People who are satisfied with this world's temporary
values and pleasures do their best to ignore such facts as their
eventual death, which is just around the corner, and the Day of
Resurrection. By not reflecting upon such truths, they tell themselves
that they can live only for themselves and forget about their duties
to Allah.
The Qur'an graphically depicts the events of the Last Day, and all
of the people's accompanying shock, fear, panic, and mental framework.
The universe will end in the same spectacular fashion in which it
was created. Planets will fall out of their orbits, and mountains
will be moved. In the face of such amazing events, those who put
their faith in chance and random happenings will realize that only
Allah rules over everything. Allah states:
Say: "To whom does everything in the heavens and
Earth belong?" Say: "To Allah." He has made mercy incumbent upon
Himself. He will gather you to the Day of Resurrection, about which
there is no doubt. As for those who have lost their own selves,
they have no faith. (Surat al-An‘am, 12)
So when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast,
and Earth and the mountains are lifted and crushed with a single
blow, on that Day, the Occurrence will occur. (Surat al-Haqqa, 13-15)
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT'S HOUR IS
PREDETERMINED
As time progresses, we are speedily approaching the Day of Judgment.
Most people think that this Day is in the distant future. However,
they would be well-advised to remember that previous generations
had the same attitude. In reality, everyone who has ever lived will
witness these events and assemble in Allah's presence; no one will
be able to escape. As only Allah knows when the Day of Judgment
will come, there is no guarantee that it will not happen while you
are making plans for the future and are busying yourselves with
your everyday lives, for:
Say: "I do not know whether what you are promised
is close or whether my Lord will appoint a longer time before it."
He is the Knower of the Unseen, and does not divulge His Unseen
to anyone. (Surat al-Jinn, 25-26)
The great order in which Allah created life will terminate
at a time unknown to us. Those who doubt this fact and choose not
to believe in it may consider themselves reasonable, and so this
Day will be a hard and scary one for them. For this reason, it is
far more beneficial and positive to believe in it, for it will be
of no use to believe in it when the Hour has struck, or to feel
remorse for their self-deception. One verse describes such remorse,
as follows:
When the Great Calamity comes: that Day man will
remember what he has striven for. (Surat an-Nazi‘at, 34-35)
