Description of Doomsday
[Some associaters asked about Doomsday when it will be, so God – be glorified – said in reply to their question:]
Quran 81: 1-14 which mean:
1. When the sun shall be 'divided into many spheres'. a
2. And when the stars shall ‘lose their luster and be dim [to the sight.]’ b
3. And when the [space] mountains [: the meteorites c] shall be moved [towards the sun.]
4. And when the friendship [among disbelievers] shall be disrupted. d
5. And when wild animals shall be mustered e.
6. And when seas shall be 'seared and baked' [by the sun heat f.]
7. When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like. g)
8. And when the female baby that was buried alive h, shall be asked [by the angels] i :
9. For what crime she was slain. j
10. And when the [Heavenly Books] k [of the prophets] are displayed [before them.] l
11. And when the heaven shall be stripped off [the earth.] m
12. And when Hell shall be kindled furthermore. n
13. And when Paradise shall be brought nigh [to those who will see it.]
14. [At that time, every] soul will know what [good or evil work] it has produced. o
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a At that time, Doomsday will take place.
Because when the life of the sun will end, and its surface will cool down, then it will have a cold earthy crust which will prevent the emergence of the gases out of its core, but then when the gases will increase in its core and will be imprisoned inside it, then the sun will burst and will be cut up to become nineteen pieces, which will be drawn by the gravity of the sun nearest to them, which is called Saqar, and they will circle around it as do the planets circle around our present sun.
In this way, a new solar system, else than our present solar system, will be formed. The indication of this is His saying – be glorified – in the Quran 14: 48, which means:
(On the day [of Doom] when the earth shall be exchanged by another earth, and the [gaseous] heavens too [shall be exchanged by other gaseous heavens]; and [all] shall come forth unto God, the One, the Subduer.)
b The meaning: When the stars will disappear from sight, because of the turbidity of the atmosphere, the thick fog and the smoke in the space.
c Which are in the space; they will be drawn to the sun, after the depletion of the gravity of the earth.
This in fact has been explained in the interpretation of the Quran, soora (or chapter) 78.
d The indication of this is His saying – be glorified – in the Quran 43: 67, which means:
(Intimate friends on that day will be enemies of one another, except the God-fearing [: they will not be enemies of one another.])
e i.e. they will be gathered together to eat the flesh of the dead, that will be cast on the ground without burial, because of their large number. This will be on the night side; that night which will last one thousand years. So the wild animals in particular here are the carnivorous beasts which eat the meat.
While in the day side no man, herbivorous or carnivorous animal can live, because of the burning heat and the high temperature there.
f This will follow the evaporation of their water.
Such water evaporation will happen after the cessation of the earth from its axial rotation; for then the sun rays and heat will persist on one side of the earth, so that heat will increase and the water of seas and rivers will evaporate, [and the bottoms of seas and rivers will be exposed], and the sun will sear their bottoms.
g i.e. the righteous with the angels and will go up to heaven, and the disbelievers with the devils and will stay on earth. That will be when the earth will stop its axial rotation.
Moreover, after the Judgment: the believers will go to the paradises together with the angels, while disbelievers will go to the Fire together with the devils.
h Some Arab tribes used to bury the living female child for the fear of shame and disgrace; some mothers hid her daughter from her father lest he should kill her or she put her as a trust with some of her relatives or neighbors, so in this way the daughter would be saved of the killing.
i The question will be:
j i.e. the angels will ask her: “For what guilt, did they kill you?” And she will say: “Without any guilt?”
So this in fact is a threatening and warning for her killer.
k Which are the scripture of Abraham, the Torah of Moses, the Psalms of David, the Gospel of Jesus and the Quran of Mohammed.
l Each one of the prophets will have his book displayed before him, in order to judge his nation about its statements which they changed, and its words and meanings that they altered; lest they deny and say: This was not written in the Book.
m i.e. disjoined or separated from it.
I have previously said that the material is the mold of the ethereal; so that for every material object, an identical ethereal skeleton will form inside it, which will be its true copy, but only that the first one is material and the second one is ethereal. Moreover, the material will tear up and disappear, while the ethereal will remain preserving its shape, and it will not tear up neither will vanish forever.
Therefore, when the earth tears up, a new ethereal layer will separate from it which will be the issue of the earth, and this new layer will raise up to join the seven ethereal heavens to be eight ethereal heavens [in total.]
The indication of this is His saying – be glorified – in the Quran 69: 17, which means:
(And above the [souls] on that Day [of Doom] will eight [ethereal heavens] bear the Throne of your Lord.)
While now, seven heavens bear it; as in His saying – be glorified – in the Quran 23: 86, which means:
(Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven [ethereal] heavens, and the Lord of the Throne [of Glory] Supreme?")
However, these ayat have been explained in details in my book: The Universe and the Quran.
n i.e. its blaze and heat will be increased.
o Similar to this aya is another one, that is His saying – be glorified – in the Quran 79: 35, which means:
(The day when man shall remember [all the good work] that he did [in his life in the World.])
The interpretation is by Mohammed-Ali Hassan Al-Hilly.
