Omar Suleiman

From the beloved Companion Abdullah ibn Masud (ra) to the tyrant Abu Jahl, each person will weigh differently on the Day of Judgment—and not by physical weight or the weight of deeds. What’s your weight in the Sight of Allah?

On the Day of Reckoning, the Mizan, the Balance, will be set up to weigh your deeds. It will measure all things with precision and justice, but you can prepare for the scales to weigh in your favor with very simple deeds. Do you know the blessed words of dhikr that can provide you with 2,500 good deeds every day?

When the moment finally arrives for your reckoning, how will Allah judge you for your deeds? Whether done in public or in private, all of your deeds will be laid out in front of you as you await judgment. Will you hold your book in shame, or will your Lord veil you from the scrutiny of others?

Why is there such an emphasis on the concept of sabrun jameel, or ‘beautiful patience’ in Islam? During times of hardship, patience may be the only way to find contentment in this life. But in the Unseen, every little difficulty has meaning, and the Most Merciful is reserving an unparalleled final reward for your patience that will cause you to forget you ever suffered in the first place.

Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. With His infinite understanding, He places us in situations unique to our temperaments that enable us to avoid corruption and become the best people we can be. And in every life situation, He wishes to hear our du’as. Constantly seeking the aid of Allah through du’a guarantees an answer that will bring great blessings in this life and the next.

From attaining wisdom to seeking comfort, the Qur’an’s deeper meanings and treasures reveal themselves to the believer in the times they need it most. As much as the Qur’an benefits and heals you in this life, it does so much more for you in the next. Returning as a fierce companion, its verses grant you special protections and rewards in the grave and on the Day of Judgment.

What if you could not only enter Paradise, but bring those you love with you? On the momentous Day of Judgment, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ will keep going back to Allah, prostrating and interceding on behalf of his ummah. But he won’t be the only one. One by one, those who were so loved by Allah will intercede for others they knew in this life, until the greatest intercession will take place from the One who created us all.

Again and again, we see that Allah is generous in His forgiveness and His rewards for your deeds. Of particular reward are those actions you performed in this life that benefited someone else. Numerous narrations attest that “Whoever covers the faults of his brother, Allah will cover his faults on the Day of Resurrection.”

Allah is the Most Merciful, but He is also the Most Just, and that justice is particularly shown and upheld when the rights of other people are in question. How we treat people in this world is going to determine if we meet Allah’s justice or His mercy. On the Day of Judgment, it would be in our best interest to have been among the oppressed in this world, rather than the oppressors

You may know that your deeds will appear in the form of human beings in your grave to speak of what you’ve sent forth. But what will happen when your limbs speak? Your possessions? The animals you encountered and the earth you prayed upon? On the Day of Judgment, Allah the All-Seeing will cause everything from your life in this world to testify for or against you according to your deeds.