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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

The Crushing of Mountains

The calamities which will occur on the Doomsday are beyond
one's imagination. Mountains, the most awe-inspiring, unshakeable
structures of the earth, are set in motion; they are lifted from their
roots and crushed. Even a minor earthquake spreads terror into the
hearts of people and inspires in them feelings of insecurity. It makes
them leave their homes and spend the whole night out on the streets.
This being so, the type of disaster so dreadful as to cause the moun-
tains to shift proves to be unbearable. In the Qur'an, the mountains
on that day are depicted as follows:

So when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast, and the
earth and the mountains are lifted and crushed with a single
blow,—on that Day, the Dread Event will come to pass. (Surat
al-Haqqa: 13-15)

The Day of Decision is a fixed appointment: the Day the
Trumpet is blown and you come in droves. The gates of
heaven shall swing open and the mountains shall be shifted
and become a mirage. (Surat an-Naba': 17-20)

(Each soul shall know what it has done) 'when the mountains
are set in motion, when the camels in foal are neglected, when
the wild beasts are all herded together.' (Surat at-Takwir: 3-5)

'On that day men shall become like scattered moths and the
mountains like tufts of carded wool... (Surat al -Qari'ah: 4-5)
That day, there is an awesome and unbounded might, so pow-
erful as to throw black mountains of stone, earth and rocks into the
air like "tufts of carded wool". Now, people are well aware of the fact
that this is not something which is within the "power of nature" to ac-

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