Approaching the West — Page 193
A pproaching the West—193 day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds? (83:5-7) When the heaven bursts asunder, and gives ear to her Lord—and this is incumbent upon her—and when the earth is spread out, and casts out all that is in her, and becomes empty; and gives her ear to her Lord—and this is incumbent upon her. (84:2-6) The Creator and the Destroyer is the One Say, ‘It is All ā h Who gives you life, and then causes you to die: then He will gather you together unto the day of Resurrection (Yaum al-Qiy ā mah) about which there is no doubt. But many people know it not. (45:27) Again, the Holy Qur’ ā n declares: It is All ā h Who created you in a state of weakness, and after weakness gave strength, caused weakness and old age. He creates what He pleases. He is All-Knowing, the All- Powerful. And on the day when the Hour shall arrive, the guilty will swear that they tarried not save an hour—thus were they turned away from the right path. But those who are given knowledge and faith will say, ‘You have indeed tarried according to the Book of All ā h, till the Day of Resurrection [Yaum al-Ba‘th]. And this