in detail.
“But there are always human beings who fall in between the two
extremes; what will happen to them?” I asked.
Saleh replied, “You are right. There are people who have faith in
their hearts as well as some good deeds to their credit. However, they
committed many sins and did not repent. Such people will have to bear
the harshness of the Day of Judgement as a payback for their misdeeds;
only then, they may have a chance of forgiveness.
All those people stuck on the Plane of Judgement today are those
who are either major criminals destined for Hell or those who had faith
but also committed many sins. So, the tribulations they undergo today
are directly related to the number of sins they committed as well as the
gravity of their sins. The ones with fewer sins will be relieved right at
the start of the accountability. However, as I mentioned before, the
time that has elapsed so far is equal to hundreds of years of your
previous life. Even if these people are pardoned at the very beginning of
the questioning, the centuries spent on the Plane of Judgement are
enough to eliminate any lingering after-effects of the misdeeds
committed in those fifty years of life. Whereas, people with a lot of sins
to answer for, may have to bear the hardships, sufferings and toils of
this extremely harsh environment for thousands or hundreds of
thousands of years to come.”
Saleh’s explanation made me realise that sins that seemed so trivial
in the previous world have caused so much misery today. Alas! If only,
people had not considered their sins as trivial, if only, they had
developed a regular habit to repent! If only, they had realised the
seriousness of ills like backbiting, spitefulness, wasting money, pomp
and show, slander etc. If they had appreciated the significance of the
rights of God and other people, if they had stayed away from
disobedience to God and had instead followed the way of the Holy
prophets, they would have managed to avoid the present situation
where the short-lived gratification of each sin had turned into an agony
spanning centuries.
I asked Saleh:
“Does anyone know at this time if he or she will be pardoned or not,
and if so, how?”
Saleh replied:
“This is the real predicament. No one knows what future holds for
him or if there is any hope for salvation. Only God knows. This is the
reason the last Prophet of God as well as other prophets and
messengers were praying for the commencement of accountability. If
this happens, at least the ones with true faith in their hearts would be
separated from those destined to Hell and therefore get salvation, after
going through the process of accountability. As you know, no one is able
to say even a single word to help someone else, nor is there any
possibility of it. The good news is that the last Prophet’s prayer has
been accepted; if you recall, his representative Abu-Bakr, the Truthful,
conveyed that news to you in person.”
“But, why can I see no sign of start of accountability?” I asked Saleh
with surprise. He replied:
“The Almighty has accepted his request but as far as its execution is
concerned, he will do so as per his own larger plan and wisdom. It is
possible that all the people who rose from their graves may not have
reached here yet.”
I replied, “What do you mean? Have they not managed to get here
despite a lapse of so many centuries?”
He replied, “How do you think they will get here? Do you think they
will use aeroplanes, trains, buses, and cars to commute? Today,
everyone is rushing here on foot. The sound of Archangel Rafael’s
trumpet had forced people to head in this direction. The Almighty has
filled the oceans with earth and flattened the mountains to allow
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