Judgment Day: Deeds That Light The Way
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Sincerity Shines and Hypocrisy Blinds | Judgment Day: Deeds that Light the Way Episode 25
When the heavens and earth are rolled up, everything will be blanketed in darkness. As people walk across the thin Sirat, or the bridge to Paradise that’s stretched over Hell, their only source of light will be glowing from the believers, shining according to the deeds they had sent forth. And that is where the Most Just will separate the hypocrites from the illuminated righteous.
Note: All depictions are purely conceptual and only vocals were used in the making of the soundtrack.
“Closed Caption is provided by Muhsen”
Transcript
This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings. The deen is a struggle in this life. The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam described days that get so severe that holding on to the deen is like holding on to a burning hot coal. And the reward for holding on to the deen when things get exceedingly difficult is 50 times the reward of those who preceded you. And so on the day of judgment that burning hot coal is going to be replaced by what? By light in your hands. You sacrificed dunya for the sake of this deen. Now on the other hand, those who exploit deen for the sake of dunya are in the worst state. So if you're doing the deeds of the hereafter, but only for worldly benefit, you don't show up on the day of judgment and expect reward for these deeds again. The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said that on that day, the people would be summoned along with the idols that they used to worship one after the other. So everyone is standing in front of what they used to worship. And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam says, Then our Lord will come to us and we will hear him say, who are you waiting for? Now we don't see him, we just hear his voice. So they would say, we are waiting for our Lord. And he would say, I am your Lord. And they will say, we are going to stay here until our Lord comes to us. And when our Lord comes to us, then we will recognize him. So because they can only hear him and they can't see him yet, and they see everyone standing before their false gods, they're listening and they're staying put. And this is actually a beautiful reflection of, We hear and we obey. So this is a praiseworthy trait of the believers that we're going to wait until we know that it is Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala commanding us to move. And we will stay in our place until then.
And then they say, until we see you and we can confirm. Faya tajalla lahum yadhaq. So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala manifests himself to them, smiling and laughing. And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, Fayan tariq bihim. And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala takes them with him and they would follow him. Now at that point, every person, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, whether a hypocrite or a believer would be given a light. And they all make their way towards the Sirat, towards the bridge. And then the filtration process starts. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala not filter us out. Allahumma ameen. Abu Sa'id radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu said, I heard the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam say that our Lord will lay bare his shin. And of course, all of this is in a way befitting to him and far away from our imagination. But the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said that Allah Azawajal, in a way that's befitting to him, will lay bare his shin. And then all the believers, men and women, will make sujood. They'll prostrate themselves before him. But there will remain those who used to prostrate in this world just out of showing off. And when those people try to make sujood, when they try to prostrate, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, their back will be as stiff as a rod. Yawma yukshafu ansaq, wa yud'auna ila al-sujood, fala yastatee'oon What Allah Azawajal tells us in the Quran, the day that they will see what Allah Azawajal reveals of himself to them. And they are called to sujood. They are called to prostrate. And they're not going to be able to. And they used to be called to prostrate for the sake of Allah in this world. But now they can't. And then you have scholars who taught one thing, but they did the opposite. And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam describes to us a very scary scene. That they're walking around and their insides are out. And they're dragging them. And people are surprised. Because they say, didn't you used to tell us to do this and not do that? Weren't you one of those who was teaching us?
And he says, yes, but I used to do the complete opposite of what I taught you. May Allah protect us. And so this is the hypocrite of those who preach or of those who teach and in private do everything in contradiction of what they used to teach the people. And you have all of those like them. And when they come to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala on the day of judgment, he says to them and all of those who are using the religion to seek attention or to seek the reward of others. اذهبوا الى الذين كنتم ترعون في الدنيا. هنظروا هل تجدون عندهم جزاء? Go to those that you used to show off to in this world. And see if they have any جزاء. See if they have any reward to offer you today. So it's not just you were standing in front of the idol or the false god. Those people that you were acting for and seeking reward for. Allah knows your heart and Allah knows why you were doing what you were doing. Allah says go to them. Go to that person. See if they can help you today. See if they have anything to give you today. Now there's a very important turning point to understand when it comes to the scene of the day of judgment. The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam taught us that at this point, the heavens and the earth, the place of assembly, all of it is rolled up. It's gone. At this point, it's only hellfire and the Sirat, the bridge over it, and then Jannah and then paradise. And there's this entire scene happening before the attempted crossing over the Sirat, which in many ways is the final major course of this day. And then you have this parable in Surah Al-Baqarah where Allah Azawajal talks about the hypocrites. مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي سْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّا أَضَاءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُ ذَهَبَ اللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِي ظُلُومَاتٍ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says that the example of them are like those who kindled a fire. And then once it lit up everything around them, Allah Azawajal took away the light and left them in the darkness where they could no longer see.
And Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim Rahimahullah says something very powerful. He says, notice that Allah says the burning stays, but the dhaw, the light is gone. So it's like the light of the fire is gone, but now they have to suffer the consequences of the fire that they themselves kindled. For the believers, now they have their light after the sincere struggle when they were holding on to that burning hot coal in dunya. Now this is going to be replaced for them. And in Surat Al-Hadeed, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala sets the scene. يَوْمَ تَرَىٰ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَسْعَىٰ نُورُهُمْ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَانِهِمْ بُشْرَاكُمُ الْيَوْمِ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ On the day when you would see the believing men and the believing women, their lights proceeding far in front of them and in their right hands. And it is said to them, بُشْرَاكُمُ الْيَوْمِ Good news for you today. There are jannat, gardens beneath which rivers flow and you will live there in forever. And this is the great success. Now, Abdullah ibn Mas'ud radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, he describes as he says that the light in front of you is بِقَدْرِ أَعْمَالِكَ In accordance with the level of your deeds. Just like your shade in the initial standing was in accordance with your deeds. So now that the lights are off, it's dark, it's not the sun anymore. It's dark and people are seeking a light. Their charity extends the light in front of them. The way that their charity extend the shade above them in the beginning of this day. And he said radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu that some people have light as large as a mountain. Some people have it like a tree. And for some, it's just the size of themselves. Meaning it's like a shadow. The space that a shadow would occupy but in light right in front of them. As for their right hands, what do you think is shining in their right hands? It's their book of deeds that they're still holding on to from when Allah Azawajal gave them their book in their right hand.
May Allah make us amongst them. Allahuma Ameen. So you've got your book in your right hand and it's shining to an extent. And then you have some light in front of you. So as they are proceeding forward, the hypocrites who have been benefiting from the light of the believers next to them. They realize that they don't have any light anymore. And they're starting to get left behind. And then at that point, as the believers are going forward and the hypocrites are being left behind. يوم يقول المنافقون والمنافقات للذين آمنوا، انظرونا نقتبس من نوركم قيل ارجعوا وراءكم فالتمسوا نورا فضرب بينهم بسور له باب باطنه فيه الرحمة وظاهره من قبله العذاب On that day, the hypocrites, both men and women will call out to the believers, men and women and say انظرونا, wait for us. نقتبس من نوركم, let us benefit from your light. قيل ارجعوا وراءكم فالتمسوا نورا The believers who are going ahead are saying go back and see if you can find a light. And then at that point, a barrier is erected between them. Allah says that inside of it is mercy and outside of it is punishment. And now the hypocrites are panicking. ينادونهم ألم نكن معكم They call out to them and say, weren't we with you? ألم نكن معكم Now realize this language is very intentional. The hypocrites in Medina that were pretending to be believers to take advantage of the situation. They used to say to the believers when they would see them that إنا معكم, we are with you. And then they'd go and they'd say the same to the enemies of the Prophet ﷺ. So now this time it's not working. So these are the worst types of hypocrites. So the believers call back out. بلى ولكنكم فتنتم أنفسكم وتربصتم وارتبتم وغرتكم الأماني حتى جاء أمر الله وغركم بالله الغرور They will reply yes, but you allowed yourselves to be tempted. You were hesitant.
You were doubtful and you were deceived by all of these false hopes until finally the command of Allah came. And the deceiver, the chief deluder being the Shaytan tricked you in regards to your Lord. And it's at this point that the believers look back and the hypocrites are extinguished as well. So they have no lights and they are suffering their punishments. And the believers are moving forward with a barrier erected behind them and the bridge in front of them. And Allah Azawajal tells us in Surat Al-Tahrim that they call out رَبَّنَا أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ Our Lord complete our lights for us, perfect our lights for us and forgive us. We all have things that we're afraid of and you have power over all things. So as they are going forward and they're holding on to their lights and you're hoping that it doesn't extinguish and you are hoping that the light in front of you stays at least at what it is. You're now about to get to the initial crossing of the Silat.
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