Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
The Trumpet of the Last Day
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THE TRUMPET OF THE LAST DAY
Those who truly discover God become completely
changed people. Outwardly they appear like
anyone else, but inwardly they are quite different.
They live on a different level from others.
Such people live in the world, but are in the aura of
eternity. Everything in this world seems to them to
mirror eternity. They catch a glimpse of the
splendours of Paradise in the lustre of this
ephemeral world, but are reminded of the torment
of Hell when their experiences are bitter. Within the
framework of this world, they see a picture of
eternity. Life conveys to them the message of death.
The true believer is one who sees the world of
eternity within the present world. He lives as if the
realities of the next, unseen world were present
before him. Unbelievers will also see the next
world, but this will only be when all veils have been
torn asunder by the shrill noise of the trumpet
announcing the resurrection of man. Then, all
unseen realities will be visible to man. But man’s
vision will not profit him on that day, for it will be
