The Islamic perspective on the necessity of the day of judgement

This paper addresses the important question of the necessity of the day of Judgement from an Islamic perspective. This is a theological question which is correlated with many other important questions in theology and philosophy, namely, the question of free will, the necessity of the existence of evil, and the relationship between God and his sentient creatures (primarily humans). We shall start with an introductory section which briefly overviews some of the necessary terminology to understand the context of the question. Next, we shall address the question of free will, determinism, and existence of evil. Given the vastness of each of these topics, we shall delve into them, purely from the focus of explicating the necessity of the day of judgement. We shall finally address the Islamic perspective on this matter at the very end to make sure that the reader has a complete overview on the subject before delving into the focus of this article. If you (the reader) feel confident enough to skip this necessary albeit detailed preamble, then you are welcome to do so. However, we shall recommend the readers to go through the entire article in detail to build an informed opinion.