He explained how at that time, Ādam عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم was saying, “O Allah! Satan is my enemy. You have granted him respite until the Day of Judgement. He will laugh when he sees me experience death.”

Allah declared:

O Ādam, you will go to Heaven, whilst your enemy Satan will stay in this world for a specific time. When his respite ends, he will experience the pain of death equal to all those who came before and after combined.

Sayyiduna Ādam then turned to the angel of death. “Tell me”, he said, “How will Satan die?” When the angel of death described how this will happen, Ādam said to Allah, رَبِّ حَسْبِیْ حَسْبِیْ  – “O my Lord, this is enough for me! I am content with this!”

(After saying this, Kaʿb al-Aḥbār رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ went silent.) A sense of dread and fear began to set in amongst the attendees. One of them said, “O Kaʿb al-Aḥbār, may Allah have mercy upon you! Tell us, how will Satan finally die?” Kaʿb al-Aḥbār initially declined to comment, but then said:

When the world nears its end, and the Horn is about to be blown, people will be in the markets. Some will be conversing, some arguing with one another, and some buying items. Suddenly, the sound of an immense explosion will ring out. Half the people will hear this and remain unconscious for three days, whilst the other half will lose their sanity.

During this, a sound heavy like thunder shall echo between the earth and skies. The world will end with this. Satan has been given respite until this point. Allah will then command the angel of death, “I have created helpers for you equal to all the former and the later. I placed within you the strength of all those of the earth and the heavens. Today, you will be dressed in an attire of wrath. Go to Satan with My wrath and make him taste death.