Day of Judgment

Day of Judgment
The belief in the resurrection day or the day of judgement is considered as one of the most essential backbones of one’s complete faith.
The day of judgement is the day whereby Allah will send people again to see what they have done in their lives;
the amount of good deeds will decide whether a person will live in the abode of enjoyment (paradise) or in the abode of severe punishment (hell). Consequently, the belief that our life is aimless rings hollow since there will be an appointed day when all humans without exception will stand before the Almighty who will for sure bring back to life all the dead to answer His call.
In this vein, the following verse from Quran emphasises this idea: They say, 'There is nothing but our present life; we die, and we live, and nothing but Time destroys us.' Of that they have no knowledge; they merely conjecture. And when Our revelations are recited to them, their only argument is that they say, 'Bring us our father, if you speak truly.' (45:24-25)Indeed, people will be resurrected barefooted, naked and uncircumcised on the day of judgement, as He said in His sacred book “As We started the first creation, so We shall bring it back again. This is a promise from Us, so We shall assuredly fulfill it" (21: 104).As we have mentioned before, the final arbiter on the day of judgement will be the credit of deeds that a human being has gathered during his life time. Everybody will stand on equal footing in front of His lord where he will be asked about every single act. Everyone will have his records delivered in front of him. In fact, Allah said in this context, “Whoever has done an atom's weight of good shall see it" (99:7-8); "Those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful; but those whose scales are light, they are the ones who have lost their souls in Hell dwelling forever. The fire will burn their faces, and there they will be gloomy with lips displaced" (23: 102-4); and "He that does a good deed shall be rewarded ten times the like of it, and he that does evil shall only be rewarded the like of it, and they shall not be wronged" (6:160).Furthermore, the day of judgement will be a tough day because of heat and long waiting and people will not be able to bear all these sufferings so they will ask all prophets for help. They will start with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, then Jesus, and finally they will address Muhammad (peace be upon him) who will be the only prophet to plead with Allah to launch His judgement upon His servants. This special privilege is exclusively reserved to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and it is called the great intercession.Besides, on the day of judgement, people will pass by the pool of the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Only the believers who have followed the teachings of Muhammad (peace be upon him) will be allowed to drink from the pool after which they will never be thirsty. This pool has special water that is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey and better in fragrance than musk.People will also pass over the Path (sirat) which is set up over hell. Their speed will depend heavily on their deeds, there will be those who will pass as fast as lighting, those who will pass as fast as wind, others as fast as birds, then as fast as a running man, and there will be those who will come crawling because their deeds will come short, and some will be thrown into hell.On the Day of Resurrection, Allah's attributes of Justice and Mercy will be in full manifestation. People, who truly believed in Allah bearing all kinds of pains and injustices in this worldly life, nevertheless, believing that an everlasting bliss and happiness were awaiting them, will be rewarded. Yet, others, who did not believe in the life after death, will be in the most miserable state. Drawing a comparison between them, the Qur'an says:Is he, then, to whom we have promised a goodly promise the fulfillment of which he will meet, like the one whom We have provided with the good things of this life, and then on the Day of Resurrection he will be of those who will be brought arraigned before God? (28:61)Eventually, be it short or long, life is but a journey that will come to an end. Humans will be asked about how they spent their lives. For this reason, it is prominent to consider the coming of the day of judgement before regret. Until, when death comes unto one of them, he says, 'My Lord, send me back, that I may do right in that which I have left behind!' But nay! It is but a word that he speaks; and behind them is a barrier until the day when they are raised. And when the Trumpet is blown there will be no kinship among them that day, nor will they ask of another. Then those whose scales are heavy, they are successful. And those whose scales are light are those who lose their souls, in hell abiding, the fire burns their faces and they are glum therein. (23:99-104)