The Terrors of the Day of Resurrection: A Warning from the Quran and Hadith

Understanding the Day of Judgment: The Sur, the Trumpet, and the End of the World

THE TERRORS OF THE DAY OF RESURRECTION

ALLĀH says,

وَيَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَفَزِعَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

And ˹warn of˺ the Day the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified

ALLĀH tells us about the terrors of the Day when the Sur will be blown. The Sur, as described in the Hadith, is: “a horn which is blown into”

According to the Hadith about the Sur (Trumpet), it is (the angel) Israfil who will blow into it by the command of ALLĀH, may HE be exalted. He will blow into it for the first time, for a long time. This will signal the end of the life of this world, and the Hour will come upon the most evil of people ever to live. Everyone who is in the heavens and on earth will be terrified,

إِلاَّ مَن شَآءَ اللَّهُ

except him whom ALLĀH wills.

These are the martyrs, for they are alive, with their Lord, and being provided for.

Imam Muslim bin Al-Hajjaj recorded that ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr, may ALLĀH be pleased with him, said that a man came to him and said, “What is this Hadith that you are narrating, that the Hour will come upon such and such people” 

He said, “Subhan Allāh or Lā Ilāha Illallāh (or something similar), I had decided that I would not narrate anything to anyone now. I had only said that after a little while, you will see a major event which will destroy the House the Ka’bah, and such and such will happen.” Then he said, “The Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ said:

“The Dajjal will emerge in my Ummah, and will remain for forty — I do not know whether he said forty days, or forty months, or forty years — then ALLĀH will send ‘Isa son of Maryam, who looks like ‘Urwah bin Mas’ud, and he will search for him and destroy him. Then mankind will remain for seven years during which there will not be any enmity between any two people. Then ALLĀH will send a cool wind from the direction of Syria, and no one will be left on the face of the earth who has even a speck of goodness or faith in his heart, but it will take him. Even if he entered into the heart of a mountain, the wind would follow him and seize him.” He said, “I heard it from the Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ who said:

“Then the most evil of people will remain, and they will be as nimble as birds and will be more temperamental than wild beasts. They will not recognize anything good or denounce anything evil. The Shaytan will appear to them and will say, “Will you do as I tell you?” They will say, “What do you command us to do?” He will command them to worship idols but in spite of this their provision will be plentiful and they will lead comfortable lives. Then the Sur (Trumpet) will be blown, and no one will hear it but he will tilt his head to hear the sound. The first person to hear it will be a man who is setting up the tank for watering his camels. He will fall down, and all the other people will also fall down. Then ALLĀH will send — or send down — rain like dew — or he said, like shade (Nu”man was the one who was not sure) — from which will grow the bodies of the people. Then the Trumpet will be blown again, and they will get up and look around. Then it will be said: “O mankind! Go to your Lord!” And they will be stopped, for they are to be questioned. Then it will be said: “Bring forth the people who are to be sent to the Fire.” It will be asked: “How many are they?” It will be said, “Out of every thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine.” That will be the Day which will make the children grey-headed, and that will be the Day when the Shin shall be uncovered.”

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

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