What will happen on the Day of Judgment?

The short answer

The Horn will be blown and all in the heavens and earth will fall dead, except whom Allah wills; at a second blast all people will rise. They will be gathered before Allah, their records will be laid open, their deeds weighed with perfect justice, and Allah will speak to each person directly. Even an atom's weight of good or evil will be seen.

Evidence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Explanation

Resurrection. "The Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be standing, looking on" 1. The earth will shine with the light of its Lord, the record of deeds will be placed, prophets and witnesses brought, and judgment made "in truth, and they will not be wronged" 1.

The gathering. The Prophet ﷺ said people will be gathered "barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised". When Aisha asked whether men and women would look at each other, he said the situation would be too hard for them to pay attention to that 2. The Quran says a man will flee from his brother, his mother and father, his wife and children, because each has enough to worry about 3.

The records. People will say, "What is this book that leaves nothing small or great except that it has enumerated it?" and they will find what they did present before them; "your Lord does injustice to no one" 4. Limbs will testify: "their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify" 5.

The scales. "We place the scales of justice ... And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth" 6. "Whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it" 7.

Face to face with Allah. The Prophet ﷺ said every one of us will be spoken to by Allah "without there being an interpreter", and then added: save yourself from the Fire "even with one half of a date (to give in charity)" 8.

That last line is the practical lesson: no good deed is too small, so do not wait for big opportunities.

The evidence

  1. 1
    Quran Az-Zumar · 39:68–70

    The Horn is blown twice; the record is placed and people are judged in truth without being wronged.

    وَنُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۖ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيهِ أُخۡرَىٰ فَإِذَا هُمۡ قِيَامࣱ يَنظُرُونَ ۝٦٨ وَأَشۡرَقَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ بِنُورِ رَبِّهَا وَوُضِعَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ وَجِاْيٓءَ بِٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَٱلشُّهَدَآءِ وَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ۝٦٩ وَوُفِّيَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسࣲ مَّا عَمِلَتۡ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَفۡعَلُونَ ۝٧٠

    68 And the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be standing, looking on 69 And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord, and the record [of deeds] will be placed, and the prophets and the witnesses will be brought, and it will be judged between them in truth, and they will not be wronged 70 And every soul will be fully compensated [for] what it did; and He is most knowing of what they do

  2. 2
    Hadith Sahih al-Bukhari 6527
    Sahih Bukhari

    People will be gathered barefoot, naked and uncircumcised, too distressed to look at one another.

    Narrated `Aisha:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The people will be gathered barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised." I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Will the men and the women look at each other?" He said, "The situation will be too hard for them to pay attention to that

    العربية

    حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ أَبِي صَغِيرَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ تُحْشَرُونَ حُفَاةً عُرَاةً غُرْلاً ‏"‏ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الرِّجَالُ وَالنِّسَاءُ يَنْظُرُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ الأَمْرُ أَشَدُّ مِنْ أَنْ يُهِمَّهُمْ ذَاكِ ‏"‏‏.‏

  3. 3
    Quran Abasa · 80:34–37

    On that Day a man flees from his brother, parents, spouse and children.

    يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ ۝٣٤ وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ۝٣٥ وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ۝٣٦ لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ شَأۡنࣱ يُغۡنِيهِ ۝٣٧

    34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother 35 And his mother and his father 36 And his wife and his children 37 For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him

  4. 4
    Quran Al-Kahf · 18:49

    The record leaves nothing small or great unrecorded; Allah wrongs no one.

    وَوُضِعَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ فَتَرَى ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ مُشۡفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَٰوَيۡلَتَنَا مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةࣰ وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّآ أَحۡصَىٰهَاۚ وَوَجَدُواْ مَا عَمِلُواْ حَاضِرࣰ اۗ وَلَا يَظۡلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدࣰ ا ۝٤٩

    And the record [of deeds] will be placed [open], and you will see the criminals fearful of that within it, and they will say, "Oh, woe to us! What is this book that leaves nothing small or great except that it has enumerated it?" And they will find what they did present [before them]. And your Lord does injustice to no one

  5. 5
    Quran Yaseen · 36:65

    Mouths are sealed and hands and feet testify.

    ٱلۡيَوۡمَ نَخۡتِمُ عَلَىٰٓ أَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَتُكَلِّمُنَآ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَتَشۡهَدُ أَرۡجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ۝٦٥

    That Day, We will seal over their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify about what they used to earn

  6. 6
    Quran Al-Anbiyaa · 21:47

    The scales of justice bring forth even a mustard seed's weight.

    وَنَضَعُ ٱلۡمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلۡقِسۡطَ لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظۡلَمُ نَفۡسࣱ شَيۡـࣰٔ اۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثۡقَالَ حَبَّةࣲ مِّنۡ خَرۡدَلٍ أَتَيۡنَا بِهَاۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَٰسِبِينَ ۝٤٧

    And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant

  7. 7
    Quran Az-Zalzala · 99:6–8

    People will see every atom's weight of good and evil.

    يَوۡمَئِذࣲ يَصۡدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشۡتَاتࣰ ا لِّيُرَوۡاْ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ۝٦ فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرࣰ ا يَرَهُۥ ۝٧ وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةࣲ شَرࣰّ ا يَرَهُۥ ۝٨

    6 That Day, the people will depart separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds 7 So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it 8 And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it

  8. 8
    Hadith Sahih al-Bukhari 6539
    Sahih Bukhari

    Allah will speak to each person without an interpreter; protect yourself from the Fire even with half a date.

    Narrated `Adi bin Hatim:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There will be none among you but will be talked to by Allah on the Day of Resurrection, without there being an interpreter between him and Him (Allah) . He will look and see nothing ahead of him, and then he will look (again for the second time) in front of him, and the (Hell) Fire will confront him. So, whoever among you can save himself from the Fire, should do so even with one half of a date (to give in charity)

    العربية

    حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، حَدَّثَنِي الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَيْثَمَةُ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلاَّ وَسَيُكَلِّمُهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، لَيْسَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَبَيْنَهُ تُرْجُمَانٌ، ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ فَلاَ يَرَى شَيْئًا قُدَّامَهُ، ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَتَسْتَقْبِلُهُ النَّارُ، فَمَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَتَّقِيَ النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ ‏"‏‏.‏

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