Allah described
it and said, “And the trumpet will be blown and behold, from the graves they
will come out quickly to their Lord. They will say, ‘Woe to us! Who has raised
us up from our place of sleep? This is what the Most Gracious has promised us
and the Messengers spoke the truth.’ It will be but a single shout, and behold,
they will all be bought before us.”
Notice here –
they said, “Who has woke us up from our sleep?” When you are sleeping, the
worst thing that can happen is that you wake up in a state of surprise. When
you’re sleeping, you want to wake up slowly and calmly. You’ll find that when
you suddenly wake someone up, that person wakes up disoriented. Imagine waking
up from the graves after a long state of sleep…
They will come
out from the graves. What will they see? Mountains exploding; the oceans in
flames; the planets knocked out of their orbits; the sun will be just above
their heads; the people will be running around them as if they are drunk. They
are not drunk, but the punishment of Allah is severe. That is why they will
say, “Woe be to us!” Allah is telling us their response.
First, imagine
that a child is coming out of the grave. This child died when he was one year
old. On the day of resurrection, he comes out and sees the nations of the
worlds on their knees; some covered up in sweat. He sees everything else
mentioned above. What do you think the response of this child will be?
Allah says in
the Qur’an, “How will you save yourselves from a day [if you disbelieve] that
will make a child gray-headed?”
The horrors of
that day will turn that child’s head gray. That child hasn’t even sinned! What
will happen to us – who are insisting on sins and not repenting?
That
is the day – yawm al adheem.
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