The extent of harm that sins cause to the heart and body in this life and in the Hereafter, are known to Allaah The Almighty alone. Ibn Al-Qayyim said: “Then why [else] were our parents (Aadam and Eve, may Allaah exalt their mention) expelled from Paradise – the abode of joy, pleasure, bliss and happiness – to the dwelling of suffering, sorrows and disasters? Why was Satan cast out from the kingdom of Heaven? Why was he cursed and deformed externally and internally, until he had the most heinous appearance, with his insides even uglier and more abominable than his exterior? Why was he under a curse instead of mercy, and given ugliness in place of beauty, and Hell instead of Paradise? He became worthless in the sight of Allaah The Almighty, deprived of His compassion and inflicted with His anger. Allaah The Almighty deluded and detested him so much that He led him to destruction, until he became a leader for every immoral and criminal person; and Satan accepted this position although he had [earlier] worshipped [Allaah]. We seek refuge with You, O Allaah from breaching Your command or doing what You prohibited!” He continued: “Why did all the people on earth drown [at the time of Noah and the water submerge the peaks of mountains? Why were the people of ‘Aad afflicted with an intense wind that left their lifeless bodies on earth like they were hollow trunks of palm trees? Why was the tribe of Thamood afflicted with a loud shriek that literally tore their hearts on the inside and all of them died [as a result]? Why were the villages of the people of Loote lifted so high up to the sky that the angels heard the barking of their dogs, and then were turned upside down, leading to their deaths; and why were they cast with stones of layered, hard clay? In this way, they were punished twice, which was something that did not happen to any other nation. Their counterparts today may also have the same punishment, and this is never far from the wrongdoers. As for the people of Shu’ayb why were they afflicted with clouds of torment that appeared as canopies, but when they approached over their heads, they rained flames of blazing fire over them? Why were Pharaoh and his soldiers drowned in the sea and transported by soul to Hell? Why was Qaaroon, along with his house, property and family, swallowed by the earth? Why were the generations after Nooh (Noah) destroyed by different kinds of punishment? What about the Children of Israel; why were they tried by militarily superior people, who ransacked their homes, killing men and taking children and women captive, in the process? Why did those enemies later again come to them and destroy everything they could to the point of annihilation? Why were they afflicted with different types of torturous punishments: death, imprisonment, destruction of their houses, subjugation to the tyranny of kings and transformation into apes and pigs? The last of these hardships is mentioned in the verse where Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): “[He Would surely [continue to] send upon them until the Day of Resurrection those who would afflict them with the worst torment.] [Quran 7:167]”
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 05:44:51 +0000
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