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The Day of Changing of the earth and the heavensThe Day of Rising

We now look at the other names of the Day of Judgment which explain the attribute not in a single word but in a sentence.

The Day the skies will be rolled up:

Some of the names will tell us about the disasters that will occur near the Day of Judgment; some about the conditions of mankind and some are about the fate:

The term used above is among those attributes that are concerned with the events preceding the Qiyamah. Verse 104 of Surah Anbiya explains the rewards and punishments of the good doers and the evil doers and says:

“ On that day We will roll up the heavens as the written scroll is rolled up; just as We caused the first creation so will We start a new one; a promise binding on Us and verily We will do it.”

The words “Sijil” originates from “Sajal” which is like a big laden bucket and the contents of which have to be scattered after it is accumulated. This is why a big bucket is called “Sajal”. “Sijil” are those pages on which the meanings are inscribed and sometimes they are rolled up like a scroll. It is then that the term “Taiy Assijil” is used.

Some people feel that Sijil means the book that contains the orders for court and justice of disputes so Tasjeel is taken to mean to prove something. (1)

Anyway what the verse says literally is that at the end of this world near the Day of Judgment the skies will be rolled up as they were like a heap in the beginning. This is something that the modern knowledge (through science) is agreeable to and according to it the universe in the beginning was like a heap. Then for unknown reason it began to rotate on its axis and due to the force in the center its contents began to separate. The universe is still expanding but it is supposed that after reaching its ultimate end it will start reversing and then it will move swiftly towards the core. So the skies will be rolled up into a heap and this will be the end of this world.

Then a second movement will begin and new worlds and new skies will come into existence and a new universe will be arranged.

After this explanation there is no need to explain this verse symbolically though many commentators have tried to do so and it may be because this explanation was not evident in those times.

The rolling up of the skies does not mean that they will be totally destroyed and the material universe will cease to exist because Qura’n clearly states in many verses that mankind will rise out of the graves and the decayed bones will don the mantle of life. The dust of the decayed bodies will be gathered and a new life will begin.

 

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