Qyamat Se Qyamat Tak (pronounced Kahyahmuth Say Kahyahmuth Thuk) is ranked to be one of the Top 25 must see Bollywood movies according to Indiatimes and recently I was listening to the song “Papa kehte hain” from this movie which brought back some fond memories of my school days. I have heard this song so many times when I was growing up, but it was only now that I really paid attention to the words which made me wonder.
Sung by the main character, the lyrics of the main part of this song goes as follows (and the English meaning is provided for readers who don’t know Hindi)
Papa kehte hain bada naam karega
(Daddy says that I will make a big name)
Beta hamara aisa kaam karega
(and will have a good career/job)
Magar yeh toh, kohi na jaane
(but this, no one really knows)
Ki mere manjil, hai kahan?
(as to where my future is)
What a pitiful state this is for those who hold that opinion, that no one really knows where one’s future is? Hold that thought!
The Hindi word Qayamat has its roots in the word Qiyamat which is a variant of the arabic word Qiyaamah. Qiyaamah means the day of Resurrection or the day of Judgment. Qiyaamah comes from the root word Qiyam which means ‘to stand’ and so Qayamat is the word used to describe the day of resurrection, the day of standing, the day of judgment. It is the day when everyone will be resurrected and stand before God to be judged.
The question that remains then is ‘ in what state will we all stand before God to be judged?’ Will it be as one whose future is not known or as one whose hope of the future is assured? The answer to this vital question is dependent on a choice that you and I make. A choice as to whether we respond to receive Jesus Christ, accepting and believing in Him or rebel against Him by rejecting Him. Those whose have taken the step to believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior will not have to worry about their future when they stand before Him, because Christ in them is the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27).
Qyamat Se Qayamat Tak would mean from the day of Judgment to the day of Judgment. From the day of Judgment when the God’s justice was placed on Jesus Christ as he was crucified for the salvation of all men and women to the day of Judgment when all men and women will be judged by THE ONE true Righteous Judge, Jesus Christ.
John 6:39 (KJV)
39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
Revelation 20:11-13 (KJV)
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
