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“The Day We shall gather the Muttagun (pious) unto the Most Beneficent (Allah), like a delegate (presented before a king for honor). And We shall drive the Mujrimun (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, etc.) to Hell, in a thirsty state (like a thirsty herd driven down to water),

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On The Day Of Resurrection When People Will Be Gathered, They Will Be Barefooted, Naked, And Uncircumcised

How can his declared Tafseer of the verse be correct when it is mentioned in the hadith that, “From them, there will be two ona camel, three on a camel, and ten on a camel.” Furthermore, it was clearly mentioned that the reason why there is more than one per camel is because there is a shortage of mounts (which is appropriate for this world), And Allah 4 knows best. The superior mounts from Paradise that the believers will ride from Al-’Arasaat to the Paradise constitute another matter altogether. And we will clarify this in a later section.

In another hadith, which is related through different chains from a group of Companions — such as Ibn ‘Abbaas , Ibn Mas’ood -#e, ‘Aaisha %, and others — the following is mentioned: “Indeed when you will be gathered, you will be barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised.”

“As We began the first creation, We shall repeat al The gathering we discussed previously is not the gathering we are discussing here, which is the gathering on the Day of Resurrection, after the blowing of the resurrection. People will stand up from their graves, barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised; on the other hand, the disbelievers will be gathered to the Hellfire, and they will all be thirsty. Allah 4 says: See, seh Bae voge eek oo B40 ee gh rer ob SEC e wate 7d C54

“And We shall gather them together on the Day of Resurrection on

their faces, blind, dumb and deaf, their abode will be Hell; whenever

it abates, We shall increase for them the fierceness of the Fire) This will occur when they are in the place of gathering and Allah 3% commands them to the Fire. We will clarify this further later on,

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Insha Allah, And we completely depend upon and trust in Allah 3. In the long hadith of the horn, it is mentioned that the dead will not perceive or feel what is happening when the blowing of the terror takes place. The living ones will only perceive it, and from them Allah # exempted the martyrs, for they are alive with Allah 8%, being provided for. So they will perceive it, but they will not be terrorized by it. Similarly, they will not pass out because of the blowing of the Sa’aq (swooning away).

The Mufassiroon do not, however, agree as to who is exempted from the said terror. One opinion, as is expressed clearly, is that they are the martyrs. It is said that they are Jibreel, Meekaaeel, Israafeel, and the angel of death. According to another opinion, it is held that they are the bearers of the Throne. Other opinions are held as well, and Allah #% knows best. In the long hadith of the horn, it is mentioned that the waiting period for the people of the world is prolonged between the blowing of the terror and the blowing of the swooning away. People will witness the terrifying events that will take place. And as a result, all those who are present then will die — both the inhabitants of the heavens and the inhabitants of the earth. This includes jinns, mankind, and angels alike, except for those whom Allah 4 wills. It is held by some that they are the bearers of the throne, Jibreel, Meekaacel, and Israafeel; among the other opinions, it is held that they are the martyrs. Allah 48 said: 5, wh ee eat ys os fo ote SY BM 0G oS 8 A Sect ahi 5 ED a ee eek ee aw we

“And the Trumpet will be blown, and all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth will swoon away, except him whom Allah will. Then it will be blown a second time and behold, they will be standing, looking on (waiting).’""

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“Then when the Truntpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one), And the earth and mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing, Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall, And the heaven will split asunder, for that Day it (the heaven. will be frail (weak), and torn up, And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them, That Day shall you be brought to Judgment, not a secret of you will be hidden,” a In the hadith of the horn, the following is mentioned: “Then Allah will order Israafeel to blow the blowing of the swooning away. He will blow, and except for those whom Allah 3¢ wills, the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth will swoon away. Allah 8 will say, and He is most knowledgeable regarding who remains, ‘And who is left’ The angel will say, ‘O my Lord, You, the Ever-Living, Who never dies, remains, the bearers of Your throne remain, and Jibreel and Meekaaeel remain...” Then Allah will order him to take the soul of Jibreel and of Meekaaeel, and then Allah (8) will order him take the life of the throne bearers, and then Allah #é will order him to die, and he will be the last of the creation to die.

Abu Hurairah # related that the Prophet #4 said, “Indeed, Allah 8 will say to the angel of death, “Verily, you are a creature from my creation. I created you for the purpose that you have seen, so die and then do not live.” Abu Bakr ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa related this narration.

Muhamunad ibn Ka’ab related the narration as it reached him: “Die a death after which you will never live again. He (the angel) will let out a scream at that point. Were the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth to hear it, they would have died from the terror of it. Al-Haafiz Abu Moosa Al-Madeenee said, “Ismaa’eel ibn Raafai’ was not followed in this wording; in fact, most narrations did not word it in this way.” But some have related the narration along the lines of the following meaning: “Die a death after which you will never live again,” meaning, there will never be an angel of death

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henceforward because there will never again be death after this day. ‘The following narration is established in As-sahih: “Death will be brought on the Day of Resurrection in the form of a ram that is Amilah (it has a mix of whiteness and blackness to it), and it will be slaughtered between Paradise and the Hellfire. Then it will be said, ‘O people of the Hellfire, eternal life without death; and O people of Paradise, eternal life without death.’”

The angel of death will perish, so that never again after him will there be an angel of death. And Allah 3% knows best. Suppose that the above wording is authentically related. from the Prophet #%, the apparent meaning, then, is that he will never again live after that. Even if we suppose the hadith is authentic, this interpretation of it is improbable.

Regarding The hadith Of The Horn

The following is a section from the hadith of the horn: “When no one remains except for Allah, the One, the Irresistible, the One, the Sole Self-Sufficient Master (Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks): He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him. He 4 will be the last just as He was the first. He will fold the heavens and the earth like the folding of the registry for a book. Then he will spread them and then wrap them three times. He # will say, ‘I am the All-Mighty (AlJabbaar),’ three times. Then He a will call, ‘Whose is the kingdom this Day?” He # will call out (with this question) three times, and no one will answer Him. He 4 will say to Himself, ‘It is Allah’s, the One, the Trresistible!”’ And Allah 3% said:

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“(He is Allah) Owner of High Ranks and Degrees, the Owner of the Throne. He sends the Inspiration by His Command to any of His slaves He wills, that he (the person who receives inspiration} may warn (men) of the Day of Mutual Meeting (i.e. The Day of Resurrection). The Day when they will (all) come out, nothing of them will be hidden from Allah. Whose is the kingdom this Day? {Allah Himself will reply to His Question): It is Allah’s, the One, the Irresistible! This Day shal! every person be recompersed for what he earned. No injustice (shall be done to anybody). Truly, Allah is Swift in reckoning."

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Abu Hurairah # reported that the Messenger of Allah #€ said, “Allah will grasp the earth, fold the sky with His Right, and say, “I am the King, Iam the All-Mighty! Where are the kings of the earth? Where are the tyrants? Where are the haughty ones?’ (Bukhaaree and Muslim)