Please can I have one more chance?!
There you are standing before Allah Ta'ala, the whole of mankind in anticipation. Hell to your left and Paradise your right. From the first man until the last, everybody is present. What is to be of them on this Day?
Not a word is spoken. Everybody is naked but unusually today, no one actually cares about anybody else. There's only one question running through everyone’s mind, what will be their eternal abode?
The Qur'an states:
"And they will be set before your Lord in (lines as) rows, (and Allah will say): “Now indeed you have come to us as We created you first. Nay, but you thought that We had appointed no meeting for you (with us)."
[18: 48]
You stand there very frightened. As a Muslim, you hardly prayed your Salah. In Ramadan, you didn’t feel like keeping fasts. Zakat was never on your mind. Even though you had enough money for Hajj, a trip to the Caribbean always seemed much more appealing.
You look down and wish that this silence continues forever and ever. Then suddenly, very unexpectedly, your name is called. Abdullah! Son of Adam, your heart begins to beat faster and faster. You are now trembling. Your turn has now come.
It is time for the truth; did you live in this world as a true believer? Did you believe in the oneness of Allah and follow the teachings of our Holy Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)? If so, then there is no doubt that Paradise is your eternal abode, but for those who ascribed partners with Allah and neglected the teachings of our Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam), then, Hell is their only dwelling. There will be no injustice on this day.
Slowly, tears begin to role down your face. Even before you receive the book of deeds, you know you have no chance. You had so many chances to revive yourself in the world, but you continued to commit sins, one after another. Many signs were brought before you clearly proving the oneness of Allah, but you rejected each sign, one after another. How is Allah Ta'ala going to give you another chance? Chances were given in the world. You continued sinning but were not punished; now you must face punishment for those unpunished sins committed. Then, the book (of deeds) is given to you in your left hand. You may have passed all the exams in school, but you now have failed the most important one, Life.
The Qur'an states:
"And We have fastened every mans deeds to his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection, We shall bring out for him a book which he will find wide open." "(It will be said to him): 'Read your book.'"
[17: 13-14]
Allah Ta’ala says:
"And the Book (ones record) will be placed (in the right hand for a believer in the Oneness of Allah, and in the left hand for a disbeliever in the oneness of Allah), and you will see the ‘Mujrimun (sinners), fearful of that which is (recorded) therein. They will say: Woe to us! What sort of Book is this that leaves neither a small thing nor a big thing, but has recorded it with numbers!” And they will find all that they did, placed before them, and Your Lord treats no one with injustice."
[18: 49]
You bend down on your knees and beg for mercy. "Please Allah! Only one more chance, only one more chance!" You open the Book which had been placed in your left hand. You are shaking as you open the book knowing full well that it has recorded every single deed and every sin. You know full well that no injustice has been done by Allah.
You open the book and every detail is inside. As soon as your eyes glance upon the first sin on the page you have opened, you begin to cry. You close the book and start to regret. But this is no time to regret. Your chance has now gone. You shout once more, "YA ALLAH! CAN I HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE!!!??"
The Qur'an states regarding the misguided:
"When those who were followed will disown those who were following and they will see the punishment and all ties with them will be cut
And those people who were following will say if only there was a returning for us we would disown them just as they disowned us in this way Allah will show them their actions as a source of remorse against themselves and they will not be coming out of the fire of hell."
[2: 166-167]
The heat of the fire of Hell is burning in your mind. How will you be punished? How long will you be punished for? Every time you wanted to do good in the world, Shaytaan took you away from the straight path and you were deceived very easily. You can blame no one but yourself.
Allah Ta’ala states:
"And Satan will say when the matter has been decided: 'Verily, Allah promised you a promise of Truth. And I too promised you, but I betrayed you. I had no authority over you except that I called you, so you responded to me. So blame me not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help me.'"
[14: 22]
How deceiving Shaitan was? How powerful were his whispers and how weak was your Iman?
Whatever he whispered into your ears, you immediately followed him. You disobeyed Allah and followed what you thought was the right path, but you were truly on the wrong path, treading upon the path that would lead you to inevitable destruction, the path that will lead you into Hell fire on this day. You thought arrogantly and lived as though you would live in the world forever. You ignored the fact that everybody to enter the world would eventually die one day and be judged.
Allah Ta’ala states in the Qur'an:
"Everyone is going to taste death."
[21: 33]
Only seconds remain. The Hell fire is waiting. Your time has now come, but all you think of is that one more chance. With that one more chance, you would go back in the world and never commit another sin again. Chances, many chances were only given in the world but now it’s too late. You are thrown into the scorching fire.
My dear respected readers, do you want to end up like brother Abdullah? Does his life sound familiar compared to yours? Is obeying Allah, Praying Salah and pleasing Him not in our daily schedule? Here in this life is our only chance and time to change. Remember, no chance will be given once you pass away. Repenting will be of no avail on that day. The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) mentions in one Hadith,
'The one who repents from sin is like one who has no sin.'
[Ibn Majah]
There is an extremely wretched place for those who disobey Allah and the Prophet . However, those who are pious and are on the Sirat al-Mustaqeem (right path) will be the ones that will be triumphant on that day and these are the people that will earn a great reward. Allah Ta’ala states in the Qur’an:
"Verily, the Muttaqun (pious and righteous persons) who fear Allah much (abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden), and love Allah much (perform all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained) will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers (Paradise)."
[54: 54]
From all the hard work that you do in this world dear readers, Allah Ta’ala will never let that work go to waste. Instead, gardens and rivers will be awaiting that person and the book of deeds will be placed in the believer’s right hand. As for those who do not believe, Allah Ta’ala says:
"The Day they will be dragged in the Fire on their faces (it will be said to them): 'Taste you the touch of Hell.'"
[54: 48]
May Allah grant us all the ability to avoid or discard the path of the Shaitan and follow the right path shown by our Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
Ameen.
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