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(76) It is related by Anas that the Apostle of God said: “I and the Resurrection are like these two fingers.”
-Bukhari and Muslim
Commentary.-The Prophet, after showing the two, index and middle, fingers of his hand, observed that his raising up and the Last Day were as close to each other as them. What he, perhaps, intended to convey was that all the eras God had ordained for the world had come to an end. It was the last era that had commenced with his Apostleship and would terminate with the Hour [i.e., Doomsday]. No Apostle was going to be sent down now nor would a new community be raised. We should, as such, not be heedless of the Resurrection imagining that it was far away.
(77) It is related by Jabir that he heard the Apostle of God say a month before his death: “You ask me about Resurrection and its appointed time is known only to God, and I can swear by God that there is no living person on the face of the earth on whom a hundred years pass and he is still alive at that time.”
-Muslim
Commentary.-It appears from the Quran as well as the Traditions that people often used to ask the Prophet about the Resurrection as to when it was to come. The reply of the Prophet always was what is contained in this Tradition, i.e., its previously fixed time was known only to God and He alone was aware of the year, month and day on which it was going to take place. He had not granted its knowledge to anyone.
The Prophet has made another observation in the above Tradition besides answering the question that was put to him. He has said that those who were alive in the world at that time would all be dead within a hundred years. It shows that the appointed time of the Resurrection, when everything that exists will be destroyed, was not known to him. It was only in the knowledge of God. What he had, however, revealed to the Prophet was that the existing generation would come to an end within a hundred years and those who were alive then would be dead before the passage of a century. Thus, for them it could be said that the Last Day would come within a hundred years.
(78) It is related by Anas that the Apostle of God said: “The Last Day shall not arrive until [such an evil time comes that] Allah, Allah is not said in the world at all.” [In some reports of this Tradition it is stated that “the Last Day shall not be established on anyone who says Allah, Allah].”
-Muslim
Commentary.-It denotes that the Last Day will be set up when the world will become wholly bereft of the remembrance of God and no one here will worship Him or carry out His commands. When the things will come to such a pass the whole of the universe will be destroyed. The remembrance of the Lord and the rendering of due allegiance to Him is, thus, the essence of the present world and the justification for its existence. The day our world will become devoid of it, it will be broken to pieces at the command of its Creator.
(79) It is related by Abdullah bin Masood that the Apostle of God said: “The Last Day shall not be set up except on the worst of men.”
-Muslim
Commentary.-It tells that the Last Day will come when no devout and virtuous man will be left in the world and it will be populated wholly by sinners and other ungodly people.
(80) It is related by Abu Sa’eed Khadri that the Apostle of God said: “How can I be happy and free from anxiety when the fact is that the Angel of the Trumpet is holding the Trumpet in his mouth and he is listening attentively, and his brow is bent, and he is waiting eagerly for the command to blow the Trumpet. The Companion inquired, ‘O Apostle of God, what [then] is your order for us? [Meaning when the situation is so grim, tell us what to do in order to save ourselves from the horrors of the Last Day]’. The Prophet replied: ‘Say much and often: Allah is sufficient for us and He is the best of Helpers’.”
-Tirmidhi
(81) Abu Baseen Uqaili related to us that “[once] I asked the Prophet how will God revive His creatures and bring them back to life and what are its portents [in the present world]? The Prophet replied, ‘Has it never happened to you that you passed through the valley of your community and found it dry (due to drought), and, then, coming upon it again after some time, discovered that it was blooming with lush-green vegetation [after the rains]?’ ‘Yes my master’, I said [It has been like that and I have seen both the spectacles].’ The Prophet, thereupon, remarked, ‘This is the portent of Resurrection in the present world. God will raise all men from death in the same manner’.”
-Razeen
(82) It is related by Abdullah bin Omar that the Apostle of God said: “Whoever wishes to know about the Last Day as if the scene of it was spread before his eyes, should read these chapters of the Quran: When the sun is overthrown; When the heaven is cleft asunder; and, When the heaven is split asunder.
-Tirmidhi
(83) Abu Hurairah related to us that “[once] the Apostle of God recited the verse The day it [the Earth] will relate its chronicles from Sura-I-Az-Zilzal, and [then] asked those who were present: ‘Do you know what it means?’ The Companions replied, ‘God and His Apostle know best.’ The Prophet explained ‘On the Day of Judgement the earth will bear witness to the deeds performed by men on it [i.e., at the bidding of God the earth will declare that such-and-such a person had done such-and-such a thing on it on such-and-such a day.’”
-Musnad-i-Ahmad and Tirmidhi
Commentary.- It shows that whatever a man does on earth is preserved by the part of it on which it is done and will remain preserved till the Last Day when it will testify to it before the Lord.
(84) It is related by Abu Hurairah that the Apostle of God said: “On the Day of Resurrection all men will be raised in three groups : One, the pedestrians; two, the riders; and, three, those who will be walking on their faces.” On being asked how would the people [belonging to third group] walk on their faces, the Prophet replied, “God who has made them walk on foot also possesses the power to make them walk on their faces.” [Be it known that it is through their faces that they will avoid obstacles like mound and a thorn].
-Tirmidhi
Commentary.-Commentators have described the three groups indicated in the above saying as follows: those walking on foot will be the general body of Believers; the second group which will be of riders will be made up of the favourites of the Lord and His devout bondmen who will be treated with honour and ceremony in the Hereafter from the very beginning; and the men who will be walking on their heads or faces will be the ill-fated ones who did not follow the teachings of the Divine Apostles in their earthy existence but pursued wrong and crooked paths till the end of their lives. The initial category will be that instead of walking on foot they will be made to walk on their faces and just as we negotiate obstacles on the road and avoid thorns and stones with the aid of our feet they will have to do so with the aid of their faces.
(85) Abu Hurairah related to us; he relates that the Apostle of God said: “Whoever will die shall repent and feel sorrow [over his life].” “Cur Master,” he was asked, “Why will he repent?” The Prophet replied, “If he has been a virtuous man, he will regret that he did not practise greater virtue [and won greater reward], and if he has led a sinful life, he will regret that he did not abstain from evil-doing.”
-Tirmidhi
(76) It is related by Anas that the Apostle of God said: “I and the Resurrection are like these two fingers.”
-Bukhari and Muslim
Commentary.-The Prophet, after showing the two, index and middle, fingers of his hand, observed that his raising up and the Last Day were as close to each other as them. What he, perhaps, intended to convey was that all the eras God had ordained for the world had come to an end. It was the last era that had commenced with his Apostleship and would terminate with the Hour [i.e., Doomsday]. No Apostle was going to be sent down now nor would a new community be raised. We should, as such, not be heedless of the Resurrection imagining that it was far away.
(77) It is related by Jabir that he heard the Apostle of God say a month before his death: “You ask me about Resurrection and its appointed time is known only to God, and I can swear by God that there is no living person on the face of the earth on whom a hundred years pass and he is still alive at that time.”
-Muslim
Commentary.-It appears from the Quran as well as the Traditions that people often used to ask the Prophet about the Resurrection as to when it was to come. The reply of the Prophet always was what is contained in this Tradition, i.e., its previously fixed time was known only to God and He alone was aware of the year, month and day on which it was going to take place. He had not granted its knowledge to anyone.
The Prophet has made another observation in the above Tradition besides answering the question that was put to him. He has said that those who were alive in the world at that time would all be dead within a hundred years. It shows that the appointed time of the Resurrection, when everything that exists will be destroyed, was not known to him. It was only in the knowledge of God. What he had, however, revealed to the Prophet was that the existing generation would come to an end within a hundred years and those who were alive then would be dead before the passage of a century. Thus, for them it could be said that the Last Day would come within a hundred years.
(78) It is related by Anas that the Apostle of God said: “The Last Day shall not arrive until [such an evil time comes that] Allah, Allah is not said in the world at all.” [In some reports of this Tradition it is stated that “the Last Day shall not be established on anyone who says Allah, Allah].”
-Muslim
Commentary.-It denotes that the Last Day will be set up when the world will become wholly bereft of the remembrance of God and no one here will worship Him or carry out His commands. When the things will come to such a pass the whole of the universe will be destroyed. The remembrance of the Lord and the rendering of due allegiance to Him is, thus, the essence of the present world and the justification for its existence. The day our world will become devoid of it, it will be broken to pieces at the command of its Creator.
(79) It is related by Abdullah bin Masood that the Apostle of God said: “The Last Day shall not be set up except on the worst of men.”
-Muslim
Commentary.-It tells that the Last Day will come when no devout and virtuous man will be left in the world and it will be populated wholly by sinners and other ungodly people.
(80) It is related by Abu Sa’eed Khadri that the Apostle of God said: “How can I be happy and free from anxiety when the fact is that the Angel of the Trumpet is holding the Trumpet in his mouth and he is listening attentively, and his brow is bent, and he is waiting eagerly for the command to blow the Trumpet. The Companion inquired, ‘O Apostle of God, what [then] is your order for us? [Meaning when the situation is so grim, tell us what to do in order to save ourselves from the horrors of the Last Day]’. The Prophet replied: ‘Say much and often: Allah is sufficient for us and He is the best of Helpers’.”
-Tirmidhi
(81) Abu Baseen Uqaili related to us that “[once] I asked the Prophet how will God revive His creatures and bring them back to life and what are its portents [in the present world]? The Prophet replied, ‘Has it never happened to you that you passed through the valley of your community and found it dry (due to drought), and, then, coming upon it again after some time, discovered that it was blooming with lush-green vegetation [after the rains]?’ ‘Yes my master’, I said [It has been like that and I have seen both the spectacles].’ The Prophet, thereupon, remarked, ‘This is the portent of Resurrection in the present world. God will raise all men from death in the same manner’.”
-Razeen
(82) It is related by Abdullah bin Omar that the Apostle of God said: “Whoever wishes to know about the Last Day as if the scene of it was spread before his eyes, should read these chapters of the Quran: When the sun is overthrown; When the heaven is cleft asunder; and, When the heaven is split asunder.
-Tirmidhi
(83) Abu Hurairah related to us that “[once] the Apostle of God recited the verse The day it [the Earth] will relate its chronicles from Sura-I-Az-Zilzal, and [then] asked those who were present: ‘Do you know what it means?’ The Companions replied, ‘God and His Apostle know best.’ The Prophet explained ‘On the Day of Judgement the earth will bear witness to the deeds performed by men on it [i.e., at the bidding of God the earth will declare that such-and-such a person had done such-and-such a thing on it on such-and-such a day.’”
-Musnad-i-Ahmad and Tirmidhi
Commentary.- It shows that whatever a man does on earth is preserved by the part of it on which it is done and will remain preserved till the Last Day when it will testify to it before the Lord.
(84) It is related by Abu Hurairah that the Apostle of God said: “On the Day of Resurrection all men will be raised in three groups : One, the pedestrians; two, the riders; and, three, those who will be walking on their faces.” On being asked how would the people [belonging to third group] walk on their faces, the Prophet replied, “God who has made them walk on foot also possesses the power to make them walk on their faces.” [Be it known that it is through their faces that they will avoid obstacles like mound and a thorn].
-Tirmidhi
Commentary.-Commentators have described the three groups indicated in the above saying as follows: those walking on foot will be the general body of Believers; the second group which will be of riders will be made up of the favourites of the Lord and His devout bondmen who will be treated with honour and ceremony in the Hereafter from the very beginning; and the men who will be walking on their heads or faces will be the ill-fated ones who did not follow the teachings of the Divine Apostles in their earthy existence but pursued wrong and crooked paths till the end of their lives. The initial category will be that instead of walking on foot they will be made to walk on their faces and just as we negotiate obstacles on the road and avoid thorns and stones with the aid of our feet they will have to do so with the aid of their faces.
(85) Abu Hurairah related to us; he relates that the Apostle of God said: “Whoever will die shall repent and feel sorrow [over his life].” “Cur Master,” he was asked, “Why will he repent?” The Prophet replied, “If he has been a virtuous man, he will regret that he did not practise greater virtue [and won greater reward], and if he has led a sinful life, he will regret that he did not abstain from evil-doing.”
-Tirmidhi