الحشر
al-Ḥashr
The resurrection and the bringing together of all people to receive judgment.
What it means
Al-ḥashr is the gathering of all humankind on the Day of Resurrection. The word means to assemble. The Quran says that every creature will be brought before the Lord: “To their Lord they will be gathered” (6:38). A scene of the day reads: “We shall gather them, and We shall not leave out any of them” (18:47). Surah 99 describes the earth shaking and people coming forth to be shown their deeds.
Surah 59 bears the name al-Ḥashr because of its mention of the expulsion of a tribe in Medina, which it calls “the first gathering” (59:2). On the Day, people will stand before God for the reckoning of their deeds, which is called al-ḥisāb. The gathering is a prelude to judgment, and it is one of the matters of the Last Day that Muslims affirm as part of belief in the Hereafter.
Often misunderstood as
Rendered “resurrection” alone; the term stresses the assembling of all people before God.
Term and Arabic as listed in Ismail al Faruqi, Toward Islamic English (International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1995), p. 29, listed as AL ḤASHR. The definition is restated here.