Foundations & Terms
What is Akhirah?
This Arabic word means ‘the Last’ or ‘the End’ and refers to the life after death
Who is Isrāfīl?
This angel will blow the trumpet to signal the Resurrection (first and second blows).
What is Jannah
The believers will see Allah in the Hereafter in this blessed place.
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What is As-Sāʿah?
This term means “the Hour” and refers to the moment when life on Earth ends.
Who is Al-Dajjāl?
This false messiah will appear before the end times, spreading deception and claiming divinity.
What is As-Sirāṭ?
This bridge leads to Paradise and only the righteous will cross it safely.
What is the first thing that will be judged on the day of judgement?
Salah/prayer
What is Shafāʿah
This concept allows prophets or righteous people to intercede on behalf of sinners on Judgement Day
What does the west have to do with the day of judgement?
Before the final trumpet, this major sign involves the rising of the sun from this direction
What is Al-Ḥawḍ?
This term means “the pool” and refers to the special fountain of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) where the believers will drink before entering Paradise.
What is the Book of Deeds?
According to the Qur’an (Surah Al-Haqqah), this item will be placed on the right hand of the successful and on the left of the doomed.
What is Yawm al-Fasl?
This name of the Last Day literally means ‘the Day of Separation’
Who are Munkar and Nakīr?
Before resurrection, the dead are questioned in the grave by these two angels asking ‘Who is your Lord?’, ‘What is your religion?’, and ‘Who is your prophet?
What is Al-Jaḥīm?
This Qur’anic term means “the blazing fire” and refers to Hell in vivid imagery.
The Prophet ﷺ said that on the Day of Judgment, a person will not move from their place until they are asked about four things: their life, their knowledge, their youth, and this.
their wealth — how they earned it and how they spent it
What is Yawm al-Ḥisāb (Day of Reckoning)?
This name for the Last Day emphasizes the weighing or reckoning of deeds
What are the 5 Signs of the Hour
the splitting of the moon, widespread moral decay, the appearance of false prophets, and many others.
What are the Scales (Mīzān)?
On Judgment Day, people’s deeds will be weighed on these.
The Prophet ﷺ said that on the Day of Judgment, the Qur’an will come as an intercessor for this type of person, raising their rank and honoring them and their parents.
ḥāfiẓ (someone who memorized and lived by the Qur’an)?