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heavens shall darken:” “And then shall appear the sign of the Son
of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,
and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory.” “And he shall send his angels with a
great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” (Matt:
24-29, 30, 31) “Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not
pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” (ibid: 34) “But of that day
and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my
Father only.” (ibid: 36)
If the âyat-i-kerîmas of Qur’ân al-kerîm concerning the events
towards the end of the world were compiled, they would make up
a book bigger than the sum of the four Gospels. We shall write a
few examples:
The first and second âyats of Takwîr sûra purport: “When the
sun loses its nûr and becomes dark and when stars darken and fall
down on the earth like rain (drops).” (81-1, 2) The first, second,
third, fourth and fifth âyats of Inshiqâq sûra purport: “When the
sky hears the command of Allâhu ta’âlâ, obeys the command and
cracks, and when the earth rightfully hears the command of its
Rabb, Allâhu ta’âlâ, and throws out its contents [the dead and
treasures] and becomes empty, and when the earth becomes
absolutely flat, [people will see their pious deeds and sins].” (84-1,
2, 3, 4, 5,) The eighth and ninth âyats of Nâziât sûra purport:
“That day hearts are distressed with fear. Eyes [of the owners of
these hearts] are in a contemptible manner with fear.” (79-8, 9)
The fifty-first âyat of Yasîn sûra purports: “When the sûr
(trumpet) is blown [the second time], people will get up from their
graves and go fast towards their Rabb.” (36-51) The sixth, seventh
and eighth âyats of Zilzâl sûra purport: “That day, in order to see
the rewards for their deeds, people will go to the place of
Judgement in groups. Any person who has done the tiniest
amount of good shall see it, [get its reward]. Any person who has
done the tiniest amount of evil shall be punished for it.” (99-6, 7,
8) [Everybody, whether a Believer or a disbeliever, shall see on
the Day of Judgement what has been done in the world. If a
Believer is sunnî, that person shall be forgiven for the sins
(committed and then repented and) made tawba for in the world,
and shall be given thawâb (rewards) for his or her good deeds.
The good deeds of disbelievers and holders of bid’at, i.e. those
Believers who have (blurred their belief with) aberrant tenets,
shall be spurned, and they shall be punished for their atrocities.
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