Hell-A Vision from within

<p>Praise be to Allah the One Whom we ask for assistance and forgiveness.</p><p>We ask for Allah's refuge to secure us from our own evil selves our</p><p>wrong doings and misdeeds; for whomever Allah His Almighty guides</p><p>and leads will never go astray and whomever Allah His Almighty</p><p>misleads will never find the right path. I also testify that there is no God</p><p>but Allah the Only who has no partner and I testify that Muhammad is</p><p>His prophet and His slave At the Beginning of the Road: Paradise was the Goal</p><p>I was on the first steps of the path the path of Islam which was at my</p><p>early youth gratitude and praise be to Allah. I used to consider paradise</p><p>as the place that I should be working for. Probably not only my hope but</p><p>also my feelings were that I deserved it! I had the feeling that the mere</p><p>idea of hell and the thought of escaping from it was not applicable to a</p><p>person of my hard work and prayers for such a person as I am does not</p><p>belong there by Allah's will and will not enter it. Therefore such a</p><p>person does not have to fear it or to keep on asking Allah to save him</p><p>from it. However If he does so then he is only following prophet Muhammad Allah's peace and blessings be on him and imitating him</p><p>who himself asks to be saved from Hell with the assurance that he is not</p><p>one of its inhabitants. I have often felt when I used to ask for Allah's</p><p>forgiveness that I haven't committed deeds that call for a so long regret</p><p>or a so much sorrow; Allah has enabled me to give up and apologize for</p><p>the sin that I have committed. This is repentance enough Muhammad Allah's peace and blessings be on him and imitating him</p><p>who himself asks to be saved from Hell with the assurance that he is not</p><p>one of its inhabitants. I have often felt when I used to ask for Allah's</p><p>forgiveness that I haven't committed deeds that call for a so long regret</p><p>or a so much sorrow; Allah has enabled me to give up and apologize for</p><p>the sin that I have committed. This is repentance enough Comprehending the Meaning of Sin</p><p>A number of items caused me to go over my previous thoughts and look</p><p>at the subject from a new perspective. The first reason that awakened my</p><p>awareness of my previous perceptions concerning heaven and hell at the</p><p>start of my path was my understanding of the meaning of sin and that</p><p>disobeying Allah was an enormous matter. One of the reasons of</p><p>triggering such an understanding was a sentence by a virtuous man that</p><p>says: Do not think of how small the sin is but think of whom you have</p><p>disobeyed</p><p>I have found the proof of the previous sentence in the qualities of</p><p>the references and holly names of Allah indicating His perfection His</p><p>gifts and His generosity upon His creatures. His right also to be truly</p><p>feared obeyed and not revolted against thanked and not denied the right</p><p>to be worshipped and to be remembered and not forgotten. Who could perform all of those obligations as they should be? I found out that Allah</p><p>His Almighty warns His creatures of His punishment and punishes for</p><p>sins tiny or great. I became certain that Allah's rights over His creatures</p><p>are mightier and bigger than all the duties He asks from them and that all</p><p>are subjects to His Mercy and ready at His orders and that His Almighty Why Is Sin a Serious Crime</p><p>Sin is indeed very great in itself for it is a rejection to an order</p><p>from God the One and Only the Creator of the skies and earth the</p><p>Creator of everything. He is the God and the Owner of everything. He is</p><p>the One to whom everything else is a subject. To Him everything is base</p><p>and low. He is the Domineering over His creatures.</p>