How can the weighing of deeds on the Day of Resurrection, as stated in Surat Al-Anbiya' (The Prophets): "And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be wronged at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountants," be reconciled with the idea that deeds are judged only by their endings, as mentioned in the noble Hadith: "By Allah, verily one of you – or: a man – performs the deeds of the people of Hellfire, until there is nothing between him and it but a cubit or a forearm, then the decree overtakes him, so he performs the deeds of the people of Paradise and enters it. And verily a man performs the deeds of the people of Paradise, until there is nothing between him and it but a cubit or two cubits, then the decree overtakes him, so he performs the deeds of the people of Hellfire and enters it"?
There is no contradiction between the weighing of deeds and an evil end. For whoever has an evil end, the scale of their evil deeds outweighs the good because all of their deeds are weighed. An evil end is often due to a hidden flaw or an ill intention in one's actions. It is Allah's practice to grant success to the obedient and to forsake the disobedient, unless He overtakes them with His mercy and grants them repentance. Ibn al-Qayyim explained that the actions of the people of Paradise, which appear to people, may not be pure and accepted by Allah, and that a hidden flaw in the inner self can forsake a servant at the end of their life and overturn their deeds.
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