Second: Belief in the Last Day
Introduction
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Second: Belief in the Last Day:
It is called “the Last Day” because it comes after this worldly life. Both reason and innate nature testify to it, just as every revealed scripture has explicitly affirmed it and every prophet and messenger has proclaimed it. Allah has spoken of it in His Noble Book, furnished unmistakable proofs for it, and rebutted its deniers in most chapters of the Qur’an.

Affirming the Lord’s existence is universal among the children of Adam; it is part of their innate disposition. All acknowledge the Lord—except one who stubbornly resists, like Pharaoh. Belief in the Last Day, however, is different, for many people deny it.

Because Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Seal of the Prophets, and because he and the Hour were “sent like these two”—indicating his index and middle fingers—he clarified the details of the Hereafter in a manner unmatched by any of the earlier prophetic scriptures.

The proofs for resurrection in the Noble Qur’an take various forms. At times, Allah relates the stories of those whom He caused to die and then revived in this world—such as the people of Moses who said, “Show us Allah openly,” whereupon He said, “So the thunderbolt struck you while you were looking on; then …”