‘Whoever comes before God
with a good deed will receive a better reward; whoever comes with an evil deed
will be punished only for what he has done.’ (28:85)
‘He
does not wrong anyone by as much as the weight of a speck of dust: He doubles
any good deed and gives a tremendous reward of His own.’ (4:41)
In Hinduism and Buddhism, ‘Karma’ is the ‘sum
of a person’s actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as
deciding their fate in future existences.’ Many people
believe in ‘Karma’ leading to multiple reincarnations in different states of
existence before the human soul finds ultimate salvation. However, ‘Karma’, in general, is about good luck or bad fate; viewed as
resulting from one’s actions.
From an Islamic perspective, we humans live only once in this world, and when we die, we leave forever from this world, only to give an account of our deeds on the Day of Resurrection and Judgement: man’s eventual fate is essentially linked to his own actions. On the Day of Judgement, man’s soul will testify on all deeds- good, or bad- to receive the true and enduring reward of Paradise, or the Fire of Hell as a consequence of one’s record of deeds.