2636 The metaphor of the burden of sin which the unjust carry on their backs is referred to in
20:100-101 (see n. 2626), in
6:31, and in other passages. Note that all faces, those of the just as well as of the unjust, will be humbled before Allah: the best of us can claim no merit equal to Allah's Grace. But the just will have Hope: while the unjust, now that the curtain of Reality has risen, will be in absolute Despair!