Tuesday 16 April 2013

QAYAMAT

Meaning of Qayamat

Resurrection dayQayamat is a variant of the arabic word Qiyamah, which comes from the root word Qiyam (means to stand).

So the Day of Qayamat means the Day of Standing, which is also called the Day of Resurrection or the Day of Judgement. 

It is the day when everyone will be resurrected and brought forward to their Lord and will be judged. The reason why it is called the Day of Standing (Day of Qiyamah) is because everyone will be standing. There will not be any sitting, or lying down or kneeling.

RESURRECTION DAY: 

Surely, your Lord will judge them on the Day of Resurrection regarding everything they have disputed. [Ariah: 17] 

The horn will be blown, whereupon they will rise from the grave and go to their Lord. [Ya Sin:] 

KIAMAT/DAY OF RESURRECTION /JUDGEMENT 



1. “There is no locality which will not be destroyed before the day of Judgment”. (Bani Israil- 446)

2. “Then on the day of resurrection you will be reawakened”-

(Muminun-16) 3. “ On the day of resurrection I will establish the beam of balance for justice.” (Ambia -47 )

4. “ Kafirs says that Qayamat (Resurrection Day) will not come . (You) say that definitely it will come. Promise of my protector, definitely it ( Kiamat) will come”. ( Shaba- -3)

5. “Qayamat (Day of resurrection) is definite, there is no doubt in it. But most of the people do not believe that.” (Mumin - 59 )

6. “ Issa is the precedence of resurrection day. So you do not doubt on resurrection day and follow me. This is the right/ perfect path.”(Jukhrukh-61)
7. “Those who do not believe on the day of Judgment, they are derailed from right path.” (Muminun - 74 )
8. “When resurrection day will be closer I will bring out an animal in-front of them from underground. That will talk to the men because ‘ Men did not believe my illustrations’.”- (Al- Namal -82 )
9. “” Allah will order you to rise from the ground, then you will come out.” ( Rum-28)
10. “ On that day resurrection will occur , that day the liars groups will be harmed.” ( Al-Zamia -27)
11. “ Re-Surrection day will not occur except Friday.”- (Al Hadis- Muslim)

Time of Qayamat:


When Allah decrees that all living beings should die, He will command the Angel (Israfeel) to blow the Trumpet, so he will give a mighty blast which will terrify all creatures, as a result of which they will swoon and die. Then they will stay like that for as long as Allah Decrees, which is described as 40 without specifying whether that is years, months or days -- Allah Knows best how long it is. Their bodies will decay within this period until there is nothing left but the bone at the base of the coccyx (a round bone at the base of the spine). 



Then Allah will send a cloud that will release Rain, and when the water reaches this bone, bodies will grow from it like a plant grows and they will be Recreated from this bone, just as Allah created them the first time, for He is able to do all things. Then he will blow the Trumpet to signal the Resurrection, and the souls will return to their bodies and will come forth from their graves and hasten to the place of the gathering. We ask Allah for His mercy and kindness. 

Muslims must prepare for these decisive moments by hastening to do righteous deeds and keeping away from evil things and bad deeds. If the Prophet (S) i.e. the one who feared Allah most said, "How can I feel at ease when the one who will blow the Trumpet has placed it to his mouth, bent his forehead and inclined his ear, waiting to see when he will be Ordered to blow it?" [At-Tirmidhi, graded Sahih by Shaykh Albani in Al-Silsilah;1079] then what about us who are weak and fall short? We ask Allah to make us among those who will not be grieved by the greatest terror when the Angels will meet them (with the greeting), "This is your Day which you were promised!" (Quran, Al-Anbiya' 21;103).

[Excerpt from Al-Qiyaamah al-Kubra by Shaykh Umar al-Ashqar, 33-42; A'laam al-Sunnah al-Manshoorah, 122]

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