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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

Our concern. (Surat al-Ghashiyah: 25-26)

There are billions of people on the earth today. Adding this fig-
ure to the total number of people who ever lived in the past will give
some idea of the crowd that will gather on the Day of Resurrection.
All people, from the Prophet Adam (as), the first man on earth, to the
last person who will ever live in the world will be there. This horde
of human beings will present an amazing picture. Nevertheless, at
the same time, it is certain that it will be a fearsome one. The situa-
tion of all people in the Presence of Allah is depicted in the Qur'an as
follows:

On that day they will follow the Summoner who has no fal-
sity in him at all. Voices will be hushed before the All-
Merciful and You shall hear only the sound of marching feet.
On that Day intercession will not be of any use except for him

whom the All-Merciful has authorized and with whose word
He is well-pleased.
He knows what is in front of them and behind them. But their

knowledge does not encompass Him.
Faces will be humbled before the Living, the All-Sustaining
One. And anyone weighed down with wrongdoing will have
failed. (Surah Ta Ha: 108-111)

The moment of giving accounts, which unbelievers neglected
for a lifetime, while believers zealously prepared for it, has come. A
glorious location is created for this great court. As related in the
Qur'an, on that day:
"Heaven will be split apart, for that Day it will be very frail.

The angels will be gathered round its edge. On that Day, eight

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