Learn about the Court of the Hereafter before you stand in it:
Files are not confidential.
﷽ (And We have made every person’s deeds cling to his neck, and We will bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will find spread open) – Surah Al-Isra, 17:13
Attendance will be under tight security.
﷽ (And every soul will come forth with it a driver and a witness) – Surah Qaf, 50:21
Injustice is impossible.
﷽ (And I am not unjust to the servants) – Surah Qaf, 50:29
There is no lawyer to defend you.
﷽ (On that Day every soul will dispute on its own behalf) – Surah An-Nahl, 16:111
﷽ (Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as an accountant) – Surah Al-Isra, 17:14
Bribery and intercession are impossible.
﷽ (The Day when there will not benefit wealth or children) – Surah Ash-Shu’ara, 26:88
No mix-up in names.
﷽ (And your Lord does not forget) – Surah Maryam, 19:64
Judgment will be delivered by hand.
﷽ (As for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, ‘Here, read my record!’) – Surah Al-Haqqah, 69:19
No trial in absentia.
﷽ (And indeed, all of them will be brought before Us) – Surah Yasin, 36:32
No appeals or revisions.
﷽ (The word will not be changed with Me) – Surah Qaf, 50:29
No false witnesses.
﷽ (On that Day their tongues, their hands, and their feet will testify against them for what they used to do) – Surah An-Nur, 24:24
No forgotten files.
﷽ (Allah has enumerated it, while they forgot it) – Surah Al-Mujadila, 58:6
An accurate scale for deeds.
﷽ (And We set up the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant) – Surah Al-Anbiya, 21:47
“Our Lord, give us in this world good and in the Hereafter good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.”
May Allah magnify the reward of those who read this and share it, and place it in the scales of their good deeds, as well as those of their parents and descendants.