Fear Of Displeasing God Vs Fear Of Hell Fire To Stay Away From Sins?
If one truly cares about Allah then they should follow what He said in the Qur’an: For them, there shall be canopies of fire from above them and also from below them. It is precisely this from which God warns His servants: “ My Servants! For this reason, fear Me. ” (Qur’an 39:16) This is not only about the common person, even prophets feared Allah’s punishment: Say [O Prophet]: If I disobey my Lord, I fear facing the torment of a fateful day . (Qur’an 6:15) Indeed, they [prophets] used to race in doing good, and call upon Us with hope and fear , totally humbling themselves before Us. (Qur’an 20:90) Allah replied, “O Noah! He is certainly not of your family—he was entirely of unrighteous conduct. So do not ask Me about what you have no knowledge of! I warn you so you do not be among those overwhelmed by emotions.” Noah pleaded, “My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You about what I have no knowledge of, and unless You forgive me and have mercy on me, I will be one of the losers.” (Qur’an 11:46-47) ….. In reality, the torment of your Lord is a thing to be feared. (Qur’an 17:57) Reason for this is because truth is we are not special to Allah, He has no need for us and we are ever expendable. And whoever does this sinfully and unjustly, We will burn them in the Fire. That is easy for Allah. (Qur’an 4:30) In this test particularly Allah knows how human works, so reward of Paradise and fear of Hell is introduced by Allah and must always be kept in mind, as it is blessing of Allah and expression of His love for His creation through which He makes it easy for people to succeed this test and enter Paradise and avoid Hell, after which where they will be no fear. The day when each soul will be confronted with the virtue it did and also with what evil it did. On that day, it will yearn that a long interval of time should stand between it and this Day’s presence. [This is the counsel of Allah] and Allah frightens you of Himself and frightens you because Allah is compassionate towards His servants (Qur’an 3:30) 35:06 – 37:42 https://youtu.be/6LCdI3gpvEs?t=2106