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The Gathering Place

المحشر

The Gathering Place in Qur'an and Sunnah: the place where people are gathered on the Day of Resurrection for reckoning — a single expanse where faces are white or black, and people are gathered on foot in ranks.

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Afterlife and eschatology

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The Gathering Place is mentioned in Qur'an and Sunnah as the place where people are gathered on the Day of Resurrection for reckoning: a single expanse where faces turn white or black, and people are gathered on foot in ranks. It is one of the greatest stations of the Day, where God gathers His creation to present them for reckoning, and the terror there is beyond description.

People and things also explored

The Gates of Paradise· The terrors of the Day· Islamic eschatology· The display and standing before God· Al-barzakh· The Beast of the Earth· The Smoke· The Greatest Terror

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
  • Sahih al-Bukhari
  • Sahih Muslim
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