SURE SIGNS OF DAY OF AL-QIYAMAH (Part 7)

SURE SIGNS OF DAY OF AL-QIYAMAH (Part 7)

Glorious Quran 44:10-16

10 Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke.

11 Covering the people; this is a painful torment.

12 [They will say], "Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed, we are believers."

13 How will there be for them a reminder [at that time]? And there had come to them a clear Messenger.

14 Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman."

15 Indeed, We will remove the torment for a little. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will return [to disbelief].

16 The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.
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According to many traditions, these Ayats refer to the smoke which will appear near the Day of Judgement. It will penetrate into ears (and eyes), and people's heads will look like they have been roasted. But it will not trouble the believers very much; they will feel irritation just like in common cold. And the whole earth will be just like a house in which fire has been lighted and the house has no window or ventilation. This condition will remain for forty days.6

This Sign will be a warning; and as appears from the Ayat, people will be given a chance to come onto right path, and mend their ways. The words“We shall remove the torment a little” show that the Smoke will be removed, but the next words “Verily, you shall return (unto evil)” show that after its removal, not many people will heed to the voice of reason. Perhaps they will invent some physical or geographical reason for that calamity, and will forget their pledges to Allah that “Verily, (now) we are believers.”

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