What is the Day of Judgment in Islam?
The Qur'an returns to the Day of Judgment on nearly every page. The classical tradition's reconstruction of its sequence — the trumpet, the gathering, the reckoning, the scale, the ṣirāṭ.
10 passages from 6 books in the library
The Day of Judgment (Yawm al-Qiyāmah) is the day of final reckoning when every person's deeds are weighed and each is requited. Drawing on Imam al-Ghazali's Iḥyāʾ, the cited passages teach that whoever's good deeds outweigh his bad enters Paradise without reckoning, and whoever's good and bad are equal will have an easy reckoning before entering. Al-Ghazali also relates that those facing a detailed account endure a prolonged reckoning, that Adam will be permitted to intercede for vast numbers of his descendants, and that a book is brought forth from beneath the Throne.
Drawn from the classical sources below — in the scholars' own words.
The classical approach.
These passages are drawn from 6 books by Imam al-Ghazali — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"Whoever's good deeds outweigh his bad deeds on the Day of Judgment, that is the one who enters Paradise without reckoning."
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"Hadith, Allah will allow Adam to intercede on the Day of Judgment for some of His descendants numbering 100 million, 10 million,"
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"And whoever's good deeds and bad deeds are equal, that is the one who will have an easy reckoning and then enter Paradise."
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"On the Day of Judgment, Allah will bring forth a book from beneath the throne in which it is written,"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"their reckoning on the day of judgment would be prolonged. Whoever faces a detailed account has"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"Whoever lies about his dream will be tasked on the Day of Judgment with tying two grains of barley together,"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"If he thinks he is free at reckoning and like someone who never possessed the wealth or needed to sell it,"
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"folly causes more harm than the immoral with their wickedness. On the Day of Judgment, people will be"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"Hearing words of rejection or acceptance in daily life reminds one of the final reckoning. This focus"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"stating those closest to Allah on the Day of Judgment are those who prolong their hunger and thirst,"
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