English book · The Spirit of Islam

Superficial Deeds Don’t Carry Weight in the Hereafter

English book, p. 204

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

and has become important because of long social custom. Those who have such deeds to their credit attain to the status of greatness and honour in the eyes of the people. What happens in the Hereafter will be totally different. There, only a principled life will carry any weight. Only those actions which have been 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 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.

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