Day of Judgment

• “Anyone who does not believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, His messengers, or the Last Day, is surely misguided” (Qur’an, 4:136)

Names of Qiyamah in Quran

There are more than 30 names mentioned in Qur’an .

As-Saa'ah [The Hour] (6:31) - الساعة

Al-Waqi'ah [The Event] (56:1) - الواقعة

Al-Haqqah [The Reality] (69:1) - الحاقة

Al-Qari'ah [The Striking Hour] (69:4) - القارعة

الكبرى At-Taammatul-Kubra [The Greatest - الطآمة

Catostrophe] (79:34)

As-Sakhkhah [The Trumpet Blast] (80:33) - الصاخة

Signs of Qiyamah

No one know when the hour will comeMay Allah enable us to recognize and heed the  Signs, and

strengthen us in the times of tribulation.Are they waiting for anything except the Hour, to come to

them  suddenly?  But its Signs have already come!" (Al-Qur’an, Surah Muhammad)

Segmentation of Signs

• Minor Signs

• Major Signs

• Final Signs

Minor Signs

• The prophet ( SAW) mentioned more than fifty minor signs of the Hour in many of his Ahadeeth.

• Many of these signs have already occurred but some have not.

• Here are some of the signs according to hadiths.

• The coming of the last Prophet, Muhammad (s.a.w.).• Prophet Muhammad once said:

• “I was near the Hour.”

Minor Signs

• Women will outnumber men, eventually fifty women to each

man. (Bukhari & Muslim)

• Earth quakes will increase (Bukhari and Muslim)

• Good deeds will decrease (Bukhari)

• Female singers and musical instruments will become popular

(Al-Tirmidhi)

• People will believe in astrology (in the stars)

• Time will pass rapidly. Time will have no blessings (Bukhari

Signs Continued

• Corruption of the Muslims

• Arabs competing to build tall buildings

• Slaves who give birth to kings

• Abundance of wealth

Minor Signs not yet happened

• Arabia becomes green

• Euphrates uncovering a mountain of gold

• The earth will spill forth its hidden treasures

• Siege of Madeenah

• The Mahdi to fill the earth with justice for seven years

Major Signs

1. The Smoke: 40 days2. Dajjal (False Messiah): 3. Descent of ‘Issa (Peace be upon him)4. The Emergence of Ya’jooj and Ma’jooj5. Mankind’s Return to Ignorance6. Destruction of the Kaabah7. The Rising of the Sun from the West8. Emergence of the Beast that speaks9. A fire which will gather the people

The First Trumpet Blast

• Annihilation

• Comes Suddenly and Unexpectedly

• Israfeel looking towards the Throne of Allah without blinking

• Friday

• Two Trumpet Blasts with period of 40 between

The Resurrection

“And the trumpet will be blown, and all who are in the heavens and on the earth will

swoon away, except him whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again and behold

they will be standing, looking.”

(Quran 39:68)

• Same category of creation but different

• Compared to plants coming out after rain

The Gathering

“On the Day when the earth will be transformed into another earth and the heavens transformed and they will all appear before Allah, The One,

The Irresistable.” (Quran 14:48)• Different Plane• Featureless• Animals gathered• Believers who do good shall have no fear no

grief• Those who rejected and wrong themselves and

others in great distress

The Reckoning

• The Books• Witnesses• Questioning• Weighing of Deeds• Perfect Justice• Each person responsible for their own sin• 70,000 enter paradise without any reckoining• Concealing the sin of the sincere believer• Right hand or Left Hand receiving of book

Settling of Scores

• Exchange of deeds

• Blood-shed

• Animals

The Balance

• Vast Measuring Capacity

• Precise

• Deeds weighed

• Person’s heart weighed

• La ilaha illah Allah

• Most heavy is good character

• Reverence and Mentioning of Allah