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yawma tubaddalu l-ʾarḍu ghayra l-ʾarḍi wa-s-samāwātu wa-barazū li-llāhi l-wāḥidi l-qahhāri
The day when the earth is turned into another earth and the heavens [as well], and they are presented before Allah, the One, the All-paramount
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah ‘Ibrahim – Verse 48
48. “On the day when the earth shall be changed into other than the earth and (so will be) the heavens, and (all men) shall come forth before Allah, the One, the All-Dominant.”
The changing and the transformation of the earth on the Hereafter Day has been explained in a number of verses of the Qur’an. On that Day, a strong earthquake will take place; the mountains will be displaced and start moving and they will be softened like wool and cotton. It refers to the day when the earth will be turned into a soft piece of plain which is even. As the Qur’an says:
“And they ask you (O Apostle) about the mountains (on that Day). Say: ‘My Lord will uproot them and scatter them (as dust),’”
“Then He will leave them as a plain, smooth level;” 4
But, the transformation of the skies will take place with the setting off the sun and the rolling over of the skies. However, this existing system of existence has got a culmination point. Anyway, after destruction, everything will be reborn and renewed on that Day and man will step forward with some new conditions of the world, the conditions of which differ from these of this world, as regards its vastness, its blessings, its chastisements. And it is on that Day that one appears with all of his existence and with all of his possessions before the Allah Who is unique and Almighty.
The verse says:
“On the day when the earth shall be changed into other than the earth and (so will be) the heavens, and (all men) shall come forth before Allah, the One, the All-Dominant.”
Therefore, the attribute of Allah as ‘the All-Dominant’ signifies His domination over everything and His authority over what is inside and what exists in the outside of every single being.
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