Faith in such a court takes a person to the point that Hadrat ‘Ali says...

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.” (Nahj al-Balaghah, Sermon 224) 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?” (Nahj al-Balaghah, Sermon 224) Can a person with such faith be deceived?

Can one buy his conscience with bribery? Can he, with 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!” (18:49) In this way, powerful waves of the sense of responsibility grows towards the spirit of the human being which controls the human being from deviating, going astray, committing oppression and aggression. Think and Answer If there was nothing after this limited life and the situation of this world, what would happen? Why does a group of those who deny the Resurrection deviate?

What are the differences between the Court of the Day of Judgment and the courts of this world? What effects does faith in the Resurrection have upon the deeds of a human being? What did Amir al-Mu’minin, ‘Ali, peace be upon him, do to his brother Aqil? What did he want and what response did ‘Ali give him? Previous…