š„A surprise on the Day of Judgment
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In verse 32 of the 53rd chapter in the Qurāan, it is said,Ā āJustify not yourselves. He knows best who it is that guards against evil.ā This means everyone should try to be pious. And I, God, will watch and judge.
Imagine someone who curses four times a day. One may say, āHeās cursing, so heās not pious.ā No, wait! You canāt judge.Imagine another person who curses once a day. āSo heās not that pious either, because heās cursing every day. The other person curses four times a day, so he is four times less pious.ā But we may see on the Day of Judgment that the one who used to curse once a day is taken to Hell because he wasnāt pious. But the other one who used to curse four times a day is taken to Heaven because of his piety. āO God, it seems this isnāt fair! We thought this should be different.ā
It will be as this verse states, āIt will abase some and exalt others.ā [56:3] God will say, āThe one who used to curse four times a day, I know that he stopped himself from cursing 40 times a day. Mentally, he was such that he stopped himself from cursing 40 times a day, but he couldnāt control those four cases. And about these four cases, he wanted to curse very badly, but he controlled himself and cursed just a little. Of course that was a fault, but We forgave him. So you canāt measure oneās piety that easily!ā
āGod, what about the one who cursed once. You could have forgiven him too.ā God says, āNo! He wasnāt the kind of person who was used to cursing. I created him Myself. He wasnāt even upset, but he cursed. And he wasnāt regretful about it. He was thinking, āPeople are cursing so much. Now I cursed once. God should be ok with that!ā So Iāll punish him severely.ā
āThe most honorable among you in the sight of God is the most pious of you.ā [Qurāan 49:13] On the Day of Judgment, the most pious people will be obvious. But we canāt easily judge about them now. Letās try to avoid the habit of judging people. Sometimes in a mosque or in a school, we quickly label people. Weāre making some proud and some lose hope. So peopleās honor will be ruined. What a great school it is that teaches its students to not keep easily judging others.