Part 49

Ibn ‘Umar # reported that the Messenger of Allah i said, “Indeed Allah will grasp the heavens with His Right, and then will say, “I am the King.” (Bukhaaree and Muslim) In another narration, Ibn “Umar .& reported that one day, the Messenger of Allah 2% recited this Verse on the Minbar (pulpit):

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“They made not a just estimate of Allah such as is due to Him, And

on the Day of Resurrection the whole of the earth will be grasped by

His Hand and the heavens will be rolled up in His Right Hand.

Glorified is He, and High is He above all that they associate as

partners with Him!) The Messenger of Allah 2% said such with his hand, moving it forward and turning it around; the Lord will glorify Himself: “I am the All-Mighty! I am Al-Mutakabbir (the Omnipotent)! I am the Most Powerful! I am the Most Generous!” The Minbar shook with, the Messenger of Allah #¥ on it. Ibn ‘Umar < said, “We said, ‘It will fall down with him.”” Imam Ahmad and Muslim related this narration, and the wording is that of the former.

He ## said in the hadith of the horn: The earth will be changed to another earth. Then He $¥ will unfold, even out, spread, and then extend it, like the extending of tanned leather...”

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“You will see therein nothing crooked or curved.’

Then Allah will drive out the creation, and they will end up in the one that replaced it (in the earth that replaced it). Allah 4% said:

“On the Day when the earth will be changed to another earth and so will be the heavens, and they (all creatures) will appear before Allah, the One, the Irresistible.”

‘Aaisha % reported that the Messenger of Allah # was asked, “Where will the people be when the earth and the heavens will be replaced?” He xg said, “In the darkness before the bridge.” (Muslint) The changing of the earth might have a meaning other than the one mentioned in the aforesaid hadith: the features and characteristics of the earth will undergo a change between the two blows of the horn, the blowing of the swooning away and the blowing of the resurrection. The mountains will move and the earth will shake, and then all will become a single plane, with no crookedness therein, no hills, and no valleys. Allah 8% said:

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4G) Ge Ge who Gis “And they ask you concerning the mountains, say: “My Lord will blast them and scatter them as particles of dust. Then He shall leave it as a level smooth plain. You will see therein nothing crooked or curved,“

This means that it will be smooth, with no lowness or highness to the land.

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they will be as if they were a mirage,"

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“And the earth and mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing,"

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“And (remember) the Day We shall cause the mountains to pass away (like clouds of dust), and you will see the earth as a leveled plain, and we shall gather them all together so as to leave not one of them behind. And they will be set before your Lord in (lines as) rows, (and Allah will say): “Now indeed, you have come to Us as We created you the first time. Nay, but you thought that We had appointed no meeting for you (with Us).’"

The Prophet #3 said in the hadith of the trumpet: “Then Allah will send water from underneath the Throne, and then the sky will give rain for forty days, until the water will be above you by 12 armspans. Then Allah % will order for bodies to grow, like the growing of At-Taraatheeth (small Egyptian cucumbers) or like the growing of vegetables.

Ina previously mentioned hadith related by ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar fs, the Messenger of Allah 48 said, “Then the horn (Trumpet) will be blown, no one will hear it except that he tilts his head forward and back ward. And the first to hear it is a man who is plastering his

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basin, and he will swoon away. Everyone that hears it will swoon away. Then Allah # will send rain that is like dewdrops or the shade. From it the bodies of the creation will grow. Then it will be blown into another time, and they will be standing, looking. Then it will be said, ‘O people, come to your Lord!” (Ahmad and Muslim)

Ubai Ibn Ka‘ab said, “Six signs before the Day of Resurrection. While the people are in their marketplaces, the light of the sun will depart. While they are upon that state, the mountains will fall onto the face of the earth. It will shake, tremble, and intermingle. The jinn will take recourse to mankind, and mankind will take recourse to jinn. Animals and beasts and birds will intermingle, and will surge into one another. Allah a said:

“And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together.""") Heike Sal 5

“And when the pregnant she-camels shall be neglected.

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“And when the seas shall become as blazing Fire or shall overflow,")

“The jinn will say to mankind, ‘We come to you with news.’ They will go to the sea, and it will be like a blazing fire. While they are upon that state, the earth will split and make one crack that reaches the lower seventh earth, and reaches the highest seventh sky. And when they are upon that state, a wind will come to them and make them die.” Abu Bakr Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa related this narration. ‘Ataa Ibn Yazeed As-Saksakee said, “After taking the life of ‘Eesa ibn Maryam and when the Hour will be near at hand, Allah will send a good wind, which will take the soul of every believer. Only the most evil of people will remain; they will do lewd acts in the open just as donkeys do: upon them the Hour will arrive. When they are upon that condition, Allah will send a tremor to the people of the earth, and it will shake their feet and their abodes. Mankind, the jinn, and the devils will come out, each seeking a way out. They will go to the Western Khaafiq, and they will find that it is blocked, and over it are defenders. Then they will return to the people, and while they are upon that condition, the Hour will Sharragat upon them (arrive upon them, perhaps meaning from the east). They will hear a caller call out, ‘O people, the Event is come to pass, so seek not to hasten it.’ A woman will not be listening more attentively than the infant in her lap. Then the trumpet will be blown, and those in the heavens and the earth will swoon away, except for those whom Allah 4% exempts.” Ibn Abu Ad-Dunyaa related this narration.

Fudaalah ibn ‘Ubaid .& and ‘Ugqbah ibn ‘Aamir related that the Prophet #% said, “A black cloud, like a shield, will rise over you from the direction of the west, It will continue to rise and rise until it fills the clouds. And a caller will call out, ‘O people, indeed the Matter of Allah has indeed arrived.’ By the One Who has my soul in His hand, two men will spread out a garment (to trade it) and they will not fold it. And a man will be plastering his basin, but he will not drink from it. And a man will milk his Lighah (a camel that gives off much milk), but he will not drink anything from it.” Ibn Abu Ad-

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Dunyaa related this narration as well.

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar 4 reported that the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “Whosoever it pleases to look at the Day of Resurrection with the vision of the eye, then let him recite:

“When the sun Kuwwirat (wound round and lost its light is overthrown)."1

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“When the heaven is split asunder.

Jbn Abu Ad-Dunyaa related this narration, and it is also related by Ahmad and At-Tirmidhee through another chain.

The Blowing Of The Resurrection Allah % said:

“And the Trumpet will be blown, and all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth will swoon away, except kim whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown a second time and behold, they will be standing, looking on (waiting), And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord (Allah, when He will come to judge among

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men) and the Book will be placed (open) and the Prophets and the witnesses will be brought forward, and it will be judged between them with truth, and they will not be wronged. And each person will be paid in full of what he did; and He is Best Aware of what they do."