Sūrah Al-Zilzāl (Warnings and Counsel)

describing the violent earthquake that will occur on the Day of Judgement.

A summary of the hadith is as follows:

At that time, the example of the Earth will be like that of a boat caught in a storm at sea. Waves from the storm collide against the ship, causing those on board to fall upon their faces. When the earthquake takes place on the Day of Judgement, the Earth shall move with the intensity that a ship rocks back and forth.^{^[1]}

The terrors of this catastrophic event

Allah Almighty says in the Quran, in verses 1 and 2 of Sūrah al-Hajj:

اِنَّ زَلۡزَلَۃَ السَّاعَۃِ شَیۡءٌ عَظِیۡمٌ (۱)یَوۡمَ تَرَوۡنَہَا تَذۡھَلُ کُلُّ مُرۡضِعَۃٍ عَمَّاۤ اَرۡضَعَتۡ وَ تَضَعُ کُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمۡلٍ حَمۡلَہَا

The tremor of the Hour is a most severe thing. The Day you shall see it, every nursing woman will become oblivious to her suckling child, and every pregnant woman will miscarry her child,^{^[2]}

The final Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم explained:

When the earthquake takes place on the Day of Judgement, nursing women will forget the children drinking their milk, pregnant women will miscarry, and children will become old from terror. At that time, there will be chaos like never before. People will run from here to there, calling one another.^{^[3]}

Dear Islamic brothers, this is the unimaginable earthquake associated with the Day of Judgement. It will turn the entire universe upside down.

[1] Musnad Isˈḥāq b. Rāhwayh; Musnad Abī Hurayrah, vol. 1, p. 261, hadith 10 selected

[2] Al-Quran, part 17, Ḥajj, verses 1-2; translation from Kanz al-ʿIrfān

[3] Musnad Isˈḥāq b. Rāhwayh; Musnad Abī Hurayrah, vol. 1, p. 261, hadith 10

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