How sorry and miserable will those feel when they realize that
the people they had tried to please and on whose account they were to endure such grave punishment, were denying all responsibility for their wrong doing and were accusing them of being guilty instead.
And Shaytaan will say when the matter is decided: It was Allah Who gave you a promise of truth: I too promised but I failed in my promise to you. I had no authority over you except to call you but you listened to me: then reproach me not, but reproach your own souls. I cannot listen to your cries nor can you listen to mine. I reject your former act in associating me with Allah. For wrongdoers there must be a Grievous Penalty. (14:22)
So, we
know that on this day no one will come to anyone else's aid, and every human being will be
left alone to answer for his own deeds. Even the Shaytaan will say to those who followed
him:
"I had no real power over you, all I could do was to tempt and preach you; You chose to
follow me and committed sins of your own free will. I am disgusted with you for associating
me with Allah and obeying me in His stead. You were with me in life, and you will be with me now. We will go to hell and abide there
together."
For the sake of Allah, think! Is the goal in life to gain Allah's pleasure, or the pleasure of
a few relatives? By Allah, those who sever their worldly
relations in this life for the sake of Allah, will attain heaven right here on earth. He, who turned away
from people and cut his relations with them solely to gain Allah's pleasure and to avoid punishment in his final and everlasting abode in the
hereafter, has attained true success. He will be rewarded with such joy and
pleasure that all the joys of this world will seem insignificant and worthless by
comparison. As a poet has said:
You shouldn't care if the
entire world is unhappy with you; As long as your beloved is pleased with you; Keep this in
mind as you decide; What should you do and what shouldn't you do.
Let us pray to Allah Sub'haana'hu wa Ta'aalaa to grant us great
courage mid fortitude, to bless us with complete Imaan, unwavering trust and belief in the
Holy Qur'aan, and the ability to obey his commandments as they should be obeyed. May Allah
shower Salaat and salaam in great abundance, on our beloved Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam the best of
creation, and upon his family and his companions.