In Sûrah Naba (Sûrah
Amma), Allâh says that the punishment of Jahannam has been prepared for
those people who deny the truth of Islâm. When the trumpet is sounded
for the Day of Qiyâmah, the skies will be divided into many roads through
which people will pass in droves towards the Plain of Resurrection. The acts
of every person will be disclosed and Allâh will decide the punishment
or reward that every person will receive.

Sûrah Nâzi’ât
follows Sûrah Naba with the message that people will regard their lives
in this world to be a mere morning or evening when they face the torturously
long Day of Qiyâmah. The severity of the bay of Qiyâmah will cause
people’s heart to tremble. They will recall their acts in this world and
will regret whatever they did because Jahannam will be shown to them.

In the subsequent Sûrahs,
Allâh tells Rasulullâh Sallallâhu ‘alayhi wasallam that
people with wealth and authority are often beguiled by what they have and therefore
do not accept good counsel. On the other hand, poor people tend to accept more
readily. Therefore, devote more attention to those who have greater fear for
Allâh so that they may attain spiritual purity.

When Qiyâmah will
take place, no one can be of any assistance to another, even though they may
be brothers, parents, children or spouses. Every person will be too concerned
about his own predicament to be worried about another. The faces of the Mu’minîn
and the pious will be resplendent on that day, while the faces of the Kuffâr
and sinners will be gloomy.

Allâh points out to
people that they will have to tread the straight path to be saved from the anguish
and suffering of the Day of Qiyâmah. On the Day of Qiyâmah, the
sky will be rent asunder, bodies will rise from their graves, the stars will
plummet down and the oceans will be ablaze. Every person will be confronted
by his acts on the Plain of Resurrection when none will want to know another.

In Sûrah Mutaffifîn,
Allâh condemns those who cheat when weighing and measuring, and warns
them of a terrible punishment. Allâh cautions mankind to beware of the
day when they will all rise from their graves and stand before Allâh to
account for every act. On that day, it will be the Mu’minîn who
will laugh at the Kuffâr who scoffed at them in this world.

The sky will be cleaved
open when the trumpet is sounded and corpses will be flung from their graves.
Whereas the pious shall be quickly relieved of the formalities of the Day of
Qiyâmah, the sinful ones will be flung into the fire of Jahannam. These
were the people who thought that they will never be returned to Allâh.

Allâh says further
that those who harass believing men and women without repenting afterwards shall
suffer a terrible torment in the Âkhirâh. Allâh also mentions
that the Qur’ân is a lofty book that is preserved in the Lawhul
Mahfûdh. The Qur’ân distinguishes between right and wrong
and those who still adamantly adhere to the wrong shall be granted only a little
respite.

Allâh commands Rasulullâh
Sallallâhu ‘alayhi wasallam to glorify His praises and assures him
that he will never forget the Qur’ân. Allâh further instructs
Rasulullâh Sallallâhu ‘alayhi wasallam to continue propagating
the Dîn for Allâh shall open up avenues of ease for him. Allâh
urges people to ponder over Allâh’s creation so that they may recognise
Him. Allâh says, “Have they not looked how the camel is created?
And how the sky has been elevated? And how the mountains have been rooted? And
how the earth has been levelled?” (Sûrah Ghâshiya, verses
17 to 20)

All these signs are for
people to take heed before they are taken to task on the Day of Qiyâmah.
Allâh admonishes man for his excessive preoccupation with material wealth
because it leads him to abuse inheritance and to refuse help to the poor and
orphans. However, Allâh has granted man the capacity to do good and to
refrain from evil. Therefore, whoever purifies his soul will be successful,
while those who are negligent of this will suffer permanent loss.

Allâh advises people
to spend their wealth only for His pleasure and with no other motives. None
should be proud about being able to do good because only Allâh grants
people the ability to lend a helping hand to the needy. Allâh assures
Rasulullâh Sallallâhu ‘alayhi wasallam that Allâh will
soon confer on him a bounty that will please him and that he should never feel
that Allâh has forsaken him because Allâh has always been there
for him. Allâh has illuminated his heart, alleviated his worries and elevated
his name. Allâh consoles Rasulullâh Sallallâhu ‘alayhi
wasallam (as well as all Muslims at large) that ease always follows hardship.
Therefore, a person’s attention should always focus on Allâh.