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The trumpet is an añafil, adopted from the Muslim nafir by Christians after the two sides fought in the Reconquista and crusades. With the sounding of the second trumpet, something described as "a great mountain burning with fire" plunges into the sea and turns a third of the oceans to blood.
Israfil (Arabic: إِسْـرَافِـيْـل, ʾIsrāfīl) or Israfel [1] is the angel who blows the trumpet to signal Qiyamah (the Day of Judgment) in Islam. [2] Though unnamed in the Quran, he is one of the four archangels in Islamic tradition, along with Michael, Gabriel, and Azrael. [1]
Alheng, a prince of the righteous jinn during the reign of Solomon. [7] (Genie) Amir, jinn dwelling in houses. (Genie) Angel, heavenly spirit created out of light or fire. [8] (Angel) Artiya'il, the angel who removes grief and depression from the children of Adam. [9] (Angel) Arina'il, guardian angel of the third heaven. [10] (Angel)
In Arabic, būq is a term used for conical horns, whether curved or straight and regardless of the construction material, including shell, bone, ivory, wood and metal. [10] [11] This is important because in Islamic areas, būq could mean a number of different instruments, including the būq al-nafir (horn of battle). [11]
Image from a Falnama from India, created around 1610-1630, depicting the Last Judgement, Israfil on the top with a trumpet, a div below with a torch, the taqalan (ins and jinn) waiting to pass the Sirat Bridge to the afterlife with sinners falling off into hell filled with snakes, and the souls of the believers above in heaven.
Al-Ḥāqqah (Arabic: الحاقة) is the 69th chapter of the Qur'an with 52 verses ().There are several English names under which the surah is known. These include “The Inevitable Hour”, “The Indubitable”, “The Inevitable Truth”, and “The Reality”.
Since this still lacks scientific confirmation, rampant speculation continues about potential extra-terrestrial theories for these "trumpet noises." But don't count NASA as a UFO-doubter just yet.
The Sidrat al-Muntaha (Arabic: سِدْرَة ٱلْمُنْتَهَىٰ, romanized: Sidrat al-Muntahā, lit. 'Lote Tree of the Farthest Boundary') in Islamic theology is a large lote or sidr tree ( Ziziphus spina-christi ) [ 1 ] that marks the utmost boundary in the seventh heaven , where the knowledge of the angels ends.