The Blowing Of The Trumpet

Towards the end of that period, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, Most Hight, will order the Angel Israfeel عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام to blow the Soor or the Trumpet. This will mark the beginning of the Day of Judgment. Initially, the sound of the Soor will be mild and gradually it will increase to become intensely loud. At this time people will be busy with their daily chores. On hearing the resounding sound of the Soor, all of them will fall unconscious and die. This deafening sound of the Soor will prove a death-knell for the entire universe. Everything in existence: the earth, heavens, the sun, the moon, star, mountains, human beings, the Angels including Israfeel عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام and his Soor will vanish into non-existence. There will exist nothing except Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, the Almighty. On that day Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, the Almighty, will say, "For whom is the Kingdom today?" There will be none to answer. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will then Himself declare, "It is Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, the One, the Prevailing."

There will be an interval of forty years between the first and the secound blowing of the trumpet. At the first blowing, the world with all its natural phenomena will be destroyed and there will remain nothing but Almighty Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. The events that will occur at the time of the first blowing have been described in the Holy Quran:

فَاِذَاالنُّجُوْمُ طُمِسَتْ۝وَاِذَاالسَّمَاْءُفُرِجَتْ۝وَاِذَاالْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ۝

"So when the stars are extinguished. And when Heaven is split. And when the mountains are blown away as dust."[77:8-10]

فَاِذَانُفِخَ فِی الصُّوْرِنَفْخَۃٌ وَّاحِدَۃٌ۝وَّحُمِلَتِ الْاَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُکَّتَادَکَّۃً وَّاحِدَۃً۝فَیَوْمَئِذِِوَّقَعَتِالْوَاقِعَۃُ۝ وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُفَھِیَ یَوْمَئِذِِوَّاھِیَۃٌ۝

"And when the trumpet is blown instantly. And the earth and the mountains are being crushed after lifting up all at one. That is the day when the inevitable event will occur. And the heaven will cleave asunder, then on that day it will be in a miserable condition." [69:13-16]

فَاِذَانُقِرَفِی النَّاقُوْرِ۝فَذٰلِکَ یَوْمَئِذِِیَّوْمٌ عَسِیْرٌ۝عَلَی الْکٰفِرِیْنَ غَیْرُیَسِیْرِِ۝

"For when the trumpet shall be blown. That day is then a harsh day. For the infidels it is not easy." [74:8-10]

وَنُفِخَفِی الصُّوْرِفَصَعِقَ مَنْ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَنْ فِی الْاَرْضِ اِلَّامَنْ شَآءَاللہُ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِیْہِ اُخْرٰی فَاِذَاھُمْ قِیَامٌ یَّنْظُرُوْنَ۝

And the trumpet shall be blown, then whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth will collapse but whom Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) wills, then it shall be blown for the second time, henceforth they shall stand looking on." [39:68]