The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 420
420 Essence of Islām II hidden manner upon the believers will on that day be seen openly running before them and on their right hands. At another place the wicked have been addressed: الْهُكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُه حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَه كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ لَتَرَوُنَ الْجَحِيمَ ثُمَّ لَتَرُونَهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ ثُمَّ لَتُسْلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ 184 The excessive desire of worldly possessions prevented you from seeking the hereafter till you reached the graves. Do not be enamoured of this world. You will soon come to know that it is wrong to fall in love with this world. I remind you that you will soon come to know that it is no use loving this world. If only you knew with certainty, you would surely see hell in this very life. Then in the world of Barzakh you will see it with the eyes of certainty. Then, at the time of resurrection, you will have to face full accountability, and that Divine chas- tisement will overtake you and you will come to know of the hell, not theoretically but practically. [Islāmī Uşül kī Philosophy, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 10, pp. 400-402] The second insight which the Holy Qur'an has set forth with regard to the life after death is that in the hereafter all those matters that were spiritual in this world will be physically personified whether in the state of Barzakh or in the state of resurrection. One of the relevant verses is: من كان في هذةٍ أَعْمَى فَهُوَ فِي الآخِرَةِ أَعْمَى وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا 185 He who is blind in this life shall be blind in the hereafter. 184 Al-Takathur, 102:2-9 [Publisher] 185 Banī Isrā'īl, 17:73 [Publisher]