The Events of The Day of Judgement (Qiyamat)

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Nature Changes While the Day of Judgement is Approaching

The Holy Quran has the following verses in this regard: "When the heavens cleave asunder, And when the stars disperse, And when the seas be comingled, And when the graves be overturned (to be vacated)." (Al-Infitar, 1-4)
"... When the sun is folded, And when the stars darken, And when the mountains are removed (as scattered dust)." (At-Takwir, 1-3)
In the Gospel attributed to Mark, we see the following verse in this regard : "... The sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed her light, the stars will be falling from heaven and the powers in the heavens will be shaken." (Mark 13:24-27)
The Acts of the Apostles too has the following verse in the same regard:
"... The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before that great and conspicuous day of the Lord arrives." (2:20)


The Angels' Role in the Day of Judgement

The Quran includes the following verses in this regard:
"And cometh (the command of) thy Lord, with the angels in ranges arrayed." (Al-Fajr, 22)
" And thou shalt see the angels circling around the ‘Arsh (The Throne of Absolute Authority)." (Az-Zumur, 75)
The following verses from the Gospel are in the same regard: "... And then shall He send out the angels and gather His chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven. "(Mark 13:27)
"... When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will be seated on the throne of His glory, and all nations will be gathered before Him." (Matt. 25:31-32)


The Knowledge of the Day of Reckoning in the Monoply of Allah

The following two verses from the Holy Quran are in this ergard:"... And with Him is the knowledge of the Hour (of Reckoning, and unto Him shall ye all be returned." (Az-Zukhruf, 85)
" Ask thee the people about the Hour (of Judgment). Say thou: ‘The knowledge of it is only with God." (Al-Ahzab, 63)
And the Gospel includes the following verse in the same regard: "... But about the exact date and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard; keep wide awake and pray; for you do not know the time." (Mark 13:30-33)


The Blowing of the Trumpet

The Quranic verses in this regard are the following two verses: "The Day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and ye shall come forth in (huge) groups." (An-Naba, 18)
"... And is blown the Trumpet, when lo! from the grave unto their Lord they (all) hasten." (Yasin, 51)
The Gospel attributed to John has the following verse in this regard: "... for the time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice and will come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have practiced evil to the resurrection of condemnation." (John 5: 27-29)
The First Episle of Paul to the Corinthians includes a verse with the same meaning as follows:
"... in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet call. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised imperishable ... ." (15:52)
The following verse from the Second General Epistle of Peter is in this regard: "But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. Then with a tremendous roar the heavens will pass away, the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works in it will be burned up." (3:10-11)


Separating Good and Evil in the Day of Judgement

The sample Quranic verse in this regard is as follows:" And the day when arriveth the Hour (of Judgment), on that day shall (they) be separated from one another. And as to those who believed and did good deeds, they shall be in the garden, made happy. And as to those who disbelieved and belied Our signs and the meeting of the hereafter, these shall be brought over to the chastisement." (Ar-Room, 14-16)
The following verse from the Gospel has the same meaning: " When the Son of Man comes in His Glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will be seated on the throne of His Glory, and all nations will be gathered before Him. And He will separate them from one another as a shepherd parts the sheep from the goats." (Matt. 25:31-33)


The People of Right Hand and The People of Left Hand

The Holy Quran includes the following verse in this regard: "And the People of Right hand Oh! What (a happy state shall) the people of the Right hand (be in)! Amid thornless lote-trees, And banana-trees (with fruits) piled one above another, And shade spread out... And the People of the Left hand, Ah! What (a wretched state shall) the people of the Left hand (be in)! In scorching wind and scalding water, And in the
shadow of a black smoke." (Al-Waqiah, 27-43)
The following verses are from the Gospel in the same regard: "And He will separate them from one another as a shepherd parts the sheep from the goats; and He will place the sheep at His right and the goats at His left. ‘The king will then say to those at His right, ‘Come, My father’s blessed ones, inherit the kingdom that has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;... Then will He say to those at His left, ‘Begone
from Me, accursed ones, to the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels." (Matt. 25:32-41)


The Day of Judgement as the Day of Reckoning and Reward

The following two verses from the Quran are in this rehard: "Man shall e informed on that day of whatsoever he put before and whatsoever he put behind!" (Al-Qiyamat, 13)
" On that day shall come out people (from their graves) in (scattered) groups, to be shown their own deeds. Then he who hath done an atom-weight of good shall see it. And he who hath done an atom-weight of evil
shall see it." (Al-Zilzal, 6-8)
The Gospel includes a verse in this regard too, exactly with the same meaning.
The Length of the Day of Judgement

The Quran includes the following verse in this regard:" And they ask thee to hasten on the chastisement and never doth God fail His promise; And verily, there is a day with thy lord as a thousand years, of what ye reckon (them)." (Al-Hajj, 47)
The Second General Epistle of Peter has the same meaning verse as follows:
" At present, however, the heavens and the earth are by the same word stored up for burning, and reserved for the Day of Judgement and the destruction of godless people. But do not overlook this one fact, dear friends, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day." (3:7-8)