Thursday, 22 August 2013

Events on the Day of Judgment

Blowing of the Horn
Before the last bay begins, angel Israfil will blow out a horn marking the start of the qiyamate. All living beings will die on listening to the sound of the horn. Horn will be blown second time and all living beings will come to life again waiting to be judged for their actions.
Good Deeds vs. Bad Deeds
No deed either small or big will go wasted. Every deed will be counted. The Qur'an also states that even the smallest acts of the believers will not be wasted.
"Anyone who has an atom's worth of goodness will see it and anyone who has done an atom's worth of evil will also see it" (Qur'an 99:7-8). Those who do good if they are Muslims, will be rewarded not only in this world but also in the world hereafter. However, the final Judgment is up to God himself” [Qur'an 2:62]
The Gathering and duration
Alameen (humankind, the Jinn, and all other living beings) will be gathered upon a vast, white, featureless ground, under intense heat of the Sun overhead. They will be naked, uncircumcised and crowded together to the point where some are submerged in their own sweat, as in the beginning of creation. The degree to which one is submerged in sweat depends on the extent of one's piety and goodness. The faces of the believers will be nadirah (shining and radiant). On the other hand, the faces of disbelievers will be basirah (dark, sad and frowning). Qiyamah will last for 50,000 years.
Rejection of False Gods
Idols will assert that only Allah is Lord, and that they were wrongfully worshipped. The Qur'an and Hadith state that Jesus returns and denies he claimed he is God (Qur'an 43.61).
Al-Kawthar
Believers will be lead by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to the lake-fount called as Kawthar. Who so ever drinks it will never be thirsty again.
Redemption
In one Hadith, it is related that after the Intercession of Muhammad , Allah Himself intercedes, repeatedly ordering His angels to fetch out of Jahannam (hell) any who sincerely professed the Shahada (Sahih Bukhari) until the angels are ordered to return and find anyone with even an atom's measure of goodness in his or her heart. Those who have worshipped false gods, or have participated in shirk (idol worship) are not rescued from Jahannam (hell) and instead remain there forever. After the Intercession, life resumes, either in Jannah (paradise) or in Jahannam (hell).

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