ABSTRACT
the “last day” is a basic article of Islamic faith, along with “God, His angels, His Books, and His Messengers” (Quran IV, 136; cf. II, 177). The Quran discusses what occurs after death in a detail unparalleled by other scriptures, and the Ḥadīth literature on the subject is voluminous. Hence, scholastic theologians, philosophers, and Sufis—not to speak of Quran commentators—all made eschatology one of their principal concerns.
