A Little Shake-Up
مَالِكِ يوَْمِ الدِّينِ
“Master of the Day of Recompense”
Why does Allah choose the word “Maalik” [Master, Lord, sovereign]? This is
because any authority or power that was granted to creation in this life will be
neutralized completely then! All dominion and power will now belong to the
real King! In fact, no one can even utter a word or intercede for anyone else
until He permits it. There are two recitations for this word: Maaliki [from
ownership] and Maliki [from the sovereignty of a king] Two meanings to
demonstrate Allah’s sole and absolute control and authority on that dreaded
day:
“On the Day you see it every nursing
mother will be distracted from
that [child] she was nursing, and
every pregnant woman will abort
her pregnancy, and you will see the
people [appearing] intoxicated
while they are not intoxicated; but
the punishment of God is severe.”
يوَْمَ تَرَوْنهََا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّا أَرْضَعَتْ وَتَضَعُ
كُلُّ ذَاتِ حمَْلٍ حمَْلَهَا وَتَ رَى النَّاسَ سُكَارَى وَمَا هُمْ
بِسُكَارَى وَلَكِنَّ عَذَابَ اللَّهِ شَدِيدٌ
“When man will flee from his own
brother, and from his mother and
his father, and from his spouse and
his children.”
يوَْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ
On that day, the heavens will be “rolled up like written scrolls!” in “His
Right Hand” and the “trumpet will be sounded and all that are in the heavens
and the earth will fall senseless…” Who is left? The angel of the trumpet.
So Allah Almighty takes his soul. Who is left? No one. And Our Lord
calls, “To Whom does the dominion belong today?!” No answer. “To Whom
does the dominion belong today?!” No answer. “To Whom does the dominion
belong today?!” Dead silence. Allah finally answers Himself and declares,
“To Allah, The One, The Overpowering!”
Then “a second [trumpet] is sounded, when, behold, they will stand and look
on..” And the “earth will shine bright with the light of its Lord!” Your
“Lord stands, and His angels, rank upon rank! And Hell, on that day, is
brought face to face..” And the sun draws near above the heads, on a day the
length of which will be 50,000 years! How can we be saved from the horrors
of that day? The answer, coming up next.
In the meantime, let’s call upon these real images with “Maaliki Yaumi-Deen”.
As you recite it in your prayer, pause upon it for a while. These words should
not fall upon deaf ears and closed hearts, for a true Muslim’s heart always oscillates
between hope and fear. Hope for Allah’s mercy and fear of Allah’s
displeasure and punishment.
