Every soul will long that there might be a mighty space between it and that evil.

Every soul will long that there might be a mighty space between it and that evil." (Surah Ale Imran, 3 : 30) This verse expressly says that man will find before him the actual good and bad deeds of his. The good deeds will be presented in pleasing and attractive forms, but the forms in which bad deeds will appear will be so repulsive and loathsome, that man would like to remove them from his sight or to run away from them.

But he would not be able to do either, because in that world man's deeds are almost a part of his existence and cannot be separated from him. (ii) "They will find before them whatever they did in this world." (Surah al-Kahf, 18 : 49) This verse says exactly the same thing as the previous one. (iii) "That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds (in the display centre of the deeds).

And whosoever does an atom's weight of good will see it then, and whosoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it then." (Surah Zilzal, 99:6-8) Man is immortal and eternal, and so are his deeds and works. In the next world he will be living with the deeds with which he has lived in this world. Man's deeds are his good or bad assets. It depends on them whether his everlasting life in the next world will be happy or miserable.

Traditions (Ahadith) Some Muslims who came from a distant place were received by the Holy Prophet. In the course of their conversation with him they asked the Holy Prophet to prescribe for them some useful rules of conduct. Among other things the Holy Prophet counselled them to take immediate action to choose good companions for the next world, where the living companions of everybody would be the embodiments of his own deeds.

A man who has a belief in the eternal life of the next world is always very particular about his thoughts, habits and actions, for he knows that these things should not be looked upon as transient affairs. They constitute his baggage which he sends to the next world in advance. He will have to live with it. Common and Uncommon Points of This Life and the Next A point common to the life of this world and to the life of the next is that both the lives are real and exist actually.

In both the lives man is conscious of himself and whatever relates to him. In both the lives he feels pain and pleasure and is happy and miserable. In both the lives his actions are governed by his instincts, both animal and purely human. In both the lives he lives with his body and all his limbs and organs.