يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
Yawma takoonus samaaa'u kalmuhl
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
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Day of Judgment
70:8Ayah 144
6 ayahs in Al-Ma'aarij are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.
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The day when the heaven will be yawma takūnu’l-samā’u is semantically connected to an omitted clause implicitly taken to be yaqa‘u ‘it will take place’ as molten silver
Related Hadiths
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The sun and the moon will be folded up (deprived of their light) on the Day of
Resurrection."
from the Prophet regarding Allah’s saying: Like Al-Muhl – he said: “Like boiling oil, such that when it is brought close to one’s face the skin of his face will fall off into it.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: At the end of time there will be people who will use this black dye like the crops of doves who will not experience the fragrance of Paradise.
I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) as saying: On the Day of Resurrection, the sun would draw so close to the people that there woum be left only a distance of one mile. Sulaim b. Amir said: By Allah, I do not know whether he meant by" mile" the mile of the (material) earth or dn instrument used for applying collyrium to the eye. (The Prophet is, however, reported to have said): The people would be submerged in perspiration according to their deeds, some up to their. knees, Some up to the waist and some would have the bridle of perspiration and, while saying this, Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) pointed his hand towards his mouth.
it contains greasiness.
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