Do You Think The Righteous and The Non Righteous Are Equal?

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

The righteous and the non righteous, the good and the evil, the pure and the wicked can never be equal. The righteous will have Jannah. But the defiantly disobeyed will have the Fire. You decide which of these two camps you want to be in and then act accordingly.

أَفَمَن كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَمَن كَانَ فَاسِقًا ۚ لَّا يَسْتَوُۥنَ ﴿١٨﴾ أَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ فَلَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ نُزُلًۢا بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Then is one who was a believer like one who was defiantly disobedient? They are not equal. (18) As for those who believed and did righteous deeds, for them will be the Gardens of Refuge as accommodation for what they used to do. (19)

وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ فَسَقُوا۟ فَمَأْوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ ۖ كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُوٓا۟ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَآ أُعِيدُوا۟ فِيهَا وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾

But as for those who defiantly disobeyed, their refuge is the Fire. Every time they wish to emerge from it, they will be returned to it while it is said to them, "Taste the punishment of the Fire which you used to deny." (20)

وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٢١﴾ وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ ثُمَّ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَآ ۚ إِنَّا مِنَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

And we will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will repent. (21) And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord; then he turns away from them? Indeed We, from the criminals, will take retribution. (22) [Quran, As-Sajda 32:18-22]

Allah will make people taste the lesser punishment (right here and now) and not the greater one (punishment of the hereafter) so that people can return to Him (repent). Any calamity that happens, communaly or individually, there is a higher wisdom behind it, so we can channel it in reaffirming our spirituality with Allah, recommitting to the worship of Allah, rediscovering the ultimate joy which is in the worship of Allah.

There is no question that the COVID-19 crisis is a type of communal punishment. But the communal punishment doesn't mean that every individual is guilty. It means a lot of individuals are guilty, that too many people have done too much wrong and for too long. Allah is sending us a wake up call. Allah is telling us this is a worldly punishment and make sure we save ourselves from the real punishment.

We ask Allah for His blessings and to protect us and our loved ones from His anger and punishment in this life and the next. Aameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.

And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.

Wassalaam