Allah is sarīʿ al-ḥisāb. Not slow. Not bureaucratic. Not appealable. The fastest accountant in existence. He needs no calendar.

The teacher of teachers, al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, was asked: how can Allah judge all of creation in one Day? He said: as easily as He provides for them in one moment. The same Lord who feeds every creature in the same instant judges every creature in the same instant. We doubt this because our scale is small. We can audit one company's books in a year; what would judging all of creation require? But Allah's sarīʿ al-ḥisāb is not slower because the scale is bigger. It is instant. This is why the Prophet ﷺ used to weep in salah when he reached the verses of reckoning: he was not afraid of a long process; he was afraid of the speed. The hour you fear is not a hearing; it is a verdict. So bring the question forward. What would the verdict on the last hour be if your sarīʿ al-ḥisāb were now? Not yesterday, not tomorrow, this hour. Pray as if it counts, because it does. Speak as if it counts, because it does. Yā Allāh, make us of those whose reckoning is gentle, whose file is opened to mercy first, and whose Day is shortened to the length of a single accepted prayer. Āmīn.