This Fleeting Muslim L i f e Students' Association Nay, but you do love this fleeting life University of Alberta And neglect the Hereafter. Some faces, that Day, will beam Looking towards their Lord; And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal, Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity. Yea, wh en [the soul] reaches to the throat And there will be a cry, “Who is a mag i- cian [to restore him]?” And he is sure that it is the [hour of] par ting And one leg will be joined with another: That Day, the drive will be to thy Lord! For he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! But called the truth a lie and turned away, Then he went to his folk in full conceit! Nearer unto thee and nearer, Ag ain nearer unto thee and nearer. Does man think that he is to be left to What does the wander without an aim? Was he not a drop of sperm emit ted? Quran say about Then he became a clot of blood; then shaped and fashioned the Resurrection? Then He made of him two sexes, the male For more information please contact: and the female. Is not He able to give life to the dead? Quran 75:20 -40 Muslim Students' Association
Office 040U Understanding the Quran Box 55 SUB University of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 2J7 [email protected] And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms [email protected] Quran 56:5 www.ualberta.ca/~msa By no means! There shall be no place of refuge! ated you out of dust, then out of sperm, then out of a What does the Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day. leech -like clot, then out of a morsel of flesh, partly formed and partly unformed, in order that We may On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before make clear to you; and We cause whom We will to and left behind. Quran say about rest in the wombs for an appointed term, then do We Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself, bring you forth as infants, then that you may reach the Resurrection? Even though he puts forth his ex cuses. your age of full strength; and some of you are called Quran 75:1 -15 to die, and some ar e sent back to the feeblest old age, T h e Day of Judgement The Return so that they know nothing after having known. And thou seest the earth barren and lifeless , but when We The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is From Chapter 36: Ya -Seen pour down rain on it, it is stirred, it swells, and it puts reported to have said: The trumpet shall be sounded, when behold! From their graves they forth every kind of beautiful growth. On the Day of Judgement, no step shall a man shall hasten on to their Lord. This is so, bec ause God is the Reality: it is He Who stir until he has answered questions on five a s- They will say: Woe unto us! Who hath raised us up from our beds of gives life to the dead, and it is He Who is able to do pects of his worldly existence: his life and how repose? This is that which T he Most Gracious did promise. And true all things. he spent it; his knowledge and what use he has was the word of the messengers! And verily the Hour wi ll come: there can be no doubt made of it; his wealth, how he acquired it and It will be no more than a single Blast, when behold they will all be thereof, or about [the fact] that God will raise up all how he has spent it; and his body and how he brought up before Us! who are in the graves. has utilized it. This day no soul shall be dealt with unjustly in the least; and you shall Quran 22:5 -7 source: at -Tirmidhi Hadith Collection not be requited aug ht but that which you did. This Life A Muslim rec ognizes the temporality of life, and Quran 36:51 -54 From Chapter 57: The Iron knows that each will be called to account for From Chapter 82: The Cleaving how they used their time. The Prophet M u- Know that the life of the world is only play, and idle When the Sky is cleft asunder; ha mmad, peace be upon him, is reported to talk, and pageantry, and boasting among y ou, and have said: When the Stars are scatt ered; rivalry in respect of wealth and children; as the lik e- When the seas are poured forth, ness of vegetation after rain, whereof the growth is When carried to his grave, a dead person is fo l- And when the graves are turned upside down; pleasing to the tillers, but afterward it dries up and lowed by three, two of which return [after his thou seest it turnin g yellow, then it becometh straw. burial] and one remains with him: his relatives, Shall each soul know what it has sent forwar d and held back. And in the Hereafter there is severe punishment, and his property, and his deeds foll ow him; relatives O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? forgiveness from God and His good pleasu re, whereas and his property go back while his deeds remain Quran 82:1 -6 the life of the world is but matter of illusion. with him. Quran 57:20 source: Bukhari Hadith Collection The Hour The Rising of the D e a d From Chapter 22: The Pilgrima ge Good Conduct From Chapter 33: The Coalition From Chapter 75: The Resurrection O mankind! if ye have a doubt about the Resurrection, surely We cr e- Surely the men who submit and the women who su b- I do call to witness the day of resurrection; mit, and the believing men and the believing women, And I do call to witness the self -accusing soul. and the obeying men and the obeying women, and the Does man think that We ♦ shall not gather his bones? truthful men and the trut hful women, and the patient Verily, We are able to make complete his very finge r- men and the patient women and the humble men and tips the humble women, and the almsgiving men and the almsgiving women, and the fasting men and the fas t- But man wishes to do wrong in the time in front of him. ing women, and the men who guard their chastity and He questions: “When is the Day of Resurrection?” the women who guard, and the men who remember But when sight b ecomes dazed, God much and the women who rem ember - God has And the moon is buried in darkness. prepared for them forgiveness and a mighty reward. And sun and moon are united, Quran 33:35 That Day will Man say: “Where is the refuge?”
♦ ‘We’ the plural, is used to denote royalty and dignity, not the All things, save God will perish. Even this, the Prophet’s Mosque in Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of plural in number. In English, this is referred to as the ‘royal we’, Madinah, Arabia —that is now larger than the entire city wa s at the time of good, shall see it! and is often used by monarchs. the Prophet (peace be upon him)—will one day be gone. Quran 28:84