Islam As It Is
The Hereafter
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assume in that eternal world.
When he saw people having their heads smashed
with mighty rocks, he asked the Archangel who
they were, and was told that they were those whose
heaviness of head prevented them from rising for
prayer. Then there were people grazing in the
manner of cattle, with patches all over their clothes.
When he asked who they were, the Archangel told
him that they were the ones who did not spend
their wealth to advance God’s cause. Then he saw
someone trying to lift a bundle of wood he had
gathered, but each time he was on the point of
doing so, a few more sticks would be added to the
bundle. This time the Prophet was told that this was
a man who, instead of trying to diminish an already
overwhelming load of responsibilities, took more
and more of a burden upon himself.
Others were having their tongues and lips cut with
scissors. The Angel accompanying the Prophet
explained to him that these were people whose
tongues wagged uncontrollably and irresponsibly,
causing corruption in the land. In one place the
Prophet saw a huge ox emerging from a hole in a
