The Day of Judgment

Q. What is the Day of Judgment?

A. The Day of Judgment, or Qiyaamah, is the day when all creatures will die and the whole universe will be destroyed. Mountains will fly like flakes of cotton, stars will break down. Everything will be shattered and destroyed.

Q. How will all the creatures die on the Day of Judgment?

A. Hadrat Israafeel (ﷺ) will blow the soor (trumpet). Its sound will be so dreadful and so strong that its shock will kill every living being and everything will be shattered and destroyed.

Q. When will Qiyaamah come?

A. Qiyaamah is to come. But none except Allah knows its exact time. Only this much is known, that it will be Friday and the date will be the 10th of Muharram. Our Prophet (ﷺ) has given some of the signs of Qiyaamah. Observing these signs, the nearness of Qiyaamah may be known.

Q. What are those signs?

A. Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) has said that:

• When sins begin to increase in the world;
• People begin to disobey their parents and treat them harshly;
• Begin to break trusts and abuse confidences;
• Music and dance prevail in excess;
• New generations begin to abuse their ancestors;
• Illiterate and people with little education become leaders;
• Mean and ordinary people begin to construct high buildings;
• And the unworthy people begin to get high posts – it may be taken that the Qiyaamah is approaching near.