Knowing The Last Day - Muhammad al-Jibaly

218 Pages·13.864 MB·English

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Knowing the LastDay
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS v
PREFACE xi
Opening Sermon xi
A Word to Parents and Educators xiii
The Goals of True Education (xiii)
Faults in Current Islaamic Curricula (xiii)
Mending the Rift (xiii)
Eemaan Made Easy xiv
XV
Technicalities
Translating and Transliterating Arabic (xv)
Translating and Referencing Qur’aan and Hadeeth (xvi)
Notable Utterances (xvii)
xviii
Acknowledgements
CHAPTER
1
THE FIFTH PILLAR
1
The Six Pillars of Faith
Importance of Believing in the Last Day
Names of the Last Day
Purpose of the Creation
When Will the Last Day Come?
Events of the Last Day N
N
Questions and Exercises O
CHAPTER 2
RESURRECTION & ASSEMBLY 13
The Day of Doom 13
Death of All Created Beings (13)
Destruction of the Universe (14)
Recreation 16
Contents vi Eemaan Made Easy - 5
The World’s Recreation (16)
The Resurrection (17)
Allaah Exhibits His Power 21
The Great Assembly 23
No Escape, No Exemption (23)
The People Will First Be Assembled Naked (24)
The Sun’s Approach (25)
Duration of the Assembly (26)
The Believers During Assembly 27
They Will Be Secure from the Major Fear (28)
They Will Be Sheltered under Allaah’s Throne (28)
They.Will Find Relief from Hardships (30)
Their Wounds Will Smell Like Musk (31)
Place of the Just People (32)
The Sinful During Assembly 32
Shrinking the Arrogant (32)
Engulfing the Oppressors in Darkness (33)
Fire-Branding Those Who Do Not Pay Zakaah (34)
Exposing Betrayal (35)
Punishment for Taking Bribe (35)
The Disbelievers During Assembly 36
They Will Lose All Hope (36)
Their Eyes Will Be Dimmed and Blinded (37)
They Will Walk on Their Faces (38)
They Will Be Dumb and Deaf (39)
TheyWill Be in Shackles and in Garments ofTorture (39)
Their Faces Will Be Darkened (40)
They Will Bite on Their Hands (40)
They Will Wish to Return to the First Life (41)
They Will Hate Their Friends and Leaders (42)
They Will Wish They Can Ransom Themselves (43)
Questions and Exercises 44
CHAPTER
3
INTERCESSION & JUDGMENT 49
Introduction 49
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The Major Intercession 50
The Judgment 53
Allaah’s
Coming (54)
Bringing Hell to View (55)
Presenting the Creation Before the Lord (56)
Carrying the Burdens (58)
No Kinship Ties (59)
Allaah Will Speak to All (61)
First Matters of Judgment (63)
Five Inevitable Questions (65)
Account Auditing (66)
The
Bankrupt (66)
The First Persons to Be Indicted (68)
Covering a Believer’s Sins (70)
The Judgment Is Final (71)
Satan’s Conclusive Speech (72)
Ahi ul-Fatrah (People Without Messengers) 73
The Witnesses 75
Allaah’s
Testimony (75)
Testimony of the Angels (76)
Testimony of the Body (76)
Testimony of the Earth (79)
The Scales 80
The Most Accurate Scales (80)
The Scales Will Be Huge (80)
The Deeds Will Be Put in the Two Pans (81)
Things That Make the Scales Heavy (82)
Things That Do Not Weigh in the Scales (85)
The Records 86
Records of the Righteous (86)
Records of the Wrongdoers (87)
The Prophet's Pond 88
The Siraat 91
Various Intercessions 94
Intercession of the Prophets and the Angels (94)
Intercession of the Believers (96)
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Allaah’s Intercession (97)
The Qur’aan’s Intercession (97)
The Bridge 98
Questions and Exercises 100
CHAPTER 4
PARADISE 107
Introducing Jannah 107
What is Jannah? (107)
The Creation of Jannah (108)
Description of Jannah 109
Its Names (109)
It Is Beyond Imagination (110)
Its Eternality (111)
Its Gates (113)
Its Levels (114)
The First People to Enter it (115)
The Last People to Enter it (117)
Its Trees and Vegetation (119)
Its Rivers (120)
Qualities of those Who Will Enter Jannah 122
They Work for It (122)
They Believe in Allaah (123)
Act
They Righteously (124)
Have
They Taqwaa (124)
They Repent and Turn Back to Allaah (125)
They Follow the Prophet and His Companions (126)
They Possess Good Manners (127)
They Do Not Have Envy and They Rely on Allaah (128)
They Fight Against Wicked Desires (128)
They Strive and Sacrifice with Patience (129)
They Feed, Fast, and Pray at Night (130)
They Are Mostly Weak and Poor (130)
Pleasures of the Peopleof Jannah 132
Their Youthfulness (132)
Their Gardens (134)
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Their Spouses and Families (135)
Their Food
(137)
Their Clothing and Jewelry (143)
Their
Dwellings (144)
Their Seats (145)
Their Servants (145)
Their Markets (146)
Their Greatest Prize (147)
Questions and Exercises 150
CHAPTER
5
HELL
155
Introducing Hell 155
What is Hell? (155)
The Creation of Hell (155)
Description of Hell 156
Its Names (156)
Its Eternality (157)
Its Gates (158)
Its Expanse (159)
Its Rage and Greed (159)
Its Intensity and Fuel (161)
Its Levels of Torture (162)
Its Guards (164)
Who Will Enter Hell? 165
All
People (165)
Most
People (166)
Those Who Reject the Faith (167)
The
Hypocrites (169)
Satan and His Supporters (170)
Those Who Commit Major Sins (170)
Those Who Disobey Allaah and His Messenger (171)
Those Who Like to Corrupt the Believers (173)
Agonies of the People of Hell 173
Their “Living” (173)
Their Size
(174)