You can fool yourself, but you can’t fool Allah. Reckoning is a reality.
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You can fool yourself, but you can’t fool Allah. Reckoning is a reality.

In the opening of Surat Al-Anbiya, Allah Almighty says: ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِی غَفۡلَةࣲ مُّعۡرِضُونَ The time of their reckoning has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.  (Al-Anbiyāʾ, Ayah 1) This is a Makki surah, and a common feature of Makki surahs is that they address the challenges faced…

what have you earned?

(2:134) What Have YOU Earned? How one generation impacts another

Keeping Track of Yourself Are we accountable for others’ mistakes? What have we earned? And what have we got to pass on? That was a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what…