On this occasion the gates of the skies are opened for the...

On this occasion the gates of the skies are opened for the earthly men to go through and follow their ways: the righteous go into Heaven whose doors will he opened to them: ...until behold, they arrive there; its gates will be opened; and its keepers will say: Peace be upon you...'. (Sura Zumar No. 39. verse 73) . It is in the same place that angels come to them from every door and congratulate them: ... and angels shall enter unto them from every gate (with the salutation) . (Sura Ra'd, No. 13.

verse 23) . And the doors of Hell will he opened to the Unbelievers: 'TheUnbelievers will be led to Hell in crowds: until when they arrive there, its gates will be opened.... (Sura Zumar, No. 39, verse 71) . And, thus. Man arrives in a place where the width is as wide as (1) Al-Mizan, vol. 20, p. 265 (Farsi Translation) the phenomenal earth and heavens: ...and for a garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth... (Sura Al-i-'Imran. No. 3, verse 133) .

And finally, the next verse, explaining the events of the Hereafter, illustrates the status of the mountains and says: And the mountains shall vanish as if they were a mirage. As it is understood from all the different verses of the Qur'an about 'the end of the mountains in the Hereafter', that mountains will go through stages: at first they will move: And the mountains are in motion, (Sura Tur, No. 52, verse 10) .

Then they will be taken off and crushed: "...and the earth and mountains are lifted up and crushed with a single blow", (Sura Haqqah, No. 69. verse 14) . And after that they will he as a poured heap of sand: ...and the mountains become a slipping heap of sand,(Sura Muzzmmil, No. 73, verse 14) . Then, they will change like fibers of teased or carded wool which can be moved about by the winds: 'And the mountains will be like carded wool', (Sura Al-Qari'ah, No. 101. verse 5) .

They will turn to dust, then, and scatter about: And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms, Becoming dust scattered abroad, (Sura Waqi'ah, No. 56. Verses 5-6) . And finally, as the current verse denotes, there will remain only a trace of them as a mirage.

Thus, mountains will disappear throughout the earth at last, and the land will be level: They ask you concerning the Mountains: say, My Lord will uproot them and scatter them as dust; He will leave them as plains smooth and level, (Sura Ta-ha No. 20, verses 105-106) .