The Blowing of the Trumpet or the Interlude to the day of the doom:
وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيهِ أُخْرَى فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنْظُرُونَ.
“And the trumpet shall be blown, so all those that are in the heavens and all those that are in the earth shall swoon, except such as Allah please; then it shall be blown again, then lo! They shall stand up, awaiting. 39:68”
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَلَا أَنسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَاءَلُونَ. فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمْ الْمُفْلِحُونَ. وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُوْلَئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ فِي جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدُونَ.
“So when the trumpet is blown, there shall be no ties of relationship between them on that day, nor shall they ask of each other. Then as for him whose good deeds are preponderant, these are the successful. And as for him whose good deeds are light these are they who shall have lost their souls, abiding in hell. 23:101-103”
وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُمْ مِنْ الْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ. قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا مَنْ بَعَثَنَا مِنْ مَرْقَدِنَا هَذَا مَا وَعَدَ الرَّحْمَانُ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ.
“And the trumpet shall be blown, when lo! From their graves they shall hasten to their Lord. They shall say: O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping-place? This is what the Beneficent God promised and the apostles told the truth. 36:51-52”
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ فَذَلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ .
“For when the trumpet is sounded, That, at that time, shall be a difficult day, For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 74:8-10”
Thus when the trumpet is blown all the dead come to life and both the good and the bad ones run to God’s presence to get their rewards or chastisement.
فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَحْشُرَنَّهُمْ وَالشَّيَاطِينَ ثُمَّ لَنُحْضِرَنَّهُمْ حَوْلَ جَهَنَّمَ جِثِيًّا.
“So by your Lord! We will most certainly gather them together and the Shaitans, then shall we certainly cause them to be present round hell on their knees. 19:68”
The Redeemer Acts on the Doomsday
قالَ رسُولُ اللهِ 4: ثَمَنُ الجَنَّةِ ا إلهَ إلا اللهُ.
The Prophet (s) has stated: The price of the paradise is the expression لا اله الا الله [There is no God except Allah( The Rewards for actions, P 14).
For sure, anybody who expreese “لا اله الا الله” with recognition should receive the paradise, since this expression nullifies aggression shaitan, very self, instincts and wrong lusts. This expression equals the prayers, hajj, alms, one fifth of one’s possession (khoms), directing others to do what is lawful and prohibiting them to get involved in evils. Any speaker who wholeheartedy uses this expression shall get the paradise as a reward. It is for this reason that the Prophet (s) has brought up this issue in another narration:
لَيْسَ شَئٌ إلاّ وَلَه شئٌ يَعْدِلُهُ إلاّ اللهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ، فَإنَّهُ لا يَعْدِلُهُ شَئٌ؛ وَلا إلهَ إلاّ اللهُ، فَإنَّهُ لا يَعْدِلُها شئٌ؛ وَدَمْعَةٌ مِن خَوفِ اللهِ، فَإنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَها مِثْقالَ، فَإنْ سالَتْ عَلى وَجهِهِ لَمْ يَرْهَقْهُ قَتَرٌ وَلا ذِلّةٌ بَعْدَها أبَداً.
For everything in this world there is a parellel except for the following three items:
Firstly, for the sacred Being of Allah;
Secondly, the expression لا إله إلا الله for which there is no tone (of course speech should go side by side with actions مَن ثَقُلَت مَوازينُهُ).
Thirdly, the tears which come to eyes due to our fright from God. Any face which receives this kind of tears shall receive no misery(The Rewards for actions, P 14).
The Holy Quran, Nobovvat (belief in the Prophethood), Imamate (belief in the Imams), Faith in the Prophets, belief in the angels, good deeds, good morals, right ideas are all dependent over the expression “لا اله الا الله”. Any body who uses this elegant expression with cognizance shall receive the paradise as a reward; or else nasty figures such as Shemr, Omar Sa’ad, Moavieh, Yazid, Khali and Senan used to employ this expression only with their tongues, not deep inside.
One of te bases for Monotheism is the expression “لا اله الا الله”. It is for this reason that the Prophet (s) has stated:
خَيرُ العِبادَةِ قَولُ لا اِلهَ إلاّ اللهُ
“The best kind of worship and prayer is the use of “لا اله الا الله”.( The Rewards for actions, P 16).
In one section of a lengthy narration, we will read: The Prophet (s) told people: O crowd of people, Those of you who use the expression “لا اله الا الله” with true belief without mingling anything with it will meet God and will receive the paradise as a reward. Now Imam Ali (s) rose and said, how could a believer use this expression and how should he stop mixing anything with it? The Prophet (s) answered: He should not use this expression in order to gain financial reward, to engage in wrong-doing, to enslave himself, or to involve in serfdom. Unfortunately, there are some people whose sayings are those of the well-wishers but whose actions are those of the devils. They use this expression orally but will not stop performing any crime.
Thus belief and action should go hand in hand, they should be harmonious. Or else, mere saying of it will not solve any problem.
عَن أبي عَبْدِاللهِ A قالَ: مَنْ قالَ لا إله إلاّ اللهُ مُخْلِصاً دَخَلَ الجَنَّةَ وَإخلاصُهُ بِها أنْ يَحْجِزَهُ لا إلهَ إلاّ اللهُ عَمّا حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ.
The sixth Imam (s) has said: Anybody who uses the expression “لا إله إلا الله” with sincerity shall obtain the paradise. His sincerity here is taken to mean the avoidance of engaging in wrong acts([1] The Rewards for actions, P 19).
In his trip to Neishabor, in the well-famed narration of Selselatol Zahab, the eighth Imam (s) narrates from his ancestors narrating from the Prophet (s):
لا إلهَ إلاّ اللهُ حِصْني، فَمَنْ دَخَلَ حِصْني أمِنَ مِنْ عَذابي فَلَمّا مَرَّتِ الرّاحِلَةُ نادى: بِشُرُوطِها، وَأنا مِنْ شُرُوطِها.
“The expression “لا إله إلا الله” is my strong fortification. Anybody who enters this stronghold is immune from punishment. When his palfry started to move, he added: Of course all this depends on certain conditions and I am one of those conditions.”( [1] The Rewards for actions, P 22).
This simply means a confession that I am the true Imam, not the Bani Abbass governors. The expression “لا اله الا الله” has meaning next to our velayat, not next to the Bani Abbass governors who use this expression without meaning it.
The Names of the Doomsday
The Doomsday is a strange day. It is when all come together. It is when all records and files will be judged impartially. It is when every body should go on trial and receive his or her punishment if they deserve it. It is when every one has to cross the Sarat. It is the day which leads to paradise for the believers and to hell for the unbelievers. That day has got different names based on people’s ideas. Feiz Kashany, in his Al-Mahajjah al-Baydhaa, refers to these names and has asked everbody to pay attention to these names wholeheartedly. He has asked us to study our status with regards to these names and take our lessons. Here are those names, each one of which has got a mystery inside it.
(يوم القيامة، يوم الحسرة، يوم الندامة، يوم المحاسبة، يوم المسألة، يوم المسابقة، يوم المناقشة، يوم المنافسة، يوم الزلزلة، يوم الدمدمة، يوم الصاعقة، يوم الواقعة، يوم القارعة، يوم الراجفة، يوم الرادفة، يوم الغاشية، يوم الداهية، يوم الآزفة، يوم الحاقّة، يوم الطامّة، يوم الصاخّة، يوم الطلاق، يوم الفراق، يوم المساق، يوم القصاص، يوم التناد، يوم الحساب، يوم المآب، يوم العذاب، يوم الفرار، يوم القرار، يوم اللقاء، يوم البقاء، يوم القضاء، يوم الجزاء، يوم البلاء، يوم البكاء، يوم الحشر، يوم الوعيد، يوم العرض، يوم الوزن، يوم الحقّ، يوم الحكم، يوم الفصل، يوم الجمع، يوم البعث، يوم الفتح، يوم الخزي، يومٌ عظيم، يومٌ عقيم، يومٌ عسير، يوم الدين، يوم اليقين، يوم النشور، يوم المصير، يوم النفخة، يوم الصيحة، يوم الرجفة، يوم الرجّة، يوم الزجرة، يوم السكرة، يوم الفزع، يوم الجزع، يوم المنتهى، يوم المأوى، يوم الميقات، يوم المعاد، يوم المرصاد، يوم القلق، يوم العرق، يوم الافتقار، يوم الانكدار، يوم الانتشار، يوم الانشقاق، يوم الوقوف، يوم الخروج، يوم الخلود، يوم الوعيد، يوم التغابن، يومٌ عبوس، يومٌ معلوم، يومٌ موعود، يومٌ مشهود، يوم لاريب فيه، يوم تبلى السرائر، يوم لا تجزي نفسٌ عن نفسٍ شيئا، يوم تشخص في الأبصار، يوم لا يغني ملوى عن مولى شيئا، يوم لا تملك نفس لنفس شيئا، يوم يُدعون الى نار جهنم دعّا، يوم يسحبون في النار على وجوههم، يوم تقلب وجوههم في النار، يوم لا يجزي والد عن ولده شيئا، يوم هم بارزون، يوم هم على النار يُفتَنون، يوم لا ينفع مال و لا بنون، يوم لاينفع الظالمين معذرتهم ولهم اللعنة ولم سوء الدار، يم ترد فيه المعاذير، يوم تخشع فيه الأبصار وتسكن الأصوات، و يقل فيه الإلتفات، و تبرز الخفيات و تظهر الخطيئات و الخبيثات، يوم يساق العباد ومعهم الأشهاد ويشيب الصغير، ويسكر الكبير، فيومئذٍ وُضِعت الموازين، ونشرت الدواوين، وبُرِّزت الجحيم، وأُعلي بالحميم، وزفرت النار، ويئس الكفار، وسُعِّرت النيران، و تغيرت الألوان، وخرس اللسان، ونطقت جوارح الإنسان، فـ”يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ!”).
Regarding these names and attributes, on that day, everybody will be treated in accordance with what he or she has done. If they have gone the right direction they will receive their rewards; otherwise, they will end up in the hell. Now it is the time to refer to some of rewards for good deeds and some of the punishments for the evil acts.