[10:25] GOD invites
to the abode of peace, and guides
whoever wills (to be guided) in a straight path.
Heaven and Hell are
Eternal
[10:26] For the righteous,
the reward will be multiplied manifold.
Their faces will never experience any deprivation or
shame. These are the dwellers of Paradise;
they abide therein forever.
[10:27] As for those who
earned sins, their requital is equivalent to their
sin. Humiliation is their lot, and
no one beside GOD
can protect them.
Their faces will seem overwhelmed by masses of dark
night. They will be the dwellers of Hell;
they abide therein forever.
Shame and humiliation versus pride and
dignity are states that we encounter in our
daily lives. We tend to analyze certain
situations, categorizing them as humiliating or
dignifying based on our limited shortsighted
human standards. Vanities such as wealth, health
or power or lake of any of them are sometimes
misleading factors in this regard. The Quranic
perspective on the other hand provides us with a
perfect scale in order to accurately distinguish
and define the path of divine dignity and
the trigger of real humiliation.
A student of the Quran can conclude that when we
love God the most (2:165) and support Him alone,
God's love, victory, and support truly become
ours in this life and in the Hereafter. Trusting
God and believing in this divine law dictates a
true sense of beauty, peace, clarity, and
dignity to our lives irrespective of our
surroundings and how they might be perceived by
the ignorant ones:
[47:7]
O you who
believe, if you support GOD,
He will support you, and strengthen
your foothold.
[3:160] If
GOD supports you, none can defeat
you. And if He abandons you,
who else can support you? In GOD the
believers shall trust.
[24:52] Those who
obey GOD and His messenger,
and
reverence GOD and
observe Him, these
are the triumphant ones.
The Ultimate Winners
[28:83] We
reserve the abode
of the Hereafter for those who do
not seek exaltation on earth, nor
corruption. The ultimate
victory belongs to the righteous.
[14:27]
GOD strengthens those who believe with
the proven word, in this life and in the
Hereafter. And GOD sends the
transgressors astray. Everything is in
accordance with GOD's will.
This beauty, peace and dignity can be
continued, eternally, if we choose to
hold fast to the rope of God, and uphold
His word truthfully and unconditionally
all the way until we leave the earth as
righteous believers:
The Righteous Do Not Really Die*
[8:24] O you who believe, you
shall respond to GOD and to the messenger
when he invites you to what gives you life.*
You should know that GOD is closer to you than your
heart, and that before Him you will be summoned.
They Go Straight to
Paradise
[16:32] The angels terminate
their lives in a state of righteousness, saying,
"Peace be
upon you. Enter Paradise (now) as a reward for your
works."*
[56:91] peace is the
lot of those on the right.
On the other hand, the real humiliation in
this life is when we don't heed the
guidance. We push our souls on a stairway
to eternal shame if we choose to be blind
and miss the straight path of God or
hypocritically seek a path in between by
partial obedience of God's laws:
A Common Occurrence
[22:8] Among the people there
is the one who argues about GOD without
knowledge, and without guidance,
and without an enlightening scripture.
[22:9]
Arrogantly
he strives to
divert the people from the
path of GOD.
He thus incurs humiliation in this life,
and we commit him
on the Day of Resurrection to the agony of burning.
[34:5] As for those who
constantly
challenge our revelations, they
have incurred a retribution of painful
humiliation.
[4:13]
These are GOD's laws.
Those who obey GOD and His
messenger, He will
admit them into gardens with flowing
streams, wherein they abide forever.
This is the greatest triumph.
[4:14]
As for the one who
disobeys GOD and His messenger,
and transgresses His laws,
He will admit him into Hell, wherein
he abides forever.
He has incurred a shameful retribution.
Retribution for Opposing God and
His Messenger
[9:63] Did they not
know that anyone
who opposes
GOD and His messenger has incurred
the fire of Hell forever? This is
the
worst humiliation.
[31:6] Among the people,
there are those
who uphold baseless Hadith, and
thus divert
others from the path of GOD without knowledge,
and take it in
vain. These have incurred a
shameful retribution.
[15:90] We will
deal with the dividers.
[15:91] They
accept the Quran only partially.
[15:92] By your Lord,
we will
question them all,
[15:93] about
everything
they have done.
[15:94]
Therefore, carry out the orders given to you,
and disregard the idol worshipers.
[2:85].... Do you
believe in part of the scripture and disbelieve
in part? What should be the
retribution for those among you who do this,
except humiliation in this life,
and a far worse retribution on the Day
of Resurrection? GOD is never unaware
of anything you do.
Fear, the well-known tool of
the devil, weakens our will to apply the word of
God. If not defeated by knowledge and strong
faith, fear certainly intimidates us to adopt a compromising
path of shame and humiliation. True
believers have no interest in leaning towards
the mainstream or pleasing their friends
and allies when it's time to choose and apply
Quranic principles. They only move forward on
the straight path seeking the true dignity as
defined and granted by God:
[63:8] They say, "If we go
back to the city, the powerful therein will evict
the weak (and we will be victimized)."
(They should know that) all dignity belongs
to GOD and His messenger, and the believers.
However, the hypocrites do not know.
[20:45] They said, "Our Lord,
we fear lest he may
attack us, or transgress."
[20:46] He said, "Do
not be afraid, for I will be with you, listening and
watching.
[4:138] Inform
the hypocrites that they have incurred painful
retribution.
[4:139] They are the ones
who ally themselves with disbelievers instead of
believers. Are they seeking dignity with
them? All dignity belongs with GOD alone.
We are on the right path of true peace and
dignity when we side with God, and we are
utterly humiliated when we persistently ignore
the word of God. Either state stays with us
eternally depending on our choice we make on
earth. It is God and only God who grants us the
real dignity or the real humiliation.
All Dignity Belongs With God
[35:10] Anyone seeking
dignity should know that to GOD belongs
all dignity. To Him ascends the
good words, and He exalts the
righteous works. As for those
who scheme evil works, they incur severe
retribution; the scheming of such people is
destined to fail.
[3:26] Say, "Our god:
possessor of all sovereignty. You grant
sovereignty to whomever You choose, You
remove sovereignty from whomever You choose.
You grant dignity to whomever You choose,
and commit to humiliation whomever You
choose. In Your hand are all provisions. You
are Omnipotent.
