and they will bring out a great multitude. Then they will say, ‘Our Lord, we have left none of those You commanded us to bring out.’ Then He will say, ‘Go back, and whoever you find with an atom’s weight of goodness in his heart, bring him out.’ They will bring out a great multitude, then say, ‘Our Lord, we have left no goodness there.’

Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī used to say, “If you do not believe me concerning this hadith, then read, if you wish: ‘Indeed, Allah does not wrong anyone even by an atom’s weight. If there is a good deed, He multiplies it and grants from Himself a great reward.’” (40) [al-Nisā’ 40]

Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will say, ‘The angels have interceded, the prophets have interceded, and the believers have interceded. None remains but the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.’ He will then take a handful from the Fire and bring out of it people who had never done any good at all and had been reduced to charcoal. He will cast them into a river at the entrances to Paradise, called the River of