The end of the material universe
The Qur’an has declared that the material universe would end when it is transformed into something new and different:
“One day the Earth will be transformed into a different Earth, and so too the Samawat (i.e. the other strata of space and time), and (men) will be marshalled forth before Allah, the One, the Irresistible.” (Qur’an, Ibrahim, 14:48)
At that time all human beings would be resurrected into a new life:
“Those who are bent on denying the truth say (unto all who are likeminded): Shall we point out to you a man who declares when you will have been scattered in countless fragments (after your death), you shall -lo and behold - be (restored to life) in a new creation?” (Qur’an, Saba, 34:7)
The Qur’an goes on to declare that on that day the Earth would speak and all secrets would be revealed:
"On that Day will she (i.e. the Earth) recount all her tidings". (Qur’an, Zilzal, 99:4)
Those ‘cattle’ who swallowed the lies that came out of radio, television, newspapers, and the British, American and Israeli Governments concerning the identity of those responsible for the September 11th terrorist attack on America (the number of people who swallowed those lies keeps on decreasing), would be horribly surprised on that day when the Earth speaks and reveals the identity of those who planned and executed that terrorist attack, as well as others in London, Madrid, Mumbai, etc., i.e. the Israeli Mossad, American CIA and others that assisted them. The innocent Muslims who have been targeted, persecuted, terrorized and tortured in Guantanamo, Abu Gharib and other such state-of-the-art institutions of torture and slaughtered in unjust wars launched as a result of such terrorist attacks, would not be surprised on the day when the earth speaks, nor when the true and complete story of the Jewish ‘six million’ holocaust in Europe is told.
The moment when the material universe ends would come upon mankind suddenly:
“And Allah’s (alone) is the knowledge of the hidden reality of the Samawat and the Earth. And so, the advent of the Last Hour will but manifest itself (in a single moment) like the twinkling of an eye, or closer still: for, behold, Allah has the power to will anything.” (Qur’an, al-Nahl, 16:77)
Prophet Muhammad has described the suddenness of that moment in the following Hadith:
“The Hour will be established while two men are spreading a piece of cloth in front of them (in order to do some business) but they will neither be able to sell, nor fold it up (before the Hour overtakes them); and the Hour will be established when a man has milked his she-camel and taken away the milk but he will not be able to drink it (before the Hour overtakes him); and the Hour will be established while a man would be repairing a tank (for his livestock to drink water) but they will be not be able to do so (before the Hour overtakes them); and the Hour will be established when a person has raised a morsel (of food) to his mouth but will not be able to eat it (before the Hour overtakes him)." (Sahih Bukhari)
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger as saying: The Last Hour would come (so sudden) that a person would be milking the she-camel and the (milk) would not reach the brim of the vessel that the Last Hour would come while two persons would be engaged in buying and selling of the clothes and their bargain would not be struck before the Last Hour would come, and someone would be fixing his tank in order to provide water for his animals and he would have hardly set it right when the Last Hour would come.” (Sahih Muslim)
