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28 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

Allah says in the Qur'an that "Earth will disgorge its charges,"
indicating that, in addition to the many other things underground,
the magma will spill over. The rocking tremors that are cracking the
planet's crust on a global level, will prepare the ground for such a
disaster. On the Day of Judgment, devastating earthquakes will turn
Earth upside down, and people trying to escape the debris falling on
them will get caught in the lava spilling out of Earth's cracked
surface. Once again, they will realize that there is no escape from
death. Disaster will follow disaster, and people will get caught in
one or the other. (Allah knows the truth.)
Earth bows to Allah's will, for:
When Earth is flattened out and disgorges what is inside it and
empties out, hearkening to its Lord, as it is bound to do! (Surat
al-Inshiqaq, 3-5)
The Final Day has arrived, humanity's time is up, and everything
has ended. No living thing can escape this day, for when it finally
ends, there will be nothing left: no seed, plant, microorganism—not
even Earth itself.
Magma is not the only load that will be emptied out on that Day.
Magma conducts heat and chemical reactions to the outer layer (the
mantle) and between the mantle and the crust. Therefore, it
probably will carry intense heat and many other subterranean
substances to the surface, thereby increasing the surface
temperature to previously unknown levels. Such events will cause
Earth to spew forth all of its contents: minerals, coal, crude oil,
fossils, corpses, ruins, and so on. Earth will be turned upside down,
for:
When the graves are emptied out, each self will know what it
has sent ahead and left behind. (Surat al-Infitar, 4-5)