Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judgment Day & Final Reckoning
The belief in a final divine accounting — when all deeds are weighed and ultimate justice is rendered — shapes moral behavior and eschatological hope across traditions. Whether at the end of time or at the moment of death, judgment is the great equalizer.
Across the World's Religions
Christianity
- Practice
- Last Judgment — Christ as judge of the living and the dead
- Key Text
- Matthew 25:31-46; Revelation 20:11-15; 2 Corinthians 5:10
Islam
- Practice
- Yawm al-Qiyamah — Day of Judgment; weighing of deeds
- Key Text
- Quran 21:47, 99:7-8, 101:6-11
Judaism
- Practice
- Yom HaDin — Day of Judgment; Rosh Hashanah as annual judgment
- Key Text
- Daniel 7:9-10; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Rosh Hashanah 16a
Hinduism
- Practice
- Yama — lord of death judges souls; karmic reckoning
- Key Text
- Katha Upanishad 1.1; Bhagavad Gita 9:32; Garuda Purana
Buddhism
- Practice
- Yama as mirror of karma; no external judge, karma itself adjudicates
- Key Text
- MN 130 (Devaduta Sutta); AN 3.36