Transliteration:( Yawma tubaddalul ardu ghairal ardi wassamaawaatu wa barazoo lillaahil Waahidil Qahhaar )
48. The Day when the earth will be replaced by another earth, and the heavens [106], and all will stand before Allah, the One, the Dominant [107].
(Kanzul Imaan Translation)
On the Day of Qiyamah, the first transformation will occur in the sky and the earth:
The earth will become a vast plain, without valleys, caves, or mountains.
The sky will take a completely new form. As referenced in the Qur'an:
It may become like red leather (dihaan) – resembling molten oil sediments.
The stars will lose their light, and the sky will crack or fold.
Before the second trumpet (Sur), this transformation begins.
At the time of Reckoning, the earth will turn into pure silver, and the heavens into gold, according to hadith reports.
These descriptions reflect different phases of the transformation, thus there's no contradiction in the narrations.
All human beings will rise from their graves and gather in the Field of Resurrection.
They will stand before Allah, the One (Al-Waahid) and the Irresistible (Al-Qahhaar).
The phrase reinforces that although Allah sees everything even today, this standing will be formal, and no one will be hidden or exempt from His judgment.
The tafsir of Surah Ibrahim verse 48 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Ibrahim ayat 47 which provides the complete commentary from verse 47 through 48.
(14:48) (Do warn them of the) Day when the heavens and the earth shall be altogether changed;[57] when all will appear fully exposed before Allah, the One, the Irresistible!
57. It is obvious from this verse and some hints in the Quran that on the occasion of Resurrection, the Earth and the Heavens will not be totally destroyed but at the blowing of the First Trumpet, the existing physical system shall be disarranged. After this, between the blowing of the First and the Last Trumpet (Allah alone knows how long this interval will last), the present form and aspect of the earth and the heavens shall be transformed and a new physical system with new physical laws will come into existence. That will be the world of the Hereafter. When the Last Trumpet will be blown, all human beings from Adam to those born before the First Trumpet, shall be brought to life and appear before Allah. The Quran calls this Hashr which literally means “to muster and gather together”. It appears from the wording of the Quran and some clear statements in the traditions that this will take place on this Earth. The Seat of Judgment and the Scales will be established on the Earth and the decisions will be passed here. This is also clear from the Quran and the traditions that the life in the Hereafter will not merely be a spiritual life but the very physical and spiritual life which we are living now on this earth; and every individual shall receive his reward or punishment exactly in that personality in which he or she is living in the life of this world. 4
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