سورة فصلت

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): On the Day of Resurrection, a servant who has wronged himself [through sin] will be brought forward. Allah will say, "Did I not command you to obey Me, and forbid you from disobeying Me?" He will say, "Yes, my Lord, but my desire overcame me, so if You punish me it is because of my sin and You have not wronged me." Allah will order him to be taken to the Fire, and he will say, "O Allah! This was not my thought of You [that You would take me to the Fire]." Allah will say, "What was your thought of Me?" He will say, "I held the best thought of You!" At that moment Allah will say, "Take him to Paradise," then Allah will say, "O My servant, at this moment your good thought of Me has benefited and profited you."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): It is fitting for the believer to fear Allah as though he were about to enter the Fire, and to hope in Allah as though he were among the people of Paradise. Then he said: ذلِکُمْ ظَنُّکُمُ الَّذِی ظَنَنْتُمْ بِرَبِّکُمْ أَرْداکُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخاسِرِینَ [And that was your thought which you entertained about your Lord that has tumbled you down into perdition, so are you become of the lost ones]. Allah the Exalted is according to His servant's thought of Him [He rewards him accordingly]: if it is good, then good; and if it is bad, then bad.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj narrated from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) that he said: The last servant who is ordered to be taken to the Fire turns back and looks. Allah, the Noble and Great, says: "Bring him back." So when they bring him before Allah, He says: "O My servant! Why did you turn back and look?" The servant says: "O my Lord! My thought of You was not like this." Allah says: "O My servant! What did you think of Me?" The servant says: "O my Lord! I thought that You would forgive my sin and admit me into Your Paradise." Allah says: "O My angels, by My might and majesty and blessings and trials and My exalted station, he never had this good thought of Me for an hour of his life; and had he thought well of Me for even one hour of his life, I would not have frightened him with the fire of Hell. Accept his lie from him and admit him into Paradise." Then Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: "No servant thinks well of Allah except that Allah treats him according to his thought, and no servant thinks ill of Him except that Allah treats him according to his thought. And this is the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: وَ ذلِکُمْ ظَنُّکُمُ الَّذِی ظَنَنْتُمْ بِرَبِّکُمْ أَرْداکُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخاسِرِینَ [And that was your thought which you entertained about your Lord that has ruined you, so you have become of the losers]."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): No servant thinks well of Allah except that Allah treats him according to his thought. This is why Allah has said: وَ ذلِکُمْ ظَنُّکُمُ الَّذِی ظَنَنْتُمْ بِرَبِّکُمْ أَرْداکُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخاسِرِینَ * فَإِنْ یَصْبِرُوا فَالنَّارُ مَثْویً لَهُمْ [And that was your thought which you entertained about your Lord that has ruined you, so you have become of the losers. Then if they endure, the Fire is their abode] — meaning they will be losers and driven into Hell; and إِنْ یَسْتَعْتِبُوا فَما هُمْ مِنَ الْمُعْتَبِینَ [and if they seek goodwill, they will not be of those granted goodwill] — meaning their excuse will not be accepted.

Imam Rida (peace be upon him): When the Day of Resurrection arrives, the believer is made to stand before Allah the Exalted, and he himself attends to his own reckoning. His book of deeds is placed in his hand, and he looks into it. The first thing he sees is his evil deeds, so his colour changes because of that, his limbs tremble, and his soul is stricken with terror. Then he sees his good deeds, and his eye is comforted, his soul is delighted, and he rejoices. Then he looks at the reward that Allah the Exalted has bestowed upon him, and his joy intensifies. Then Allah the Exalted says to the angels: "Bring the scrolls containing the deeds which they did not perform." So they read them and say: "O our Lord! By Your might, You know that we did not perform any of these." He says: "You have spoken truly, but you intended them, so We wrote them down for you" — and then they are rewarded for them.