IN THE HEREAFTER

In the Hereafter ~ 11 ~ IN THE HEREAFTER ‘Jinn and men! Did there not come to you apostles of your own who proclaimed to you My revelations and warned you of this day?’ They will reply: ‘We bear witness against our own souls.’ Indeed, the life of this world beguiled them. They will testify to their own faithlessness. Your Lord will not destroy a nation without just cause and due warning. (The Qur’an 6:131-132) By drawing man towards him through attractive temptations, Satan actually wants to prove the truth of the challenge which he gave to God at the beginning of man’s creation, that he would overpower all but a few of his descendants (17:61). Those who are lured by Satan have clear material interests before them. There are some who engage themselves in the pursuit of magic in the name of genies, while others establish their superiority over the gullible public by linking their poetry or soothsaying to a genie patron, that is, they claim to have been inspired by a genie. In the Hereafter, it will be evident that those who went astray, or those