Islamic Intellectual Theology Lesson 41 The Day of Judgment MEA'AD Edited: Nov. 7, BHD

Evidence For the Day of Judgment (Religious and Intellectual)  The meaning of MEA’AD is derived from the word MOWE'D which is a committed or promised time. Since the day of judgment is a promised day by God, is inevitable and will happen, then it is called a MEA’AD, the promised time or day.  This is a summary of the pages and the focus will be on discussing some of the evidence available to us.

The Intellectual Evidence  The theory of causality leads to the existence of God  The perfection of the creation leads to the perfection of God, reflected from his creation (imperfection in natural problems are caused by humans and not by God)  The perfection of God includes him being Just and balanced  The Just God leads to the concept of the day of Judgment  The one who made this earth can make thousands like it

The Intellectual Evidence [Cont’d]  Prophet hood and the IMAAMAT is a manifestation of his Justice  Those who cause great mischief and evil on this earth may not be punished in this world  Good and bad can never be the same in the eye of God, therefore the justice of God must prevail  The conclusion: There has to be a day where justice will prevail  Can Allah [swt] recreate physically the human who died: Yes by logic (end of chapter of YASEEN in the Holy Qur’an)

The Continuation of Life Without this Body in Previous Religions  Some of the Arab Bedouins used to put a heavy stone on the chest of the dead body and tie their limbs with ropes. That is so that they can not move in case if the soul returns to the body their body they will not return (and scare the people). They believed that the ROOH [Soul] does not die.  The Ancient Egyptians when they buried their dignitaries in the pyramid they used to put food and other things with the dead body because they believed that the ROOH might benefit from it, meaning they believed that the ROOH does not die

Hindus & Reincarnation  The concept of reincarnation with the HINDU Brahmans is that the ROOH does not die; it transmits from one body to the worldly body. It could be human or an animal such as monkey, ant or donkey. (Unfortunately some of the Muslim believe in it, in spite of serious contradiction with the concept of Justice of Allah [swt] - who to punish and who to reward - debate of Imam Abu Hanifa and Mo’min Al- Taaq)  Buddhism similar to Hinduism. It may be that the root of the religions is same and then they got deviated.

Judaism  Not much is found in the old testament or TORAH except for a few indications  They believe that the eternal kingdom is on the earth and it will be the kingdom of Israel composed of pure Jewish individuals from the Children of Jacob [as] served by the gentiles  This may be due to an alteration in the TORAH. Some may of wanted to emphasize the kingdom of Israel in this world (based on the prediction this is going to be the DAJAAL).  The second KHALIFA also made some alterations such as removal of HAYA A’LA KHAYRIL A’MAL from the ADHAAN.  May be the Jews removed the concept of hereafter from the TORAH in order to emphasize the worldly kingdom of ISRAEL.

Judaism [Cont’d]  Holy Qur’an indicates that the Prophets of Israel such as Musa [as] informed them about the day of judgment.  ISHA'YA ISHAAH 26, sentence 19 Your deceased ones will come back to life on the day the body will be risen, wake up.. o people of the earth

Christianity  Two types:  Some say that it will be on the earth similarly to Judaism (which is not wrong but it will be the government of the 12th Imam [aj]  Others believe that such a kingdom of God will be after the rapture

Christianity [Cont’d]  [Mathew 16:27] Son of man will come in the kingdom of his father, and angels, and on that day every one will be dealt based on his deeds  [Mathew 13:49-50] On the end of this world the angels will come out and the evils will be distinguished from the good ones, and will be thrown in the fire and there will be the grief.  Many other verses

The Holy Qur’an  Some people mentioned that the Holy Qur’an has about 1400 verses relating to the Day of Judgemen, but Allamah Tabataba’i [ra] said the total of direct and indirect verses sum up to 2000 verses [about 1/3 of the Holy Qur’an which is 6666 verses]  Such a large percentage of verses of the Holy Qur’an creates a strong factor for applying the moral values.

The Holy Qur’an  Names of the hereafter in the Holy Qur’an are 26  Some of the chapters are named after the hereafter (WAAQEA’H, GHAASHIYA, ALQAAREA’H, ALHAAQAH, ALTAGABON.  Some verses have descriptions of the hereafter  Holy Qur’an indicates that every Prophet mentioned the hereafter and the Day of Judgment from Prophet Adam [as] to the KHATAM [s].