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The Last Day - By Shaykh Ashraf Salah
The Last Day
By Shaykh Ashraf Salah
Dear Muslims:
The Last Day, or
the Day of Judgement, is a day in which there is no doubt. It is a day to be
feared. The deeds of every single human and jinn will be brought forth in a
record. Whether the deed is as small and weightless as an ant or as large and
massive as the seven heavens, it will all be weighed and no one will be wronged
or treated unfairly. According to ones deeds, he will either be thrown into the
raging fires of Hell or peacefully welcomed into Paradise .
The angel called Israfil (PBUH) will blow
the Trumpet which will sound like a single blast as stated in Surah Al-Haqqah,
“Then when the Trumpet will be blown as one blowing” (69:13). All the people
will be in utter confusion and panic. The sound will be so frightening and
dreadful that all humans, the jinn, the birds and animals, will all tremble
with fright and terror. They will all be crowding together trying to figure out
what exactly is going on: “When the
Trumpet is sounded, Truly, that day will be a hard day”. (74:8-9).
“The Day when the
Trumpet will be blown, you shall come forth in crowds”. (An-Naba 78:18).
There will be such
a violent earthquake after the first blow of the Trumpet that all buildings,
all mountains, and all the trees on the earth will move from their foundations:
“And when the earth is stretched forth and has cast out all that was in it and
became empty. (84:3-4).
The heavens will, after splitting
asunder, become a lifeless body. The mountains will become dust. The sun and
the stars will lose their shine and be thrown over and will fall. The rivers
and oceans will be set on fire. There will be no mountain or tree or human
left. The heavens and the earth will experience a great revolution. The
peaceful organized system of the universe will be destroyed and the Trumpet
will be sounded for the second time.
Dear Muslims:
The second blow
Israfil makes is one of life and population. But this life is not like the life
the creation lived prior to dying and being raised up again. This will be a Day
of, either, fear and regret or rejoice and happiness. Allah (SWT) says
describing the situation at this time: “Hearts, that Day, will shake with fear
and anxiety. Their eyes will be down cast”. (79:8-9). He (SWT) says also: “But
when there comes the greatest catastrophe; the Day when man shall remember what
he strove for”. (79:34-35).
The souls will be
joined with the bodies and all creation will be standing with anticipation. It
will be a Day in which no one will pay heed to anyone including his or her own
loved ones. Everyone will be worried about his or her ownself, remembering the
deeds he or she committed.
Those people who
obeyed the commandments of their Lord and struggled against their own base,
worldly desires will be among the joyful. They will feel no grief, nor will
they be fearful. They will be in delight and their faces will be shining. They
will rejoice, about whom Allah (SWT) says: “Verily, the friends of Allah are
those on whom fear comes not, nor do they grieve!”. (10:62). Their faces will
be calm, glad for their righteous deeds and for their obedience to the Lord,
All-Mighty. But those who acted upon their own worldly ambitions and lustful
desires, will be full of grief and remorse. Their faces will be black with
dust, with no nur (light) shining upon them. They will cry about the evil deeds
they committed during their life on earth. They will repent and bite their
fingers and wish they were sent back to amend and do good deeds, but no
repentance or faith will be accepted after the sounding of the first blow of
the Trumpet.
“O man! Verily,
you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions, a sure
returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did)”.
(84:6).
Dear Brothers And Sisters In Islam:
Every moment of a
persons life, he or she is getting closer and closer to meeting his Lord and he
will meet Him with all of his deeds. Nothing will be left hidden as a secret,
whether the deed and action was in obedience to Allah (SWT) or in disobedience
to Him. You should take care of your time. Do not waste it and beware of your
actions because it will either speak for you or against you.
In the day of
resurrection the heaven will be opened and the angels will descend with the
records of deeds of each human and jinn. Everyone will be handed his/her Record
of Deeds. The obedient, pious believers, those who observed salah, paid zakah,
fasted, and were among the steadfast will receive their records in their right
hands, a sign of their success in the Hereafter. And they will enter Paradise . Those who disbelieved in Allah (SWT), His
prophets, and His revelations, those who were proud and arrogant and
disobedient, will receive their record of deeds in their left hands and for
them will be the abode of the Fire.
Dear Muslims:
After the weighing of the deeds, everyone
will be ordered to cross the Bridge to Paradise .
The righteous servants of Allah (SWT), will pass it swiftly and the gates of Paradise will be wide open anticipating their entrance.
The angels will greet them with the greeting of Peace and will congratulate
them for their obedience to Allah (SWT) and their good deeds. As for the
enemies of Allah (SWT) , the disbelievers and the sinners, they will not be
able to cross the Bridge at all and will fall into the raging fires of Hell.
Therein they will abide. Those who had even an iota of faith in them, will
eventually be taken out of the torment and entered into Paradise .
Then, only the polytheists and disbelievers, who had no faith in Allah (SWT) or
the Last Day, will abide in the Hellfire eternaly. They will have absolutely no
hope of being rescued from the Fire. The joy of the dwellers of Paradise , as well as the grief of the dwellers of Hell is
without limit.
Allah (SWT) says:
“Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, they are the best of
creatures. Their reward, with their Lord, is Paradise ,
underneath which rivers flow. They will abide therein forever; Allah will be
pleased with them and they with Him. That is for him who fears his Lord”.
(98:7-8).
Allah (SWT) describes the day in surat
Dear Muslims:
The good believer
will have an easy reckoning in the day of judgment while anyone who has his
reckoning or accountability discussed will be punished:
Imam Bukhari and
Muslim reported that Ai'sha said that the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said:
"Destroyed is the one who has his account settled on the Day of
Resurrection", Ai'sha said, "O messenger of Allah didn't Allah say
(surat Al-Inshiqaq verses 7 and 8) "Then he who is given his recorder in
his right hand soon will his account be taken by easy reckoning", The
Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H.) replied "This is the skimming through the
deeds; and destroyed is the one who has his account settled on the Day of
Judgment.
Moreover, Allah
(SWT) will cover up the believer his sins after He (SWT) reminds him about
them. Then He (SWT) will forgive him his sins, and allow him to enter paradise.
This is concluded
from a hadeth reported by Imam Buhari and Muslim in which the profet (PBUH)
said "Allah will bring the believer very close and privately ask him
"Do you know this sin? Do you know that sin? The believers reply will be
"Yes Oh lord," until he is reminded about all of his sins, and he
thinks he will perish. Then Allah will say "I covered up your sins during
your life, and I will forgive you your sins today. Then he will be given his book
of good deeds. But the unbelievers and hypocrites will be asked about their
deeds loudly in front of the creatures. "…These are the ones who lied
against their lord!" No doubt! The curse of Allah is on the
"Zalimun" (polytheists, wrong-doers, oppressors, ect.)! (11:18 ).
Dear Muslims:
We should prepare
ourselves for the last day in which there is no translator between the servant
and his Lord, but there is direct questioning. Imam Bukhari reported that the
messenger of Allah said "Allah will talk to everyone directly, without a
translator. The person will look to his right, and will not see anything but
his deeds. The person, then will look in front of himself and will see nothing
but hellfire facing him. So protect yourself from hellfire even by giving
charity a half of date”.
We will be reckoned and asked about every
thing so we should do our best to show Allah (SWT) that we deserve His
reward: Tirmithi related in a good
hadeeth that the prophet Mohammad (PBUH) had said, "The son of Adam will
not pass away from Allah until he is asked about five things: how did he spend
his life, and how did he utilize his youth, from what means did he earn his
wealth, and how did he spend it, and what did he do with his knowledge."
May Allah (SWT)
make us amongst His sincere servants who are saved from hell fire and rewarded
in paradise, may He (SWT) bless, guide, and forgive us all (Ameen).
