“On the Day when
the earth will be changed to another earth and so will be the heavens and they
(all creatures) will appear before Allah, the One, the Irresistible.” (14:48)
The earth will
change. It will not be in the same state. Some of the changes that will happen
to the earth:
1. It’s going to be spread. It won’t be a
sphere any more. Muddat means that it is flattened and then spread. On a
sidetrack – what is gravity? Gravity is the attachment of objects to the centre
of mass. When you have a sphere, it attracts things to it due to its mass.
Gravity has a positive relationship to mass. When you flatten this sphere –
this earth – will it still have its gravitational force? No; it will lose it.
So Allah subhaana wa ta’aala says: “And when the earth is stretched forth, And
has cast out all that was in it and became empty.” (84:3-4) When the earth is
spread, everything will be released on it; it doesn’t have its mass any more.
2. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
says, “The people will be assembled on the day of judgment on a wide land that
is afraa`.” Afraa` means it is pale; it’s not bright white, but pale white.
Naqi’ [a word that RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam used to describe the
land in the hadith] is very fine, pure sand. The soil on the earth will be very
pure and fine.
3. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
says in another hadith that the earth will be pressed and flattened out
(imagine how huge it will be), nevertheless, the son of Adam will not have a
position except the spot he is standing on. Allah subhaana wa ta’aala will
assemble the entire creation – the humans, the jinns, the animals and insects –
it will be so crowded that you will only have the spot to stand which is
covered by your feet. People will be crowded and pressing against each other on
that difficult day.
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