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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.

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The classical approach.

These passages are drawn from 1 book 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.

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Cover of Book 40: The Book of the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife
Book 40: The Book of the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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  1. "Whoever's good deeds outweigh his bad deeds on the Day of Judgment, that is the one who enters Paradise without reckoning."

  2. "Hadith, Allah will allow Adam to intercede on the Day of Judgment for some of His descendants numbering 100 million, 10 million,"

  3. "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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