Names of the Day of RisingAllah is has given many names to the Day of Rising. Each of these names emphasises a particular aspect and meaning of that Day:The Day of Resurrection, the Hour, the Blowing of the Horn, the Earthquake, the Day of the Mighty Noise, the Calamity, the Day of the Rising of the Dead, the Day of Leaving the Grave, the Day of Gathering, the Day when Things are Made Apparent, the Day of Assembling Together, the Day of Discriminating between Good and Evil, the Day when the Sky is Split Asunder, the Day of Dispersion, the Day of the Greatest Terror, the Day of Summoning, the Event (Al-Waqia), the Day of Abasement and Exaltation (of the kafirun and the mum inun), the Day of Accounting, the Day of Questioning, the Day of Witnessing, the Day of Recrimination, the Day of Retribution, the Day of Reality, the Day of Complete Overshadowing, the Day of Great Lamenting, the Day of Threatening, the Day of the Deen, the Day of Repayment, the Day of Regret, the Day of Replacing One World for Another, the Day of the Meeting (with Allah), the Day that is Near, the Day of the Final Abode, the Day of Fate, the Day of Destiny, the Day of Weighing in the Balance, the Day of Sterility, the Day of Ultimate Difficulty, the Day that Everyone shall Witness, the Day of Mutual Loss, the Day when Secrets are made Known, the Day of Altering, the Overwhelming, the Day of Sup- plication, the Day of Intercession, the Day of Sweating, the Day of Anxiety and Agitation, and the Day of Escape.Woe to those who are negligent and careless. Allah has sent us His Messenger and His Book, and has informed us about the names and attributes of the Day of Rising. He warns us against being negligent. He says:( Mankinds Reckoning has drawn very close to them, yet they heedlessly turn away.No fresh reminder comes to them from their Lord without their listening to it as if it was a game.Their hearts are distracted. ) (21: 1-3)Allah also informs us that the Day of Rising is near. He says:( The Hour has drawn near and the moon has split. ) (54: 1)And:( They see it as something distant, but We see it very close. ) (70: 6-7)( People will ask you about the Last Hour. Say: Only Allah has knowledge of it.What will make you understand?It may be that the Last Hour is very near. ) (33: 63)
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