BELIEF IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT

BELIEF IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT Putting a Check on Man BELIEF in the Day of Judgment or the Day of Resurrection (Qiyamah) is a fundamental tenet of faith in Islam. It is also referred in the Quran as, “the Hour” (31: 34, 74: 47), “the Day of the Account” (72: 130), “Day of the Gathering”, “Day of the Reckoning”, “Day of Distress” (74: 9) and the “Great Announcement”. According to Islam the end of the world will come on Doomsday. On Doomsday God will unravel all veils. All things that were hidden and unseen from view will appear as clear as daylight. This will be the Day of Judgement when no action done in the world will remain hidden. Even a tiny good deed or bad deed done in the world will appear as plain as daylight. On this day, all virtuous human beings will be rewarded for their good deeds, whatsoever they may have been; and all corrupt and depraved people will be doomed for their bad deeds, whatsoever they may have been. Referring to Doomsday or the Last Day, The Quran says: When the earth is shaken with its violent shaking, when the earth shakes off her burdens, when man asks, ‘What is happening to her?’; on that Day it will narrate its account, for your Lord has so directed it. On that Day people will come forward in separate groups to be shown their deeds: whoever has done the smallest particle of good will see it; while whoever has done the smallest particle of evil will see it. (99: 1-8) When the earthquake of Doomsday strikes, it will be a proclamation of the termination of the period of trial. This will mean that the freedom which people had been allotted for the purpose of them being tested has been taken away from them. Then the time will have come for people to receive their just desserts. People eat, drink and make merry in this world. They establish themselves in comfortable homes. They seek to win promotion in life. They believe or reject matters at will. They are free to do and say Nothing that man possesses will last. On the Day of Judgement, everything will be taken away from him. He will be stripped of even the most basic of the worldly amenities he used to enjoy. He will be brought before the Lord of the universe to be judged.