Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
The Coming Day
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THE COMING DAY
Death will surely carry man off. On the day of death
the angels will come to take man before his Lord. It
will not be long before man is carried off, but
people know only about this happening to others;
they do not realize that the same fate awaits them.
They gossip about the demise of others, but they
forget that one day the angels will also take them
before the Lord to be judged.
People are good at finding faults in others, but they
would do better to find faults in themselves. They
try to save themselves by justifying their actions,
but they can only be saved by admitting their faults.
The day when man is taken before God will be the
most awesome of days. If one is really aware of
what this day means, one’s whole life will change.
One will live in this world, but one’s mind will be
focussed on the Hereafter. One will weigh oneself
today on the divine scales of justice on which
everyone will be placed after death.
One who fears the hand of God will look on
everyone’s death as if it were his own. When he
