Once Ameer-ul-Mu`mineen Sayyiduna Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ passed by a home of someone who was reciting Surah At-Toor. He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ stopped there and started listening to the recitation. When the person started reciting the blessed Ayah:

اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَاقِعٌۙ(۷)   مَّا لَهٗ مِنْ دَافِعٍۙ(۸)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: Indeed your Lord’s punishment is definitely to take place. There is no one to avert it. (Part 27, At-Toor, Ayah 7, 8)

He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ got off his donkey and stood leaning against a wall and kept pondering over these Ayah for a long time. Afterwards, he went back to his home and remained ill for a month. People would come to inquire after his health, but no one could know the reason for his illness. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 4, pp. 226)

Dear Islamic brothers! We should also recite the Holy Quran daily with its translation and commentary. Acting upon the life of Sayyiduna Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ and reading about torments in blessed Ayah we should try to weep. If we are unable to weep, we should make our faces as if we were weeping.

But remember! After reading or listening to the reality of the grave, Hereafter and the Judgement Day releasing a heavy sigh, shaking head few times, or feeling sad or shedding some tears out of their terror are not sufficient, but rather, besides them, the act of giving up sins and obedience to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ by means of carrying out practical requirements of fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ are also very important for the salvation in the Hereafter.

We should make self-accountability and think as to how many breathes we have taken and how many days of our life we have spent in this mortal world. How many stages of life have we passed through our childhood, youth and old age? And during this, how many times have we felt these great blessings in our hearts? Have we ever trembled with fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ? Have tears ever come in our eyes out of the fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ? Have our steps ever got back which we took to commit a sin after thinking about the punishment