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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Resurrection Judgement and the Hereafter Lesson Twelve: The Ineluctable Final Moment of All Things There can be no doubt that one day the world as it now exists will become the scene of a terrifying event.
The world which has been the setting for man's unceasing efforts and triumphs throughout his existence, his endeavors that have extended from the depths of the oceans to outer space, this world will fall prey to a horrifying fate and dissolve in a single catastrophe.
The heavenly bodies will collide and collapse; neither light nor warmth be left in the heavens; lofty mountains will be uprooted; a fire will erupt as if a spark were to have fallen on a heap of cotton that has been built up over centuries; oceans will surge up and burst over the land; tombs will split open and merge with each other; and the earth itself, in obedience to divine command, will reveal and surrender all of its contents and the trusts that have been deposited in the course of many epochs.
The whole world will be turned into a great cloud of dust, as if everything that existed were being ground in some gigantic mortar. This simultaneous mingling and dispersion of all elements, in such a way that no phenomenon can any longer be distinguished, is the future destiny of our regular and well-ordered world.
The Noble Qur'an reminds man that the existing order of creation is of limited duration and that it will not last for ever: “Have you not ever considered that God has created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them in justice and for a set duration? Many are those who do not believe they will meet their Lord” (30:8) .
The Qur'an also proclaims that the occurrence of this event is inevitable and that on the day when all creatures will be stripped of the garment of life only the Pure and Sacred Essence of the Creator will remain. Let us hear the description the Qur'an itself gives of that terrifying day on which all things shall perish: “O men, fear the wrath of your Creator! The earthquakes and explosions of resurrection will be mighty and awesome.
On that day suckling mothers will forget their infants and pregnant women will be delivered of their burden. You will see men as drunken from the terror of that day, but they will not be drunken, for the doom of God is fierce and painful” (22:1-2). “When the earth begins to move and shake violently, the mountains are torn asunder and scattered like atoms of dust ...” (56:4-6).