The Spirit of Islam

life and death. If one is dead, the other is alive in the full sense. Though apparently alive, a person becomes virtually dead when he is unable to perceive the truth. ON DOOMSDAY On Doomsday it will become apparent to people that the guidance provided by God through His messengers was so clear that nobody could have remained unaware of realities. C hapter 6 of the Quran states: “Company of jinn and mankind! Did messengers not come from among you to recite My revelations to you, and warn you of the meeting of this Day?’ They will say, ‘We bear witness against ourselves.’ It was the life of this world that deceived them and so they will bear witness against themselves, that they rejected the truth. Your Lord would not destroy a community for its wrongdoing, so long as its people were still unaware.” (6:130-131) When Satan deceives a person and wins him over to his side, he tries to fulfil his challenge to God which