The Narrative...
The meaning of Qadar means that Allah has decreed everything that happens in the universe according to His prior knowledge and the dictates of His wisdom...
Belief in al-Qadar includes four things:
1 )– The belief & understanding that Allah knows all things, in general and in detail, from conception to eternity, whether that has to do with His own actions or the actions of His slaves {created humanity}.
2) – The belief that Allah has written everything that will ever occur in the preserved tablet al-Lawh al-Mahfooz.
Quran 22:70
أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ فِى كِتَٰبٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ
Do you not know that Allah knows what is in the heaven and earth? Indeed, that is in a Record { in the Book (Al‑Lawh Al‑Mahfooz), Indeed that, for Allah, is easy.
In Saheeh Muslim (2653) it is narrated that ‘Abd-Allah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “Allah wrote down the decrees of creation fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth.”
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The first thing that Allah created was the Pen, and He said to it, ‘Write!’ It said, ‘O Lord, what should I write?’ He said: ‘Write down the decrees of all things until the Hour begins.” Narrated by Abu Dawood, 4700; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
3) – The belief that whatever happens only happens by the will of Allah – whether that has to do with His own actions or the actions of creation.
4) – The belief that all things that happen are created by Allah in their essence, their attributes and their manifestations.
Belief in al-Qadar includes four things:
1 )– The belief & understanding that Allah knows all things, in general and in detail, from conception to eternity, whether that has to do with His own actions or the actions of His slaves {created humanity}.
2) – The belief that Allah has written everything that will ever occur in the preserved tablet al-Lawh al-Mahfooz.
Quran 22:70
أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ فِى كِتَٰبٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ
Do you not know that Allah knows what is in the heaven and earth? Indeed, that is in a Record { in the Book (Al‑Lawh Al‑Mahfooz), Indeed that, for Allah, is easy.
In Saheeh Muslim (2653) it is narrated that ‘Abd-Allah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “Allah wrote down the decrees of creation fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth.”
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The first thing that Allah created was the Pen, and He said to it, ‘Write!’ It said, ‘O Lord, what should I write?’ He said: ‘Write down the decrees of all things until the Hour begins.” Narrated by Abu Dawood, 4700; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
3) – The belief that whatever happens only happens by the will of Allah – whether that has to do with His own actions or the actions of creation.
4) – The belief that all things that happen are created by Allah in their essence, their attributes and their manifestations.
Holy Quran 13:31
وَلَوْ أَنَّ قُرْءَانًا سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ ٱلْجِبَالُ أَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۗ بَل لِّلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْرُ جَمِيعًا ۗ أَفَلَمْ يَا۟يْـَٔسِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ لَهَدَى ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًا ۗ وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ تُصِيبُهُم بِمَا صَنَعُوا۟ قَارِعَةٌ أَوْ تَحُلُّ قَرِيبًا مِّن دَارِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِىَ وَعْدُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ
And if there was any qur'an by which the mountains would be removed or the earth would be broken apart or the dead would be made to speak, [it would be this Qur'an], but to Allah belongs the affair entirely. Then have those who believed not accepted that had Allah willed, He would have guided the people, all of them? And those who disbelieve do not cease to be struck, for what they have done, by calamity - or it will descend near their home - until there comes the promise of Allah. Indeed, Allah does not fail in [His] promise.
Our Script
What is considered as the most accurate view regarding the nafs and the ruh is that of Ibn al-Qayyim, see his famous treatise dealing with the circumstances of the souls of the living and the dead, Kitab ar-Ruh, pp. 249-250. which is affirmed by Ibn Abul-'Izz al-Hanafi in his commentary on al-'Aqidat at-Tahawiyyah (see pp. 443-444). They base their positions on various verses of the Qur'an and the traditions of the Prophet s.a.w as well as on sound logic and rational thought. According to them, man consists of a spirit and a body together. The spirit is an entity which differs from the physical, tangible body. It is a higher type of luminous (or light-like) being, alive and moving, and it penetrates the limbs, circulating through them as water circulates throughout the petals of a rose, or as oil circulates throughout the olive and as fire circulates throughout the burning embers of coal. One may reasonably perceive the soul filling and occupying the body; its form, though non-physical, is molded into the body's shape.
"Allah takes soul at the time of their death and [the souls] of those that death has been decreed during their sleep. He retains those souls for which He has ordained death, whereas He releases [returns to life/ their bodies] the rest for an appointed term." [Al-Qur'an 39:42]
In this verse it is stated that there are only two points in time at which Allah takes souls: at death and during sleep. The separation which occurs during sleep is temporary, whereas, upon death, it is permanent. When one sleeps, Allah separates the soul from the body. If He has decreed death for a person at this point, the separation becomes permanent and the body no longer functions. In the case of one for whom death has not been decreed at that time, the soul that is taken during sleep is returned to its respective body upon awakening. However, the soul for which Allah has decreed death need not necessarily be taken during sleep but may be taken at a time other than sleep.
However, the soul/spirit doesn’t completely separate from the body, but rather extends linked by an umbilical-cord if you will. After-all, how is the physical body able to move or be jolted and speak during sleep? This is all possible because of the link between the body and soul although the soul has been take by its creator; these are experiences of the soul that the physical body feels from its animating spirit. Just before awakening, the soul (made of a light/energy) travels as fast as its physical limitations, which is the speed of light [186,000 miles per second], returning to the body. This dazzling speed is perceived instantaneously to us, and the body then regains its consciousness with the return of the soul/spirit which is the portion of of our true selves that is self-aware...the body without the soul is no more than a vessel that houses this energy force that gives life to the body.
"If you could see when the wrongdoers taste the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out, [saying], 'Deliver up your souls. This day you will be awarded a degrading punishment.' " [Al-Qur'an 6:93]
Here it is stated that death is painful for the disbelievers. Although they are ordered to surrender their souls to the angels, they are unwilling; therefore, the soul must be forced out as it does not wish to meet its punishment.
Holy Quran 58:22
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ يُوَآدُّونَ مَنْ حَآدَّ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَلَوْ كَانُوٓا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَٰنَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَتَبَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْإِيمَٰنَ وَأَيَّدَهُم بِرُوحٍ مِّنْهُ ۖ وَيُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ رَضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ حِزْبُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أَلَآ إِنَّ حِزْبَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred. Those - He has decreed within their hearts faith and supported them with spirit from Him. And We will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him - those are the party of Allah. Unquestionably, the party of Allah - they are the successful.
Al-Ruh {the spirit} can also be used to refer to the spiritual force or essence of something...for example al-ruh al-basir the spirit of seeing; al-ruh assami the spirit of hearing; Also the spiritual essence we express in sincerity, truth, and repentance.
"Allah takes soul at the time of their death and [the souls] of those that death has been decreed during their sleep. He retains those souls for which He has ordained death, whereas He releases [returns to life/ their bodies] the rest for an appointed term." [Al-Qur'an 39:42]
In this verse it is stated that there are only two points in time at which Allah takes souls: at death and during sleep. The separation which occurs during sleep is temporary, whereas, upon death, it is permanent. When one sleeps, Allah separates the soul from the body. If He has decreed death for a person at this point, the separation becomes permanent and the body no longer functions. In the case of one for whom death has not been decreed at that time, the soul that is taken during sleep is returned to its respective body upon awakening. However, the soul for which Allah has decreed death need not necessarily be taken during sleep but may be taken at a time other than sleep.
However, the soul/spirit doesn’t completely separate from the body, but rather extends linked by an umbilical-cord if you will. After-all, how is the physical body able to move or be jolted and speak during sleep? This is all possible because of the link between the body and soul although the soul has been take by its creator; these are experiences of the soul that the physical body feels from its animating spirit. Just before awakening, the soul (made of a light/energy) travels as fast as its physical limitations, which is the speed of light [186,000 miles per second], returning to the body. This dazzling speed is perceived instantaneously to us, and the body then regains its consciousness with the return of the soul/spirit which is the portion of of our true selves that is self-aware...the body without the soul is no more than a vessel that houses this energy force that gives life to the body.
"If you could see when the wrongdoers taste the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out, [saying], 'Deliver up your souls. This day you will be awarded a degrading punishment.' " [Al-Qur'an 6:93]
Here it is stated that death is painful for the disbelievers. Although they are ordered to surrender their souls to the angels, they are unwilling; therefore, the soul must be forced out as it does not wish to meet its punishment.
Holy Quran 58:22
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ يُوَآدُّونَ مَنْ حَآدَّ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَلَوْ كَانُوٓا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَٰنَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَتَبَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْإِيمَٰنَ وَأَيَّدَهُم بِرُوحٍ مِّنْهُ ۖ وَيُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ رَضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ حِزْبُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أَلَآ إِنَّ حِزْبَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred. Those - He has decreed within their hearts faith and supported them with spirit from Him. And We will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him - those are the party of Allah. Unquestionably, the party of Allah - they are the successful.
Al-Ruh {the spirit} can also be used to refer to the spiritual force or essence of something...for example al-ruh al-basir the spirit of seeing; al-ruh assami the spirit of hearing; Also the spiritual essence we express in sincerity, truth, and repentance.
The very idea of death, the fear of it haunts the human being like nothing else...So much so, that the entire new culture is founded on the principles of immortality through materialism. As the culture embodies the pursuit of more, so does this ultimate denial within humanity grows, which causes more abstract & far fetched ideals that are personified through those who symbolized wealth with the Mysterious & mythical perceptions of becoming immortal through their possessions. Becoming god-like; achieving immortality through cryogenic freezing of the body for future re-animations or bionics incorporated into the human biology...the super-hero complex, which has become the new societal cinema craze. Either you’re wealthy enough to achieve some super human qualities or you are poor & weak enough to look unto a savior within man...
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Remember often the destroyer of pleasures,” by which he meant death.
Source: Sunan ibn Majah 4258, Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani
In another narration, the Prophet said, “Remember often the destroyer of pleasures. Never does a servant remember it during hardship except that it will become easier for him, and never does he not remember it during ease except that it will become harder for him.”
Source: Sahih Ibn Hibban 3069, Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ هَاذِمِ اللَّذَّاتِ يَعْنِي الْمَوْتَ
4258 سنن ابن ماجه كتاب الزهد باب ذكر الموت والاستعداد له
المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن صحيح
وفي رواية أخرى قال أَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ هَاذِمِ اللَّذَّاتِ فَمَا ذَكَرَهُ عَبْدٌ قَطُّ وَهُوَ فِي ضِيقٍ إِلا وَسَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلا ذَكَرُهُ وَهُوَ فِي سَعَةٍ إِلا ضَيِّقَهُ عَلَيْهِ
3069 صحيح ابن حبان كتاب الجنائز وما يتعلق بها مقدما
المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن
This top of the tier narrative [meaning the fabricated narrative of those who seek to control others] sets the over tones for current societal norms, while the lower tiers [poorer masses] self-create and make accept ions for the best struggle for a life. The wealthy write towards enslaving mankind more and more each passing moment while the masses have been conditioned to secularist view points that ignore the spiritual self and follow the path that sees & understands only the tangible world and is thus lead like livestock by becoming more entangled by serving our desires which the material world encourages.
As dual nature d beings, {meaning the duality of substances that we are made of}; when we choose to follow the weaker portion of ourselves {earthly substance} we then become subjugated more so to what destroys us, which holds the irony to our blindness, and is directly proportionate in contradicting our survival. The portion of ourselves {spirit/ soul} when reminded about our true essence & strengthened by actions motivated by faithful intentions {including our own submission to the creator}, life’s hidden realities become more visible and as a result harmony and the potential for all life is enhanced and sustained by its already existing natural order. So, it is by our own making, trying very hard to super-impose our own limited thoughts over a universal constitution that governs all things through their physical or meta-physical bases of design; that ultimately leads to destroying us. Unable to see or arrogantly believing that modernity in calendar years will cause a different fate upon an age of humans who have increased their knowledge only in erecting cities & structures; while inwardly we are among the worst of humans to walk the earth. Our Intelligence is stunted growth by artificial intelligence and the consequences of mass consumption drives greed on a global scale.
Holy Quran 9:69
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كَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنكُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرَ أَمْوَٰلًا وَأَوْلَٰدًا فَٱسْتَمْتَعُوا۟ بِخَلَٰقِهِمْ فَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِخَلَٰقِكُمْ كَمَا ٱسْتَمْتَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُم بِخَلَٰقِهِمْ وَخُضْتُمْ كَٱلَّذِى خَاضُوٓا۟ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ ۖ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ
[You disbelievers are] like those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and children. They enjoyed their portion [of worldly enjoyment], and you have enjoyed your portion as those before you enjoyed their portion, and you have engaged [in vanities] like that in which they engaged. [It is] those whose deeds have become worthless in this world and in the Hereafter, and it is they who are the losers.
As dual nature d beings, {meaning the duality of substances that we are made of}; when we choose to follow the weaker portion of ourselves {earthly substance} we then become subjugated more so to what destroys us, which holds the irony to our blindness, and is directly proportionate in contradicting our survival. The portion of ourselves {spirit/ soul} when reminded about our true essence & strengthened by actions motivated by faithful intentions {including our own submission to the creator}, life’s hidden realities become more visible and as a result harmony and the potential for all life is enhanced and sustained by its already existing natural order. So, it is by our own making, trying very hard to super-impose our own limited thoughts over a universal constitution that governs all things through their physical or meta-physical bases of design; that ultimately leads to destroying us. Unable to see or arrogantly believing that modernity in calendar years will cause a different fate upon an age of humans who have increased their knowledge only in erecting cities & structures; while inwardly we are among the worst of humans to walk the earth. Our Intelligence is stunted growth by artificial intelligence and the consequences of mass consumption drives greed on a global scale.
Holy Quran 9:69
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كَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنكُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرَ أَمْوَٰلًا وَأَوْلَٰدًا فَٱسْتَمْتَعُوا۟ بِخَلَٰقِهِمْ فَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِخَلَٰقِكُمْ كَمَا ٱسْتَمْتَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُم بِخَلَٰقِهِمْ وَخُضْتُمْ كَٱلَّذِى خَاضُوٓا۟ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ ۖ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ
[You disbelievers are] like those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and children. They enjoyed their portion [of worldly enjoyment], and you have enjoyed your portion as those before you enjoyed their portion, and you have engaged [in vanities] like that in which they engaged. [It is] those whose deeds have become worthless in this world and in the Hereafter, and it is they who are the losers.
Our current reality is taking shape by the narrative of the creator, although the disbelievers believe that what they are designing is from an independent source {themselves}. Because much of what takes place in the world is evil and or corrupt, many people would disagree with the qadr and refer to our current reality in terms other than Allah...These disagreements are rooted in the doubts that harbour disbelief and are predicated on the foundations of questions that remove blame from humanity...Such as, “why would allah/god allow such conditions to existence in the world”? The answer is simple, Allah says, “Quran 30:41
ظَهَرَ ٱلْفَسَادُ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِى ٱلنَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى عَمِلُوا۟ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He [Allah] may let them [humanity] taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].
Then he [Allah further details the causes to this corruption. Allah says, “Quran 11:116
فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْفَسَادِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّنْ أَنجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَآ أُتْرِفُوا۟ فِيهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged [themselves][disbelieved and lived contradictory to divine law] pursued what luxuries they were given therein, and they were criminals.
Holy Quran 11:117
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ
And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities [before & future] unjustly while their people were reformers. [fighting to establish truth & justice].
Here in lies a profound wisdom. Because Qadar Allah is the absolute story script, in fully encompasses Allah’s knowledge of all things seen and unseen, and is by his knowledge of what was, what is, or will be is the fundamental principle of his omnipotence. Allah is not physically in his creation, but above it in a manner that befits his majesty; so for those who can only see Allah/God as love or in a similar context of non-punishing, or only good etc. It becomes even more so harder for them to understand that Allah creates as he wills, allows what he wills and does as he wills. Of his will, is the constitution that is written upon us while in the womb of our mothers...
ظَهَرَ ٱلْفَسَادُ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِى ٱلنَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى عَمِلُوا۟ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He [Allah] may let them [humanity] taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].
Then he [Allah further details the causes to this corruption. Allah says, “Quran 11:116
فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْفَسَادِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّنْ أَنجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَآ أُتْرِفُوا۟ فِيهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged [themselves][disbelieved and lived contradictory to divine law] pursued what luxuries they were given therein, and they were criminals.
Holy Quran 11:117
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ
And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities [before & future] unjustly while their people were reformers. [fighting to establish truth & justice].
Here in lies a profound wisdom. Because Qadar Allah is the absolute story script, in fully encompasses Allah’s knowledge of all things seen and unseen, and is by his knowledge of what was, what is, or will be is the fundamental principle of his omnipotence. Allah is not physically in his creation, but above it in a manner that befits his majesty; so for those who can only see Allah/God as love or in a similar context of non-punishing, or only good etc. It becomes even more so harder for them to understand that Allah creates as he wills, allows what he wills and does as he wills. Of his will, is the constitution that is written upon us while in the womb of our mothers...
And We have sent down unto you the message (Qur’an); that you may explain clearly to men what is sent for them.” (Sura al-Nahl, V: 44)
Hence, life being breathed into the foetus at 120 days is understood by looking at the verse of the Qur’an and the Hadith collectively. In the verse, Allah Most High states the stages of embryonic development in the womb of the mother. He Most High says:
“And verily We did create man from a quintessence (of clay). Then We placed him (as a drop of sperm) in a place of rest, firmly fixed {inside the womb}. Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood. Then of that clot We made a (foetus) lump. Then We made out of that lump bones and clothed the bones with flesh. Then We developed out of it another creature (by breathing life into it). So blessed be Allah, the most marvelous Creator” (Sura al-Mu’minun V: 12-13-14).
In the Hadith recorded by the two most authentic authorities, Imam al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on them both) in their respective Sahih collections, the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) discusses in detail the periods elapsing between these stages mentioned in the Qur’an.
Sayyiduna Abd Allah ibn Mas’ud (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said:
((إنَّ أحدكم يُجمَع خَلْقُه في بطن أمه أربعين يومًا، ثم يكون علقةً مثل ذلك، ثم يكون مُضغةً مثل ذلك، ثم يَبعث الله ملكًا فيُؤمر بأربع كلمات، ويقال له: اكتُبْ عملَه، ورزقَه، وأجلَه، و شقيٌّ أو سعيدٌ، ثم يُنفخ فيه الروح))
“Each one of you is constituted in the womb of the mother for forty days, and then he becomes a clot of thick blood for a similar period, and then a piece of flesh for a similar period. Then Allah sends an angel who is ordered to write four things. He is ordered to write down his deeds, his livelihood, his (date of) death, and whether he will be blessed or wretched (in religion). Then the soul is breathed into him…” (Sahih al-Bukhari no: 3036).
- His livelihood which includes all sustenance I.e. type of work he/she will do, how much money they will have in life down to the penny, wife, children, house, clothing, health, abilities, talents, thoughts, inspirations, etc...
- Again Qadar of Allah includes what he has decreed on himself and on what he has created, so what a person is given or whatever is withheld is from the wisdom's of Allah alone, and should never be counted as a blessing or as a curse. Instead, one should realize we have a unique set of circumstances by which we are going to be tested by, therefore contentment needs to be sought because often wishing for other than what we have induces ungrateful ness and takes away the harmony of our own individuality in reference to Allah's wisdom s.
- Again Qadar of Allah includes what he has decreed on himself and on what he has created, so what a person is given or whatever is withheld is from the wisdom's of Allah alone, and should never be counted as a blessing or as a curse. Instead, one should realize we have a unique set of circumstances by which we are going to be tested by, therefore contentment needs to be sought because often wishing for other than what we have induces ungrateful ness and takes away the harmony of our own individuality in reference to Allah's wisdom s.
- Date of Death which includes how, when, why, where...it’s straight forward. This is why we should never become overly burdened about how or why a person has died the way he/she has died because this is a predetermined matter. In addition, we understand that the more gruesome a person dies who is seen to be righteous by Allah is most certainly a means to a higher reward in paradise. Hadith - Bukhari 7:564
I visited Allah's Apostle while he was suffering from a high fever. I touched him with my hand and said, "O Allah's Apostle! You have a high fever." Allah's Apostle said, "Yes, I have as much fever as two men of you have." I said, "Is it because you will get a double reward?" Allah's Apostle said, "Yes, no Muslim is afflicted with harm because of sickness or some other inconvenience, but that Allah will remove his sins for him as a tree sheds its leaves."
Hadith - Muslim & Bukhari
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri r.a. reported that the Prophet said: Whenever a Muslim is afflicted with a hardship, sickness, sadness, worry, harm, or depression --even a thorn's prick, Allah expiates his sins because of it.
Recorded by Bukhari in al-Adab ul-Mufrad (no. 493), verified authentic by al-Albani
"Expect good, because Allah (s.w.t.) makes a believer's sickness an expiation (for his sins) and a period of repose. As for a disbeliever falling sick, he is like a camel whose owner ties it and then lets it loose --it does not understand why it was tied, nor why it was freed." - His/Her Deeds which includes the thoughts, behavior, and overall demeanor of a person...However, unlike the first two which are set criteria, the deeds of a person are carried out by intentions motivated by evil or good and thus are decided in determining the individual state. Allah the creator creates what he wills and creates the conditions by which evil is allowed its portion, and the same for good. These evils are personified by both Jinn {the race of beings from where Satan is from} and Insan {human beings}. The Jinn who persists in evil and the portion of humanity who look up to serving them are called “Shai-a-teen”, deriving their name from “satan” himself who is the greatest of sinners. Understanding this very important point within the story of Satan, it becomes easy to see how although we have constituted upon us certain criteria at the delivery of the soul, whether that criteria suggest a bad or happy ending we must not become unclear that Allah has created for reasons & wisdoms only known to him, enemies from the jinn & man who will be from our own families, children, close relatives, neighbors, and people whom we have yet to meet...All of whom are part of the unique circumstances that will test us specifically towards a fate in which Allah already knows...nonetheless yours and my test have to run their course in divine history.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُمْ وَأَوْلَٰدِكُمْ عَدُوًّا لَّكُمْ فَٱحْذَرُوهُمْ ۚ وَإِن تَعْفُوا۟ وَتَصْفَحُوا۟ وَتَغْفِرُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ O you who have believed, indeed, among your wives and your children are enemies to you, so beware of them. But if you pardon and overlook and forgive - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
Holy Quran 20:123
قَالَ ٱهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًۢا ۖ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى فَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَىٰ
[Allah] said, "Descend from Paradise - all, [your descendants humanity] being enemies to one another. And if there should come to you guidance [revelation/prophets] from Me - then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray [in the world] nor suffer [in the Hereafter].
These last two verses bring the Hadith of the angel who blows the soul and the Qadar of Allah to manifested reality by which we are tested, and allows us to clearly see that with Allah there is only believers and disbelievers...There is no grey area, and everybody will carry out their purpose of being righteous or wretched and thus fulfill or make true what Allah himself already knows. Understanding this, we should then clearly understand that although people be from our same family or from our own loins, our purpose in this life is to be tested...
Quran 29:2
أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوٓا۟ أَن يَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ
Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?
Holy Quran 29:3
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۖ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ
But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allah will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars.
4. Blessed or Wretched in religion Like number three, although ultimately known by Allah, this disposition is according to man’s free will to chose...so of the four it as though we have been divinely dealt a fair hand...two conditions that set the conditions of how we will be tested and for how long, while these last two conditions titter on where are inclinations lye. Because Allah is just, never are our test unsuitable for the conditions already prescribed that shape our lives. Allah (the Majestic) describes Himself repeatedly in the Qur’an as Arḥam ar-Rāḥimeen (literally: the most merciful of those who show mercy and the beneficent), and says that His mercy encompasses all things. His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ described Him as more merciful with His servants than a mother is with her child, and more merciful with His servant than the servant is with himself. There is no clearer, more recurring, fact in the Qur’an or Sunnah, after that of Allah being unique in His Oneness, than that He possesses unimaginable mercy and compassion. How then can this be reconciled with the fact that Allah would punish some people with Hellfire for their wretchedness {disbelief, incorrect belief and or hypocrisy}? The Prophet ﷺ alluded to this phenomenon at another occasion when asked why he was weeping for a dying infant, by saying, “These [tears] are a mercy that Allah places in the hearts of whomever He wishes.” In another hadith, the Prophet ﷺ elaborated,Belonging to Allah are one hundred [portions of] mercy, of which He sent down a single mercy [and divided it] among the jinn, humans, animals, and insects. Because of it, they {creation} are compassionate with one another; and because of it, they are merciful with one another; and because of it, a beast is compassionate with her child – to the point that a horse lifts its hoof in fear of hurting its newborn…
In this world, He shows immeasurable mercy universally to all people, regardless of whether they believe, disbelieve, obey, or defy Him. This universal mercy includes giving them life, supplying them with a lifetime of food, drink, cures, protection, and so much more. Every breath of oxygen, ray of sunshine, drop of rain, moment of motherly love, act of kindness, averted tragedy, is one of the observable manifestations of this mercy. As for the vast majority of His mercy, it goes unnoticed – either because it is unseen, or subtle, or lost in the abyss of human forgetfulness. In another wording of the earlier hadith, the Prophet ﷺ said,
On the day when Allah created mercy, He created mercy to be one hundred [portions]. He retained with Him ninety-nine [portions of] mercy, and divided amidst His entire creation a single mercy. If the disbeliever were to realize all the mercy that is with Allah, he would never despair of [entering] Paradise. And if the believer were to realize all the punishment that is with Allah, he would never feel secure from Hellfire.
The assumption that Allah must extend unconditional mercy to the disbeliever is problematic because it poses a stalemate between Allah’s mercy and His justice. In other words, if Allah dismisses all eligibility requirements for His mercy an extends it even for those who disbelieve, that “benevolence” would necessitate that he is being unjust. Thus, Allah reminds us throughout the “Holy Quran 45:20
هَٰذَا بَصَٰٓئِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ
This [Qur'an] is enlightenment for mankind and guidance and mercy for a people who are certain [in faith]. [this type of faith is not just an utterance but instead becomes tangible through its manifestation in all aspects of how we live from identity to behavior].
Ponder over this question put forth by Allah in the following verses...
Holy Quran 45:21
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أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَرَحُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَوَآءً مَّحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْ ۚ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ
Or do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have believed and done righteous deeds - [make them] equal in their life and their death? Evil is that which they judge.
Holy Quran 45:22
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وَخَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ
And Allah created the heavens and earth in truth and so that every soul may be recompensed for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.
Holy Quran 45:23
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أَفَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِۦ وَقَلْبِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِۦ غِشَٰوَةً فَمَن يَهْدِيهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allah has sent him astray due to {pre} knowledge {because of choice...a person is still presented with what is clearly truth because allah is just, but once its clear in worldly action that a person will persist in disbelief] and [then Allah] has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allah? Then will you not be reminded?
Then what is the justification of the disbelievers? Holy Quran 45:24
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وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهْرُ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live, and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.
So, Allah says further:
Holy Quran 45:25
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وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ مَّا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱئْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, their argument is only that they say, "Bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."
In this particular verse its easy to see how the mindset of the disbeliever, which includes incorrect belief I.e. gods in idols, stars, planets, trees, rocks, people, and self are easily tailored made to suit the culture. Atheist who clearly deny creation altogether, sincerely and who believe in evolution drive the course of life towards the satanic philosophy of “survival of the fittest”, which ultimately leads mankind to an abundance in self-plunder while simultaneously looking into the heavens for other worlds to plunder; or for the return of our ancient ancestors or gods to some; where we would probably humble ourselves only for the shortest time it would take to acquire all their knowledge afterwards once corrupt man gets an upper hand, they too would become expendable like the numerous population who have fallen victim to genecide here in the earth. While theists' and the likes of incorrect belief are tempted towards a higher-power so to speak, they are also simultaneously disillusioned by concepts of magic and myth enter-twinned. Man unchanged in matters of the heart, has always needed to be convinced about Allah. This is why prophets who are supported by Jibreel (Gabriel) and Mikkal {Michael) as well as miracles by the leave of allah that would clearly validate them as prophets even though still bellied by many.
But for Satan, the magical and mythical are an ideal Segway into the realm of the jinn. Just as the cartoons depict and derive from the true nature of the Jinn; Rubbing the side of the magic lamp, the creature who is created from smokeless fire appears to grant three wishes. Unfortunately, their services require human souls...the selling of ones soul through sacrilege rituals of the most filthy and evil discourse in disbelief only then warrant the help of the jinn to the biding of human wishes. Thus, in reality the Jinn require human worship at the expense of disobedience to Allah, then and only then do the Jinn grant the temporary wishes of their human servants as a reward.
Through Ignorance and or Self-Arrogance, The Magic or The Mythical, we find in many previous civilizations, those who had reached the climax of their respective ages in modernity each had achieved solidifying their arrogances, practicing the same kinds of allurement that brought about each of their demises. Topping the list was disbelief in Allah alone, the one and only god worthy of worship, then crimes large and small of all sorts against the self and against one another. As the arrogance of the society grew hand and hand with its own affluence, the further astray each became bringing the certainty of their destruction closer. These same conditions surround western society as it provokes its own destruction through the same channels of ignorance & arrogance of previous nations.
Quran 57:20
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَٰدِ ۖ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ ٱلْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَٰمًا ۖ وَفِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ ۚ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ
Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and [or] forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
Holy Quran 11:15
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ
Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments - We fully repay them for their deeds therein [daily work we do], and they therein will not be deprived [treated unfairly]. [because Allah is just, Allah rewards the disbeliever in this life for the work they do. However, the reward of the disbeliever in this world is their paradise, because their disbelief is the foundation of their intentions behind what they do and thus nulls the reward of the true paradise which is eternity. Rather they are given their portion is this life for what they do only, voiding what Allah would have added to it from himself, and their abode will be hellfire for eternity after death. Where the believer is also rewarded in this life with ease & contentment whether they be poor or otherwise, and further rewarded beyond their efforts in an eternal paradise.
Just like ancient times, so to today, vastly what people see or don’t see, sets the conditions by which they are influenced. Allah the majestic, is in control of everything, and disseminates his divine qadr by way of his never disobedient angels; and thus keeps what is hidden from humanity hidden making our test relevant to whether we will believe or not. While Satan understands this wisdom, he defies Allah’s commands by interfering with man and leading him astray by disillusioned reality.
Holy Quran 5:91
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إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ فِى ٱلْخَمْرِ وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَعَنِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّنتَهُونَ
Satan only wants to cause between you animosity and hatred through intoxicants and gambling and to avert you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. So will you not desist?
Holy Quran 4:120
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يَعِدُهُمْ وَيُمَنِّيهِمْ ۖ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
Satan promises them and arouses desire in them. But Satan does not promise them except delusion.
Holy Quran 2:268
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ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ يَعِدُكُمُ ٱلْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَعِدُكُم مَّغْفِرَةً مِّنْهُ وَفَضْلًا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality, while Allah promises you forgiveness from Him and bounty. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
Holy Quran 3:175
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إِنَّمَا ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ يُخَوِّفُ أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥ فَلَا تَخَافُوهُمْ وَخَافُونِ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
That is only Satan who frightens [you] of his supporters [from jinn and mankind]. So fear them not, but fear Me, if you are [indeed] believers.
The jinn, whose history goes hand and hand with ancient histories fate of tyrant kingdoms like :Babylon, Aztec/Inca’s, Pompeii, Egypt, Rome, Persia, and Greece...like those who have already perished modern man is again re-captivated by the Jinn {half-Bird/ man, Half-Dog/ man, Snakes-half man; ancient alien theories that arise out of Egypt and homage to these civilizations in the geographical, structural, and names of western cities} and what they promise of worldly life.
Holy Quran 34:40
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وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ
And [mention] the Day when He will gather them all and then say to the angels, "Did these [people] used to worship you?"
Holy Quran 34:41
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قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِم ۖ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ٱلْجِنَّ ۖ أَكْثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤْمِنُونَ
They [Angels] will say, "Exalted are You! You, [O Allah], are our benefactor not them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."
Holy Quran 11:119
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إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَ ۚ وَلِذَٰلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ ۗ وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ
Except whom your Lord has given mercy, and for that He created them. But the word of your Lord is to be fulfilled that, "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and men all together."
The Power of Allah is reiterated over and over:
Holy Quran 45:26
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قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يَجْمَعُكُمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Say, "Allah causes you to live, then causes you to die; then He will assemble you for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt, but most of the people do not know."
Holy Quran 45:27
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وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَخْسَرُ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ
And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And the Day the Hour appears - that Day the falsifiers will lose.
Holy Quran 45:28
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وَتَرَىٰ كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً ۚ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تُدْعَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
And you will see every nation kneeling [from fear]. Every nation will be called to its record [and told], "Today you will be recompensed for what you used to do.
Holy Quran 45:29
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هَٰذَا كِتَٰبُنَا يَنطِقُ عَلَيْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَسْتَنسِخُ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
This, Our record, speaks about you in truth. Indeed, We were having transcribed whatever you used to do."
Holy Quran 45:30
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فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَيُدْخِلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
So as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, their Lord will admit them into His mercy. That is what is the clear attainment.
I’ve also heard many people ask, “how can Allah punish someone for eternity in hell-fire whose only lived in the worldly life at best 60-70 years? The answer that was given was, “Because allah knows, sees and hears all, as well as knows the hearts of humanity [where they conceal what they conceal], he knows that if someone who is wretched were given eternal life, they would for eternity live according to that wretchedness never turning or inclining to righteousness. So, by those means a person is worthy to eternal punishment... This particular format is also fitting of the above verse where after allah leads astray those who are determined toward disbelief, he then seals the eyes, ears, and heart because of persistence in disbelief. So, Allah is not only the most merciful, he is also the most severe in punishment.
Holy Quran 3:56
فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَأُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ
And as for those who disbelieved, I will punish them with a severe punishment in this world and the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers."
Holy Quran 2:213
كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ وَأَنزَلَ مَعَهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فِيمَا ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَا ٱخْتَلَفَ فِيهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ فَهَدَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِمَا ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
Mankind was [of] one religion [before their deviation]; then Allah sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings and warners and sent down with them the Scripture in truth to judge between the people concerning that in which they differed [divine law]. And none differed over the Scripture except those who were given it - after the clear proofs came to them - out of jealous animosity among themselves. And Allah guided those who believed [sought the truth] to the truth concerning that over which they had differed, by His permission. And Allah guides whom He wills to a straight path.