The Qur’an For All Humanity
The Coming Times
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The verdict of hell or heaven for man is given on
the basis of his reaction to the truth. When truth
comes to a person supported by arguments, his
mind testifies to God’s truth having been laid
clearly before him. Now he is left with no plea,
no excuse that he had not been shown the right
path. But, if even after being told the truth, he
refutes it, it is certain that his response is the
result of arrogance. A superiority complex has
come in the way of according the truth pride of
place while he accepts a lower position himself.
Nothing awaits such a person in the next world
except hell.
When a man refutes the truth, he does so on the
basis of some feeling of confidence or the other.
Sometimes this confidence is based on wealth and
power, sometimes on honour and popularity. The
material things provided to him for the purposes
of trial come to be considered by him as
dependable supports, and he feels sure that he
will come to no harm as he stands on firm
ground. But this is his greatest misconception. On
the day of judgement, when these ephemeral
supports have left him, it will become plain that
