“A day on which all the enemies of God will be drawn into...

“A day on which all the enemies of God will be drawn into the fire as they stand next to their destined abode, their ears, their eyes and the skin on their bodies shall testify to the sins they have committed. They will address their limbs in astonishment, saying, `How do you testify concerning our deeds' They will answer, `God who gave speech to all creatures has also given us speech. First He created you, and now He brings you back to Him.

You concealed your ugly deeds not in order that your ears, eyes and skins should not give witness today, but because you imagined God unaware of what you hid from other men. It is this groundless assumption that has brought about your perdition, for today you are in the ranks of the losers.” (41:19-23). This verse stresses that man is unable, in the last resort, to conceal the sins he has committed with his limbs.

This is not because he under estimates his bodily form, which in the end turns out to have been a means for recording his deeds, but because he imagines that things are essentially autonomous and that much of what he has done will be beyond the reach of God's knowledge. It is this unawareness of the fact that nothing in creation is hidden to God that casts men into the pit of eternal wretchedness.

The Qur'an further proclaims: “Today We place the seal of silence on the mouths of the unbelievers and transgressors. Their hands shall speak to us, and their feet shall bear witness to what they have done.” (36:65) . Imam as-Sadiq, upon whom be peace, said the following in clarification of this matter: “When men are gathered together before God on the day of resurrection, everyone will be given the record of his deeds.

When they see the list of their crimes and their sins, they will begin to deny them and they will refuse to confess. Then the angels will bear witness to those sins having occurred, but still the sinners will swear that they have done none of the deeds of which they are accused. This is referred to in the verse**:** “On the day when God shall resurrect them all and they will swear lyingly to God as they once swore lyingly to you” (58:18).

It is then that God will place a seal on their tongues and cause their bodies to begin speaking about what they have done.” ( Tafsir al-Qummi, p. 552) Irrefutable Witness Even more remarkable is the fact that the deeds man has performed will themselves take shape before his astonished eyes.