What does belief in the Last Day mean?
Question: What does belief in the Last Day (al-Yawm al-璽khir) mean?
ANSWER
The fifth fundamental of 簾m璽n is the belief in the Last Day. The expression wal yawm-il 璽khir簾 wal-bathu bad-al mawt haqqun in the mantu teaches the belief in the Last Day and in the Resurrection after death.
This time begins on the day when a person dies and continues till the end of Doomsday. The reason it is called the Last Day is because there is no night to come after it, or because it comes after the world. The Day mentioned in this had簾th-i shar簾f is not like the day or night we know. It denotes some time. It was not made known when Doomsday will occur. No one could estimate its time. Nevertheless, our master the Prophet pointed out many of its harbingers and precedents:
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