Islam: The Day of Judgment
Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2009
by Ali Sina
Faith Freedom International
Muslims believe that when a person dies two angels called Nakeer and Munkar visit him in his grave. They question him about his Faith, if he is found a believer his tomb is widened 70 cubits square (each cubit is one foot six inches) and it is illumined. Then he is told to go to sleep like a bridegroom until the day of resurrection when Allah raises him up to reward him. But if he is found a "hypocrite" they order the tomb to squeeze him until his ribs are crushed. Quran says that at the Day of Judgment, the heaven is split asunder (Q.84:1) and it will heave with (awful) heaving (Q.52:9), the sun is overthrown (Q.81:1), the Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake (Q. 99:1), the moon is eclipsed (Q.75:8) and "the angel Israfil will sound the trumpet and all living creatures, mankind, angels and jinn then living, will die. Another blast and all will be raised to life. Allah's throne will appear in the clouds, carried by 8 angels. Believers will receive a book of their deeds in their right hand, and unbelievers in their left hand. The books will be opened and men's works weighed on scales (mizan). In fear, men will look for someone to plead with Allah. They will go to Adam, Abraham, Moses and Jesus, but find no help. At last they will turn to Muhammad".
No one knows the exact time for the Day of Judgment but it is going to be a Friday 10th of Muharram. At that time Allah will resurrect all the dead. He will collect their dispersed dusts and call them to visit him. And people will see Allah as clear as seeing the sun in a not cloudy day. Then he will judge them based on their beliefs. Those who did not associate any other God with Allah, irrespective of what crimes they have committed will go to Paradise. There are verses in Quran that speak of good deeds like this one,
[Al-Imran 3:30] On the Day when every soul will find itself confronted with all that it hath done of good and all that it hath done of evil (every soul) will long that there might be a mighty space of distance between it and that (evil).But actually the evil for Muhammad did not mean what we usually think of it. By evil he meant disbelief. This is clear from the following verse.
[Ibrahim 14:44] And warn mankind of a day when the doom will come upon them, and those who did wrong will say: Our Lord! Reprieve us for a little while. We will obey Thy call and will follow the messengers. (It will be answered): Did ye not swear before that there would be no end for you?For Allah nothing is more abhorrent than disbelief and once you believe all your sins are forgiven and your place in paradise is guaranteed. In a Hadith noted by Bukhari the importance of belief over good deeds is emphasized.
Bukhari Volume 4, Book 54, Number 445:But for disbelievers there is no salvation.
Narrated Abu Dhar:
The Prophet said, "Gabriel said to me, 'Whoever amongst your followers die without having worshipped others besides Allah, will enter Paradise (or will not enter the (Hell) Fire)." The Prophet asked. "Even if he has committed illegal sexual intercourse or theft?" He replied, "Even then."
[al-Ma'idah 5:36] As for those who disbelieve, lo! if all that is in the earth were theirs, and as much again therewith, to ransom them from the doom on the Day of Resurrection, it would not be accepted from them. Theirs will be a painful doom. [al-Kahf 18:106] That is their reward: hell, because they disbelieved, and made a jest of Our revelations and Our messengers.What about those who have loved others? We humans put a great emphasis on loving and helping each other and on charitable works, but for Allah all that is irrelevant.
[Ta Ha 20:100] Whoso turneth away from it, he verily will bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection,
[al-`Ankabut 29:25] The love between you is only in the life of the world. Then on the Day of Resurrection ye will deny each other and curse each other, and your abode will be the Fire, and ye will have no helpers.Those who did not accept Allah will easily be recognized because they will have their faces "blackened".
[az-Zumar 39:60] And on the Day of Resurrection thou (Muhammad) seest those who lied concerning Allah with their faces blackened. Is not the home of the scorners in hell?If another person said the above politically incorrect statement, it would have offended the blacks, but strange as it is the blacks are the ones who are flocking towards Islam, as if they are completely unaware of the prophet's low opinion of their race. This stereotyping is reaffirms in another place.
[Al-Imran 3:106] On the Day when (some) faces will be whitened and (some) faces will be blackened; and as for those whose faces have been blackened, it will be said unto them: Disbelieved ye after your (profession of) belief? Then taste the punishment for that ye disbelieved.Of course the absurdity of this belief is self-evident and needs no clarification. However Muslims are unable to ask themselves simple questions like what is the use of a wide and illumined grave to a deceased? Has anyone seen a widened and illumined grave? Islamic Paradise is a physical place. That is why Allah has to collect all the dust of the dead people to punish or reward them. That makes even less sense when we know that we constantly renew the elements that compose our body..
It seems that the prophet had no idea of the spiritual reality of man that is independent from the material world. Allah's rewards are hoories, wine, honey, gardens, mansions, cloths with gold embroidery and other material objects. These are all material rewards. What is the use of all these for human spirit? His punishment is also physical: fire. Heaven, in Islam, is the place where believers will be reclining under the shade of the trees, eating and drinking exquisite wines, and engaging in sex with virgins.
[Surah 55:54-46] "They will recline on carpets whose inner linings will be of rich brocade: the fruit of the gardens will be near. In them will be (Maidens), Chaste, restraining their glances, whom no man or Jinn before them has touched (virgins)."Good deeds have no merits; Belief in Allah and his messenger is the only requisite to inherit this materialistic paradise. Even Christians will not be spared. In one place one is lead to believe that the people of the scriptures, i.e. the Jews and the Christians are saved,
[al-Hajj 22:17] Lo! those who believe (this revelation), and those who are Jews, and the Sabaeans and the Christians and the Magians and the idolaters - Lo! Allah will decide between them on the Day of Resurrection. Lo! Allah is Witness over all things.Then again, this is contradicted by another verse.
[al-Ma'idah 5:14] And with those who say: "Lo! we are Christians," We made a covenant, but they forgot a part of that whereof they were admonished. Therefore We have stirred up enmity and hatred among them till the Day of Resurrection, when Allah will inform them of their handiwork.The same is said of the Jews (Q.10:93). So don't be surprised to see Mother Theresa burning in the Hell while Khomeni and Saddam Hussein who believed in Allah and his messenger sitting under the shade of a tree with a pretty hoory at their right side and another at their left, sipping from the chilled wine in Paradise. The concept of the life after death in Islam is very much similar to the Jehowa's Witnesses' concept of the other world. Jehowa Witnesses believe that after the death, the deceased has no consciousness until the last day when he is risen from death and if found a believer would inherit the Earth and would live in a terrestrial Paradise forever. This is how Quran and Hadith explain the life after death. However, this subject is foggy for most of the Muslims. They have their personal ideas about it that often contradict the above what Quran and the hadithes teach about the life after death.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)And you believe all of this? Do you honestly believe all of the above?I am not questioning your religion, your free to worship in any way you want to.I just want to know if you believe in all of the above?Good Question you have asked...As a Muslim I must say there are so many faults in how the author interpreted Quran, Since no where in Quran it has been mentioned that dwellers of Paradise would be granted hoory etc...its all the imagination of man. But Let me explain you the real concept of Islam - Belief in one god. Belief in all the prophets (from Adam to Abraham to Moses to Jesus to Muhammed) Peace be upon them...when I say One God please do note that the terms differ in arabic and hebrew- Allah or Yahweh or Ilah or Ilohim.There is a Hadith which states that Prophet once told his followers that not all muslims would enter paradise only the righteous would have their say!! of the 70 sects of jews one will enter paradise, of the 71 sects of Christians one would enter paradise, of the 72 sects of muslims only one would enter paradise. Now If one asks the Question who are these sects in each of the three faiths...answer is the sects who commonly believe in the oneness of God. Also do not forget that there was a group among jews and christians who believed in oneness of God and Christian group in particular who believed that jesus was a prophet and not the son of God.All we can do is to strive to be in the path of these group. If you are a christian who believes in Oneness of God and that Jesus is only a prophet of God then you are on common grounds with the belief of the faith of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammed....to put in short you are part of Islam.If you ask another Question - Why Islam? Why is it that the moment you accept Oneness of God you are destined to be part of Islam...why not other faiths? Well if you observe other faiths it is termed on the concept of who taught mankind on faith.Judaism means followers of Judah...Christianity means followers of Christ...Buddhism means followers of Buddha...Zoraster and the list goes on.But if you look at Islam...it is not termed as Mohammedan, Infact every Muslim gets offended on them being called by that name - Mohammedan. Islam - means submission to One God and those who submit to that as Muslims.Buddism means followers of Buddha? Hi Salman.. you know nothing about Buddhism, yet you comment as though you know. Please stop your lie
Yes we do believe it because what the qur'an mentioned when it was sent down over 1400 years ago then in it long beofre we were even born is true & happning today. So yes you have to believe in it & also this life is not eternal every person is going to die & no matter what you've earned here will not be of any good to you once you've gone.Islam means ( PEACE ) to every living creature & mankind where it say be good to everyone no matter what colour or race they are & a person is not good who does good to those who do good to him, but a person is good to who he does good to them even though other do bad to him.Around the world Islam is blown out of proportion in a bad way by the media & any little thing makes the headlines. Islam clearly prohibitts killing of anyone no matter what race or colour you are but there are some people who call themselfs muslims & say that they are fighting in the way of GOD or Islam which is absolutley wrong 100% & they can not call them selfs Muslims & never will be because our teachings in Islam mean love & care for everyone else first before you do for yourself. If that was the true reality & people were to do that then I think not a single person on this EARTH would be poor or die of hunger.
Plain ignorance mixed with denial.
Please tell me how there are scientic facts in the quran written over 14000 years ago, facts that our modern day scientists have only recently discovered. How is this possible?
Anyone who can explain this to me will make me reconsider me being a muslim.
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