When Only Truth Will Carry Weight

LIVING IN GOD’S NEIGHBOURHOOD In the present world, any deeds performed are judged according to their appearances. In the Hereafter, deeds will be judged according to their inner reality. The more sincere a person’s deeds, the more important they will be. The deed devoid of sincerity will carry no weight in the Hereafter, however significant it might have seemed to the superficial people of the present world. In the present world, that action becomes weighty, which is marked by concession to worldly situations, following the traditions of the times and has become important because of long social customs. Those who have such deeds to their credit attain the status of greatness and honour in the eyes of the people. What happens in the Hereafter will be different. There, only a principled life will carry any weight. Only those actions performed according to a high standard of ethics will be given any importance. There, all the importance will be given to those actions which possess eternal values rather than just meeting the exigencies of the time. In this world, even falsehood can appear weighty to certain people. But in the Hereafter, nothing will carry weight except for the truth.