2.40. THE DAY OF ACCOUNTABILITY (to be continued)

God says

…and most certainly shall We grant unto such as these [i.e., the believers who do righteous deeds] their reward in accordance with the best that they ever did. - Q.16: 97

…and [on that Day] undone shall be he who bears [a burden of] evildoing -- Q.20: 111

As for that [happy] life in the hereafter, We grant it only to those who do not seek to exalt themselves on earth, not spreading corruption: for future belongs to the God- conscious * -- Q.28: 83
*This last clause makes it clear that, in order to have spiritual value, man’s ‘not seeking’ worldly grandeur or self indulgence in things depraved must have an outcome, not of indifference or of a lack of opportunity, but solely of a conscious moral choice.

Would We treat the God-conscious in the same manner as the wicked? * -- Q38: 28
*By implication, belief in resurrection, judgment and life after death is postulated in this passage (verses 27--28) as a logical corollary – almost a premise – of all belief in God: for, since we see that many righteous people suffer all manner of misery and deprivations in this world, while, on the other hand many of the wicked and depraved enjoy their lives in peace and affluence, we must either assume that (God forbid) He does not exist (because the concept of injustice is incompatible with that of Godhead), or – alternatively – that there is a hereafter in which both the righteous and the unrighteous will harvest in full what they had morally sown during their lives on earth.


Prophet said

Bibi Ayesha reported that she heard the Holy Prophet praying: “O God! take account from me lightly”. She asked what does ‘taking account lightly’ mean? He said, “God may look at my scroll (of deeds) and forgive me. O Ayesha! he, whose account is taken strictly on that Day, will infact be ruined.” -- H: Ahmed. N: Bibi Ayesha.