Just as there are two sides to every life in this world, there are two aspects of every act in relation to this world and the Hereafter. One aspect of each act is our acceptance of it, as what it is seen to be in this world. The other aspect is what results from this act, in terms of the Hereafter.
It is because life in this world is intended to be a testing-ground that the world of the Hereafter remains beyond our reach.
Today, we can see only one aspect of our actions—that of immediate pleasure or gain—but the day of resurrection after death will place us in a position to see much more. Just as a person standing on top of a wall can look down on both sides, so shall we be able to see both aspects of the truth. Not only shall we watch our entire history unreel before us like a film, but also witness the consequences of our own worldly actions.
As the Quran says: Then shall each soul know what it has sent forward (to the Hereafter) and what it has kept back (in the world behind). (Quran, 82: 5).
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