Prophet Adam and his wife Hazrat Hawwa landed on this planet
thousands of years ago. Allah created mankind from them and spread all over the
earth. Of course people since that time have different colors of skin; some are
rich while others are poor. As promised, Allah started sending His guides to
humanity to preach Unity of God and showed the paths of right and wrong,
virtues and sins, also provided Man with patent prophet of intellect and
conscience to make a decision before embarking on right path or follow Shaytan.
In all, Allah (s.w.t.) sent 124,000 prophets and many guide books (Sahifay)
as the caravan of civilization marched forward. Sent four divine Books of
guidance; Zubur to Prophet Dawood, Taurayt (Torah) to Prophet Musa, Injeel (Bible)
to Prophet I’sa, and the Last Comprehensive Book, the Glorious Qur’an on the
heart of the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.). As the Guidance as promised by Allah
(s.w.t.) is to continue till the Day of Judgment, and the Prophet Hood had
terminated with the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.), Allah (s.w.t.) in His Divine
Mercy ordered the Guidance to continue through the Progeny (a.s.) of the Noble
Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.). The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (a.s.) was sent
as a baby by Allah (s.w.t.) in His House; Ka’bah. He was the first Imam of the “Golden
Chain of Imamate” and Imam Mehdi (a.t.f.) is the last-twelfth- Imam who is in
Occultation and obscured from the people as every Imam was being poisoned or
killed by the sword, hence Allah had placed him in occultation but is
continuing the task of guiding the humanity like sun spreads its light (energy)
from behind the clouds!
In Surah al-Zilzal, Ayahs 7 and 8 which reads as: “Faman
Ya’mal Mithqa’al Zarratin Kayran Yara, Wa Man Ya’mal Mithqa’ala Zarratin Saharran
Yara””Whoever has done an atom’s weight of good will see it, and whoever has
done an atom’s weight of evil will also see it.”
There are three opinions about seeing the deeds; is it
the record of good and bad deeds or knowing the quality of the deeds or it
means the embodiment of these deeds and observing the deeds themselves. Mithqal
means weight, heaviness or scale, but here it means weight. These are one of
the Ayahs which shake a man and show that the account of Allah (s.w.t.), on the
Day of Judgment, is extraordinarily proper and sensitive, and the scales for
weighing the man’s deeds are so delicate and just that they count smallest
weight of his actions. The extreme precision of the reckoning on the Day of
Judgment is also stated in Surah Luqman Ayah 16 which states: “O my son!” said
Luqman, “If there be (but) the weight of a mustard seed and it were (hidden) in
a rock, or (anywhere) in the heavens or on earth, Allah will bring it forth:
For Allah understands the finest mysteries, (and) is well - acquainted (with
them).” Mustard is proverbially a minute small seed. These Ayahs warn the
man of the strictness which he will be dealt with in accounting for his deeds.
These Ayahs warn us not to think that lesser sins are not important nor the good
deeds are insignificant. Whatever Allah counts cannot be insignificant.
Here a question arises that according to these Ayahs, man
will see all his deeds, good or evil, small or great, on the Day of Judgment. How
does this idea adapts with the Ayahs about the good deeds cancelling bad deeds
(or vice versa), excommunication, forgiveness, and repentance?
There are two answers of this question; one is that there
are exceptions to the general rule. Another answer is that in case of
cancellations and excommunications, there occurs a balance that remains. When
man sees the remaining balance, he has, indeed, seen all his good and bad
actions. This is also true for repentance and forgiveness.
There is a tradition that once a man came to the Noble
Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) and asked to be taught. The Messenger sent him to one of
his followers to teach him the Glorious Qur’an. He taught the man Surah Zilzal.
The man left saying these Ayahs 7 and 8 were sufficient for him. The Noble
Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) said: “Let him go since he became a scholar.” The Noble
Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) told Abu Sa’eed Khudri: “The virtues will be counted as
ten-fold or even 700 fold and even more if the Merciful Allah (s.w.t) desires.
But each vice will be punished as one only or even the Merciful Allah (s.w.t.)
may forgive it. But remember, no one will attain salvation simply because of
good deeds except Allah (s.w.t.)’s Mercy is included.”
Sources: The Glorious Qur’an (Urdu translation) by Ayatollah
Nasir Makarem Shirazi
An Enlightening Commentary into the Light of
the Holy Qur’an
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