What is the meaning of the statement of Allah the Exalted: “The Day the earth will be changed into an earth other than it”?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, what is the meaning of the statement of Allah the Exalted: [Ibrahim 14:48]? Does it mean it is changed into an earth other than it?
The Shaykh : Yes, the earth is changed into an earth other than it in its attributes; it is a change of attribute, not a change of the entity itself.
The questioner : The earth itself?
The Shaykh : It is this same earth, but it changes; there will be no mountains or trees in it, no, that is right.
on the Day the earth will be replaced by another earth
يوم تبدل الأرض غير الأرضThe Shaykh : Yes, the earth is changed into an earth other than it in its attributes; it is a change of attribute, not a change of the entity itself.
The questioner : The earth itself?
The Shaykh : It is this same earth, but it changes; there will be no mountains or trees in it, no, that is right.