WHEN ONLY TRUTH WILL CARRY WEIGHT
In this world, even falsehood can appear weighty to certain people. But in the Hereafter, nothing will carry weight except for the truth.
The time will come to pass when the whole of creation will be gathered before the Lord. All voices will be silenced except for the voice of God. Only the truth will have any weight on that day. Nothing else will be of any consequence. On that day man will be judged. Referring to this Day, the Quran states:
“The Clatterer! What is the Clatterer? Would that you knew what the Clatterer is! [It is] a Day when humanity shall be like scattered moths and the mountains like tufts of carded wool. Then, the one whose good deeds weigh heavy on the scales will have a most satisfying life. But as for him whose deeds are light on the scales, the Abyss shall be his home. What will convey to you what this is like? It is a blazing fire.” (101:1-11)
The turmoil of Doomsday will smash everything. People will completely lose their bearings. After that, a new world will exist where only truth will carry weight. All falsity will be set at nought. In the present world, the approval of the people prevails. Here things carry weight according to the likes and dislikes of the people. The world of the Hereafter is the world of God, where everything will be subservient to His will.
In the present world, any deeds performed are judged according to their appearances. In the Hereafter, deeds will be judged according to their inner reality. The more sincere a person’s deeds, the more important they will be. The deed devoid of sincerity will carry no weight in the Hereafter, however significant it might have seemed to the superficial people of the present world.
In the present world, that action becomes weighty, which is marked by concession to worldly situations, following the traditions of the times and has become important because of long social customs. Those who have such deeds to their credit attain the status of greatness and honour in the eyes of the people.
What happens in the Hereafter will be different. There, only a principled life will carry any weight. Only those actions performed according to a high standard of ethics will be given any importance. There, all the importance will be given to those actions which possess eternal values rather than just meeting the exigencies of the time.
In this world, even falsehood can appear weighty to certain people. But in the Hereafter, nothing will carry weight except for the truth.
