This court is one whose Judge is God Almighty...

This court is one whose Judge is God Almighty, God Who is Aware of all things, is Needless of all and Who is more Knowing than all others. 6. Beyond this, the punishments there are not contractual; it is our acts themselves which take form and will be alongside us and they will punish us or draw us into blessings.

Faith in such a court takes a person to the point that Hadrat ‘Ali says, “I swear to God that if I were to spend from night to the morning upon thorns and if my hands and feet were to be chained in the day and I were to be pulled through the streets and the bazaars, I am more willing to have this happen than to present myself to God’s Court if I have committed an oppression against one of God’s creatures or if I have usurped the rights of another.” (1) Can a Person with such Faith be Deceived?

It is faith in this Judgment that makes a human being place his brother’s hand near the fire to burn when he has extended it into the public treasury. And when the brother screams in pain, he advises him, “You are screaming from the flame of a toy fire which is in the hands of human beings whereas you take your brother to a fire which is extremely frightening and which is lit by the anger of the Creator?” (2) Can a person with such faith be deceived? Can one buy his conscience with bribery?

Can he, with the encouragement of threats, be made to deviate from the way of truth to the way of oppression? The Holy Qur’an says when the scroll of deeds is shown to sinners, they cry out: “Ah! Woe to us! What a book is this! It leaves out nothing small or great but takes account thereof!” (3) In this way, powerful waves of the sense of responsibility grow towards the spirit of the human being which controls the human being from deviating, going astray, committing oppression and aggression.

NOTES: ________________ ___ 1. Nahj al-Balaghah, Sermon 224 2. Ibid 3. The Holy Quran 18:49 Leave a Comment Leave a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Name * Email * Comment * Δ Newest Video View All The Succor of Patience and Prayer Why is mercy mentioned twice in Bismillah?

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