Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
The Awe-Inspiring Day of Retribution
~ 380 ~
THE AWE-INSPIRING DAY OF
RETRIBUTION
What an awe-inspiring day it will be when God sits
in judgement. No one will be able to be defiant or
proud. Those who had been considered worthless
and rejected in the world will be raised in value and
accepted in God’s sight. Those who had been
considered weakest among men will, by the grace
of God, be given great importance: it will be
according to their testimony that people will be sent
either to heaven or to Hell.
Those who were loquacious in the world will be
rejected by God. Those who were thought of as
mighty and powerful in the world will be reduced
to powerlessness. Those who feigned piety in the
world will be exposed for the impious beings they
really were. Their brightness will be dimmed and,
for them, white will be turned into black.
People are hidden behind artificial appearances in
this world. Some hide themselves behind seductive
words; others conceal their true natures behind
material grandeur and splendour. But they will be
