We are Muslims, we believe in the Day of Judgement, and we know how terrifying that Day will be. The ground will be heated copper, the sun will be close by, and we will witness the horrors of Hell.

We will be engulfed in darkness and will have to cross the Bridge of Ṣirāṭ, which is sharper than a sword and thinner than a strand of hair. Our deeds will be weighed on scales. Our books of deeds will be given to us, containing every single action we performed in our lives. This will be opened in front of the entirety of creation on the Day of Judgement. We will stand before Allah as He questions us about every blessing He granted us, and about every deed we performed.

We know about this and firmly believe in it all, but we do not contemplate. We are so engrossed in the world, as though we think we will not die. Thoughts of the Hereafter, fear of Allah, thinking about the grave, and contemplating how we must stand before Allah do not affect our dark hearts. Instead, we work endlessly for our future in this temporary world and remain heedless of our true purpose.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Remember that death is inevitable

O those who love Allah’s Messenger! Whether we are sleeping or awake, laughing or crying, heedless or striving upon the right path; death will eventually come to us.

The Quran declares:

قُلۡ  اِنَّ الۡمَوۡتَ الَّذِیۡ تَفِرُّوۡنَ مِنۡہُ  فَاِنَّہٗ مُلٰقِیۡکُمۡ  ثُمَّ  تُرَدُّوۡنَ  اِلٰی عٰلِمِ الۡغَیۡبِ وَ الشَّہَادَۃِ  فَیُنَبِّئُکُمۡ  بِمَا کُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ ٪(۸)

Translation: Say, “Indeed the death from which you flee will indeed meet you, then you will be returned to the Knower of the concealed and the apparent, so