Who believes there's a judgement day???

Question

WHEN and WHY do you think it will happen? Whatever your spiritual beliefs.

To Ned: What is april 15

Answer 1

The Day of Judgment in Islam

By: Professor Maqsood Jafri



As justice is the main concern of Islam it is necessary that people should get justice in this world and the world hereafter. It sounds natural and logical that everyone should reap what he has sown. One should receive the fruit of his deeds. If one has sown flowers he should pluck flowers. If one has sown thorns he should pick thorns. Virtues breed virtues and vices breed vices. The Day of Judgment in the Quran has been also named as the Day of Reckoning, the Day of Resurrection, the Dooms day or the Day of Accountability. The account of the deeds of everyone is being maintained. Islamic concept of two angels maintaining the record of ever word and movement is scientific. The video has solved this mystery. The alpha and beta rays have special role in photographic process. The Gamma rays play their own part. It is a great lesson. If through material rays we can preserve activities there should be no doubt about our record preserved by the special divine agencies. The Quran in Sura “The Friday Prayers” announces: “The death from which you flee will truly overtake you; then will you be sent back to the knower of the things secret and open; and He will tell you (the truth) of the things you did.”(62:8)



Everybody’s record is being maintained during his life period. It is very accurate record. The day of judgement is the day of justice. No body will be wronged. His limbs will be his witness. He will see his record and his video film will be shown to him. Everyone will be rewarded or punished according to his deeds. The Quran in Sura “The Israelite” says; “Everyman’s fate we have fastened on his own neck. On the Day of Judgment we shall bring out for him a scroll, which he will see spread open. Read thine record sufficient is thy soul this day to make out an account against thee”. (17:13-14).



As the literal meaning of Arabic word used for the Day of Judgment “Qayamah” is to raise up, hence the question arise as to why they should be raised up after demise. There are three reasons for “Qayamah”. (a) It is the demand of natural and divine justice that everyone should get the result of his life examination. As in academies one is given result of his tests, similarly everyone must get the result whether he passes or fails. About the examination of Life in Sura “The Bee” the Quran says: “Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has Faith, verily to him we will give a new life, a life that is good and pure, and we will bestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions.” (16:97). (b) Had there been no concept of the Day of Judgment there would have been no human morality. Might is right would have become the law of the day. Atheists are of two types. The ideological atheist and the practical atheist. The practical atheist is the one who claims to have a religious faith but in practical life he acts otherwise. It is my considered opinion that the man who believes in God and fears God can never be a sinner or a transgressor. Hence to maintain the supremacy of Right over Might we must believe in the concept of the Day of Judgment. The concepts of Hell and Heaven are very essential to keep balance in human conduct. The tyrants, the oppressors, the murderers and the aggressors must be punished. If they escape in this world because of their power, pelf and influence they must be punished on Doomsday. Abraham must be rewarded and Nimrod must be chastised. Moses must be rewarded and Pharaoh be punished. Hussain be rewarded and Yazid be punished. It is divine justice and God promises that. In the Quran in Sura “Abraham” about the virtuous and righteous people God says; “But those who believe and work righteousness be admitted to gardens beneath which rivers flow. To dwell therein for aye with the permission of their lord.”(14:23). (c) All the prophets have promised this day. They were sooth – sayers. They were divinely appointed. They were not liars. They were the messengers and warners sent from God. We must believe in their words and vows. We have no reason to reject or refute them. They valiantly, patiently and boldly bore the inflictions and excesses. They were tortured. They were persecuted. They were executed. But they never bowed before tyrants and vicious forces. Their steadfastness and perseverance testifies the truth of their mission when such truthful people believed in the Doomsday, we have no reason to disbelieve in which they believed. Now let us briefly discuss the Quranic logic about the Day of Judgment. The Quran refutes the plea of the unbelievers who say that how it can happen. After death when we will be turned into dust, then how can we resurrect? The Quran in Sura “Yasin” announces; “Does not man realize that we created him from a seed of fluid? Yet he does not believe and forgets even his own creation. He says as to who could revive the decayed bones back to life from nonentity.” (36:79). After giving the argument of first birth the Quran gives the second argument. It says: “one of the clear divine signs is that you see the earth dead and motionless, but as soon as Allah pours rain on it, it comes to life and becomes fertile and green. Allah who revives the dead earth to life will also revive the dead man to life. Allah is able to do all things: (41:39). Then in Sura “Saad” the Quran gives third argument on the basis of Justice. It is related to the Islamic concept of Good and Bad. The Quran says: “We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in vain, though this is the belief of the infidels. Woe to the disbelievers; they will suffer the torment of the Hellfire. Do we consider the righteously striving believers equal to the evil doers in the earth? Are the pious ones equal to those who openly commit sins?” (38:27-28).



These are the Quranic arguments about the Day of Judgment which no same person can reject. In verse 20 of Sura The Iron, in verse 20 of Sura Winding Sand Tracts and in verse 200 of Sura The Heifer the necessity of the Day of Judgement is mentioned. In Sura Mominun in verse 100 about ‘Barzakh’ (purgatory) the Quran says: “After death people will be behind Barzakh until the day of their resurrection. (23:100). According to the Quran it will be a great blast and earthquake. On the Day of Judgment people will emerge from their graves and congregate. The unbelievers will be raised with black faces and the righteous one with bright faces. The virtuous will be given the book, result sheet in to their right hands and the evil doers will be given in to their left hands. It will be an eternal life. May Allah grant us guidance to do good deeds and abstain from evil deed

Answer 2

Yes I believe that there will be a judgment day. The when is only known by God.

It will happen because there is a limit to God's patience. Besides being a loving God he is also a just God. There will be a time when all must answer for the shameful way they have rejected God's message and mercy.

I am a Christian and I do believe that we are entering the end times.

Pastor John

Addendum: In case Ned doesn't see your question, I'm assuming that you are not an American. April 15 is the date our Income Tax is due each year. :-)

Answer 3

Strange to say, the origins of this come from ancient Egypt which was polydeistic pagan. When a person died they had something of a dangerous passage to reach the Netherworld, whicn was ruled by the ggod of the dead, Osiris. The person's heart was symobolically weighed on a pair of scales, and the deceased had to address a series of 42 gods, each of whom had a title and specialist subject. It the first god's speciality was murder then the deceased would address him by his name and title and then say '"I have committed no murder." The scribal god Thoth would check the heart on the scales to see it it was light =pure or heavy =sinfu). (This is why our Courts Of Justice have a pair of scales on every door, and the statue on the dome of the Old Bailey in London is holding a pair of scales. She is a Greek representation of Ma'at, the Egyptian goddess of truth and justice.) If the heart passed that test it was on to the next, and so on. If it failed it was eaten by a fierce creature called Ammit. That was a fate which horrified the Egyptians for it meant there was no afterlife for the deceased. They even had cribs written on papyrus and put in their coffins so they could give the right answers in this trial! The idea of a Last Judgement therefore precedes the Bible. Christians believe that Christ will be seated at the right hand side of God in that day of judgement, but as He has already forgiven their sins they are spared the trial and will go to Heaven to be with Christ. Not so those who do not believe in Him. They will have to account for their behaviour in life at the toughest trial imaginable.

Answer 4

Well I cant tell you when, only God not even his son Jesus our father knows. GOD will decide when to end the world it could be tommorrow it could be 50 years from now, only god knows for sure. As far as why it will happen, Have you ever read Revelations in the Bible? Well If you haven't I suggest you do. Revelations gives you the full account of Judgement day and the events that will transpire throughout those seven years. God Destroys the earth when sin becomes to much for him to handle. I think that we (human-beings myself included) tend to forget that God has feeling too. He feels anger, and love, and pity,etc.... The first time he ended the world was because of mans sin and treachery. He felt pity and sorrow that he had created humans, and what they were doing against him. So he decided to end the world and start fresh. He told Noah to build the ark and each animal one male one female climb aboard. Noah was told to take his family so that they would produce and multiply, and fill the earth once more. So He ended the earth through water (the great flood). The opposite is told in Revelations in which the world will end in fire. Read it if you wanna know the facts. YES I said facts because I believe it is what will happen.

Answer 5

Yes. There is a judgement day....some call it the end of the world. Only God knows when it's going to happen... But he said we must all prepare because he may come any time. he mentioned is is coming like a theif...which means he is coming any time...when we are prepared or not. I read anout the promised signs of Christ's return:
a great earthquake
the darkened sun
the blood-red moon
meteor shower
(Matthew 24:33)-Americal Version

Answer 6

I believe there is. I am a Christian. It says it is appointed for man once to live, and then judgment. I think this is the "holding place" before the Great White Throne Judgment, that only unbelievers go through. Believers will have their works tested by fire. What remains will be rewarded.

Answer 7

There is one judgment day when everyone who ever lived will be judged. God will separate His sheep. And those whose name is not written in the Lambs book of Life will be put into eternal damnation. The bible says that God desires that no one will perish but have eternal life, free for the asking . You just have to believe in Jesus. He says " I am the Way the Truth and the Life , no man comes to the Father except by Me."

Answer 8

Yes, there is a judgment day.

There will be a day when God's Mercy and Grace ends.

Those who have not accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior of their life will be judged for everything they have done.

Believers have the blood of Christ that washed our sins away, never to be brought up again.

Answer 9

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Hebrews 9:27
King James Version

Answer 10

Yes I believe there is a judgement day and it will happen when we least expect it because we will not know the day and we will surely not know the time. Judgement day is when God will judge us all according to what we have done in life. It is a day when God will reign over evil and destroy it. He will send those who have done good in His eye to Heaven and those who have not to hell.

Answer 11

There will be a day of judgement and me thinks it fast approaches. We will all be held accountable at that time.I for one am cleaning up my act.And not necessarily because of judgement day but because its the right thing to do.