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sanction to morality in the love and fear of God, which will impel man to obey the moral law even without external pressures. Through belief in God and the Day of Judgement it furnishes a force which enables a person to adapt the moral conduct with sincerity and devotion straight form the heart and the soul. The Qur'an explains the Day of Judgement as the day when the whole universe will be destroyed and then again the dead will be resurrected to stand before God. That day will be the beginning of the life that will never end, and on that Day every person will be rewarded and punished by God according to his or her good or evil deed. "So set your face towards the straight path before the day arrives from God which is irreversible. Men will be segregated on that day so that he disbelievers will bear the consequence on his unbelief; and he who does the right will straighten out the way for himself, so that God may reward those who believed and did what was good, by His grace." (30:43-45) It is by the moral laws of God that both the believers and the unbelievers will be judged. -3- The reward for believing in God and the day of Judgement is as follows: "As for those who believe and do good, We never burden a souls beyond capacity. They are men of paradise where they will abide forever...Streams of running water shall ripple at their feet, and they will say: ‘ We are grateful to God for guiding us here. Never would we have been guided if God had not shown us the way. The apostles of our Lord had indeed brought the truth.'(7:42-43) If one accepts God and His moral laws, then they have accepted life after death. The believers are those who sacrifice their life on earth, in return for eternal salvation promised by God. The Qur'an emphatically states that the Day of Judgement must come and God will decide about the fate of each soul according to his or her record of deeds. "Those who disbelieve say: The hour will never come unto us. Say: ...

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