إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًۭا قَمْطَرِيرًۭا
Innaa nakhaafu mir Rabbinna Yawman 'aboosan qamtareeraa
Indeed, We fear from our Lord a Day austere and distressful."
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76:10Ayah 131
2 ayahs in Al-Insaan are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.
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Indeed we fear from our Lord a day of frowning one in which faces scowl in other words a horrid day to observe on account of its severity calamitous’ severe in that respect.
Related Hadiths
“And it is Marfu` in our view.” (He said): “The Day when all mankind will stand before the Lord of all that exists. They will be standing in their sweat up to the middle of their ears.” (Sahih) This Hadith is
Hasan Sahih.
(Another chain) from the Prophet SAW with similar meaning.
"We entered upon Anas bin Malik. We complained to him about what we were experiencing from Al-Hajjaj. So he said: 'There will not be a year, except that the one that is after it will be more evil than it, until you meet your Lord. I heard this from your Prophet(s.a.w)."'
"The Messenger of Allah (saas) used to teach us this supplication just as he would teach us a Surah from the Qur'an: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min 'adhabi jahannam, wa a'udhu bika min 'adhabil-qabr, wa a'udhu bika min fitnatil-masihil-dajjal, wa a'udhu bika min fitnatil-mahya wal-mamat (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the torment of Hell, and I seek refuge with You from the torment of the grave, and I see refuge with you from the tribulation of False Christ, and I seek refuge with You from the trials of life and death).'"
You know that we used to perform Tamattu' with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), whereupon he said: It is right, but we entertained fear.
“Indeed, fear of people should not prevent a man from speaking
the truth, if he knows it.”
Then Abu Sa'eed wept and said: "By Allah, we have seen things that made us scared (and we did not speak up)."
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