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The names of the Day of Resurrection

أسماء يوم القيامة

The Day carries many Qur'anic names, all describing it: yawm al-qiyama, yawm al-din, yawm al-ba'th, yawm al-nushur, yawm al-hashr, yawm al-fasl, yawm al-hisab, yawm al-talaq, yawm al-taghabun, yawm al-hasra, yawm al-wa'id, yawm al-jam', yawm al-qarar, al-Haqqa, al-Qari'a, al-Sakhkha, al-Ghashiya, al-Azifa and al-Waqi'a 1.

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Overview

The Day of Resurrection carries many names in the Qur'an and Sunnah, each naming a face of it 1.

The Qur'anic names

Among them: yawm al-qiyama the first mention, yawm al-din Master of the day of religion, yawm al-fasl the day of sorting, yawm al-talaq the day of meeting, yawm al-taghabun the day of mutual loss, yawm al-hasra the day of remorse, yawm al-jam' the day of gathering, yawm al-wa'id the day of the threat. And the names born of its terror: al-Haqqa, al-Qari'a, al-Sakhkha, al-Ghashiya, al-Azifa and al-Waqi'a 1 2 3.

People and things also explored

Al-barzakh· The Basin (al-Hawd) of the Prophet on the Day of Resurrection· The Reckoning· The major signs of the Hour· The rivers of Paradise· The causes that remove punishment for sins· The Throne-Bearers· The endings of deeds (khawatim)

Sources

  1. Tafsir Ibn Kathir
  2. al-Mufhim li-ma Ashkala min Talkhis Kitab Muslim, vol. 7
  3. Tafsir al-Jalalayn in the margin of the Mushaf in the Uthmani script, with al-Suyuti's Lubab al-Nuqul fi Asbab al-Nuzul (Dar al-Ma'rifa, Beirut)
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islam.museum contributors. “The names of the Day of Resurrection”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/asma-yawm-al-qiyama/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-12.

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The barrier between this world and the next in which souls remain until the day they are raised; in it are the grave's bliss and its punishment as the texts report.