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'''Qiyama''' (Arabic: {{ia|القيامة}}) or '''Judgement Day''', according to Islamic teachings, is a day when, by the will of [[God]], all humans gather in the presence of God for reckoning of their deeds in this world. In the [[Qur'an]], 70 names and attributes are mentioned for it. Before that day, shocking happenings will take place on the earth and in the sky, which are known as [[Ashrat al-Sa'a]]. The Qur'an and [[hadith]]s emphasize that the time of the Judgement Day is not known to anyone but God.

==Precursors and Signs of Qiyama==

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==Time of Qiyama==

|Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His Light is a niche wherein is a lamp —the lamp is in a glass, the glass as it were a glittering star— lit from a blessed olive tree, neither eastern nor western, whose oil almost lights up, though fire should not touch it. Light upon light. Allah guides to His Light whomever He wishes. Allah draws parables for mankind, and Allah has knowledge of all things.  

Not having knowledge about its time as well as its sudden happening and its tremendousness makes it never considered far by people and they always await it and thus prepare themselves to be rescued then. This unawareness has a positive and constructive effect on education of people's souls, their attention to their responsibilities and avoiding sins.

==Place of Qiyama==

According to [[verse]]s of the Qur'an, on the Day of Judgement, all the dead suddenly and at once will be resurrected by the power of [[God]]. They exit the graves and gather in the Desert of Gathering and their deeds will be reckoned. The place of their attendance and reckoning is in an environment, the really of which is not clear to us. However, based on the glorious Qur'an, it is known that the sky and the earth change at that time. An environment (which is immaterial according to some views) is created in which Qiyama takes place and creatures gather in the presence of God. The glorious [[Qur'an]] points to this change of the earth and the sky as,

==Duration of Qiyama==

==Events in Qiyama==

In many [[verse]]s, the noble Qur'an has mentioned the way humans will be resurrected in Qiyama. Verse 68 of [[Qur'an 39]] says that with once blow in [[Israfil's horn]], all people will die except those [[God]] wishes who do not. Then, another time, there will be a blow in horn and everyone is resurrected at once and awaits reckoning.

 

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|And the Trumpet will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens will swoon and whoever is on the earth, except whomever Allah wishes. Then it will be blown a second time, behold, they will rise up, looking on!

|source= Quran 39:68}}

Some issues are important in reckoning of the deeds, which are:

*'''Questions in Qiyama''': Some issues will be questioned about in Qiyama, the Qur'an has mentioned some of them:

: * Material and spiritual blessings of [[God]];

: * Sinners will be asked about their ideological, practical and moral [[sin]]s

: * Polytheists will be asked about their treatment of the [[Prophets (s)]]

: * About the live-buried girls

: * About life

: * About properties

: * About deeds and manners

: * About the love of [[the Ahl al-Bayt (a)]]

"In Qiyama, no servant would take any step, but he would be asked about four things: how he spent his life; from where he gained his properties and in what way he spent it; about the actions he performed and about the love for us the Ahl al-Bayt (a)."

 

 

|Except the abased among men, women and children, who have neither access to any means nor are guided to any way.  

*'''Status of the insane''': insane ones have no responsibility as long as they have no sanity in this world and the power to recognize the truth and would not be questioned in the hereafter, because one of the requirements of performing obligation is sanity. In a [[hadith]], [[Imam al-Sadiq]] (a) said:

"In Qiyama, [[God]] will be harsh in reckoning of the servants' deeds relative to the level of intellect He bestowed upon them."

*'''Status of children and babies''': those who die in childhood before they have the power to distinguish the truth from the falsehood and their parents were Muslim, will join their parents and go to the [[paradise]].

|The faithful and their descendants who followed them in faith, We will make their descendants join them, and We will not stint anything from [the reward of] their deeds. Every man is a hostage to what he has earned.

The way the children whose parents are disbeliever will be treated it is not known to us; however, based on [[Shi'a]] beliefs and the verses of the glorious [[Qur'an]], they would not receive punishments; because, there would be any punishments if a person has received the message of God, while he has reached an age of responsibility and is sane and voluntarily opposes the order of God. Therefore, a person who dies in childhood has no [[obligation]] in the first place, so that he would go to [[hell]] for not observing them.

It is transmitted from [[Abu Dhar]] that one day they were in the presence of [[the Prophet (s)]] and in front of them two goats hit each other with their horns. The Prophet (s) asked his [[companions of the Prophet (s)|companions]], "do you know why they hit each other?" His companions answered, "No." The Prophet (s) said, "but, [[God]] knows why and soon will judge between them."

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All the actions a person does in his life are recorded somewhere, known as the Record of actions. It is so accurate and clear that no one can deny it.

Embodiment of actions means that whatever a person does in this world, will be represented in the next world in a form appropriate to that world. In other worlds, [[rewards]] and punishments, blessings and hardships are the reality of deeds people have done in this world and realized in the next world. Thus, an action a person does in this world has two forms; one worldly form which we see now and a hereafter form which we cannot see now. On the [[Day of Resurrection]], after some events, the hereafter truth of an action will be revealed and their worldly forms go away and bring about happiness or sadness to its doer. Thus, based on this opinion, the rewards for everyone's deeds will be the truth of his deeds.

On the Day of Judgement, when humans gather for reckoning of deeds and receiving rewards for them, beside the [[record of actions]], there are certain witnesses which witness our deeds and give [[testimony]] to them in the Desert of Gathering. According to religious texts, there are some witnesses for our deeds including:

|And say, 'Go on working', Allah will see your conduct, and His Apostle and the faithful [as well], and you will be returned to the Knower of the sensible and the Unseen, and He will inform you concerning what you used to do.

On the Day of Judgement, humans' actions will be measured with a certain means, not like the scales in this world. This measure refers to measuring and comparison of everyone's deeds using one model. Based on [[hadith]]s, scale in the hereafter refers to the deeds of the Prophets (a), [[Imams (a)]] and righteous ones and on the Judgement Day, peoples' deeds will be compared and measured with the deeds of these great personalities and will be considered as worthy as they are similar to their beliefs, attributes and deeds. [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] explained the scales in Qiyama saying, "The scale for measuring on that day is the Prophets (s) and their vicegerents." In another hadith, the scale in Qiyama is considered [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] and Imams (a) after him.

According to Islamic sources and texts, Sirat is the name of a bridge over the hell across from the [[paradise]], on which all the people pass. Righteous ones pass it swiftly and evildoers fall from it into the hell. In some hadiths, the speed of people in crossing the bridge depends on their [[faith]], sincerity and righteous deeds. The noble Prophet (s) described this bridge saying that, "over the hell, there is a bridge, thinner than a hair and sharper than a sword."

 

In another hadith, the Prophet (s) said, "in Qiyama, when Sirat is put up over the [[hell]], only those can cross it who have permission and the permission is the [[wilaya]] of 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a)."

* The material for this article is mainly taken from {{ia|[[:fa:قیامت|قیامت]]}} in Farsi Wikishia.

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