Belief in the Day of Judgement

A Muslim believes in the Day of the Judgement. This world as we know it will come to an end, and the dead will rise to stand for their final and fair trial. On that day, all men and women from Adam to the last person will be resurrected from the state of death for judgement. Everything we do, say, make, intend and think are accounted for and kept in accurate records. They are brought up on the Day of Judgement.

On the Day of Judgement, there will be scales set up as Allah says in the Qur’an:

“And We shall set up balances of justice on the Day of Resurrection, then none will be dealt with unjustly in anything. And if there be the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it. And Sufficient are We to take account.” (21:47)

The good deeds will be placed on one side of the scale and the bad deeds will be placed on the other side of the scale. The weighing of the deeds will be followed by a revelation of the person’s record. The person who receives his record in the right hand will have an easy reckoning while the person who receives his record in the left hand will be thrown into Hell.

One who believes in life after death is not expected to behave against the Will of Allah. He will always bear in mind that Allah is watching all his actions and the angels are recording them.

People with good records will be generously rewarded and warmly welcomed to Allah's Heaven.

Allah describes the Paradise in the Qur’an as,

“Gardens of perpetual bliss they shall enter them, as well as the righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their offspring. And angels shall enter upon them from every gate.” (13:23)

People with bad records will be fairly punished and cast into Hell.

Allah warns his creatures beforehand about Hell in the Holy Qur’an:

“Therefore I warn you of the Flaming Fire.” (92:14)

The real nature of Heaven and Hell are known to Allah only, but they are described by Allah in man's familiar terms in the Quran.

If some good deeds are seen not to get full appreciation and credit in this life, they will receive full compensation and be widely acknowledged on the Day of Judgement. If some people who commit sins, neglect Allah and indulge in immoral activities, seem superficially successful and prosperous in this life, absolute justice will be done to them on the Day of Judgement. The time of the Day of Judgement is only known to Allah and Allah alone.

The main goal of every Muslim is to enter Jannah (Paradise). We know the description of Jannah from the Holy Qur’an and the Blessed Hadith Shareef, but we have not seen it. We can only imagine Paradise through our analogy. But the reality of Jannah is far beyond description.

According to a hadith, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala says that he has prepared for his servants, “what no eye has seen and no ear has heard and has never occurred to a human heart.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari).

The Jannah is not just limited to enjoyments but it also contains the greatest pleasure of all, the pleasure of being closer to Allah.