Islam As It Is
man, know theyself!
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can immediately be seen, and, in the second case,
one can judge immediately that the assailant was in
the wrong. But, in life, there are much more
complex situations where wrongdoing is not
immediately apparent, and the culprits may go
scot-free for long periods, or never be brought to
book at all. Obviously, they should be condemned
by their fellow-men or be punished by a court of
law. But sometimes evil deeds are not seen to be
such, or the wrong-doers are so clever as to
escape punishment, or there simply may not be the
means to inflict a suitable punishment. Crimes are
often repeated for just such reasons. But the evil-
doer should not be too ready to congratulate
himself on the success of his schemes, or on his
ability to evade the law—or the censure of society,
for it is exactly this type of action that he will be
called to account for by his Creator on the Day of
Judgement. Everyone, no matter the walk of life he
hails from, will be required to stand before his
Maker on that fateful day, and lay bare his entire
life before Him. Judged by those of his actions
which fall into the ethical category, where
principles and right action are of supreme impor-
tance, he will either be ushered into paradise, or
