A SOUL-STIRRING REMINDER

A true believer will ponder about the awe-inspiring day when God sits in judgement. who were loquacious in the world will be rejected by God. Those who were thought of as mighty and powerful in the world will be rendered powerless. Those who feigned piety in the world will be exposed for the impious beings they really were. People may hide behind artificial appearances in this world. They may hide behind seductive words; they may conceal their true nature behind material grandeur and splendour. But they will be denied these things in the life to come. Everyone will appear in his true garb. Those who had been considered worthless and rejected in the world will be raised in value and accepted in God’s sight. Those who had been considered weakest among people will, by the grace of God, be given great importance; it will be according to their testimony that people will be sent either to Heaven or hell. One who realizes the aweinspiring nature of that day will suddenly be reduced to silence; worldly honour will seem to him as meaningless as worldly disgrace. No facade, however perfect, can conceal man’s true nature from God. But God keeps His superior knowledge hidden in this world and will reveal it only in the Hereafter. The scales of God will be put into place and everyone will be seen for what he is. There is no doubting the coming of that day. No one will be able to postpone it or escape from it. Wise are they who prepare for that day by placing themselves today on the divine scales of justice; for those who are placed on them tomorrow will be damned. o Control Your Anger A strong man is not one who overwhelms his opponent. A strong man is one who controls himself when he becomes angry.