Allah the Exalted said,
[وَاسْتَمِعْ]
(And listen) `O Muhammad,'
[يَوْمَ يُنَادِ
الْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ]
(on the Day when the caller will call from a near place.) to the gathering
for the Day of Judgement,
[يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ
الصَّيْحَةَ بِالْحَقِّ]
(The Day when they will hear As-Sayhah in truth,) in reference to the blowing
in the Trumpet which will bring forth the truth that most of them discounted and
denied,
[ذَلِكَ يَوْمُ
الْخُرُوجِ]
(that will be the Day of coming out.) from the graves,
[إِنَّا نَحْنُ
نُحْىِ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا الْمَصِيرُ ]
(Verily, it is We Who give life and cause death; and to Us is the final
return.) Allah is He Who starts creation and then brings it back to life, and
the latter is easier for Him; to Him is the final return of all creations. At
this time, He will recompense each according to his or her deeds, good for good
and evil for evil. Allah the Exalted said,
[يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ
الاٌّرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعاً]
(On the Day when the earth shall be cleft, from off them (they will come out)
hastening forth.) Allah the Exalted and Most Honored will send down rain from
the sky. From that rain the bodies of the creations will grow while they are in
their graves, just as the seed grows in soil in the aftermath of rain. When the
bodies grow to their full strength, Allah the Exalted will command angel Israfil
and he will blow in the Trumpet (for a second time). The souls will be enclosed
in a hole in the Trumpet. When Israfil blows in the Trumpet, the souls will
depart from it and will fly between the heavens and earth. Allah the Exalted and
Most Honored, will declare, "By My grace and power, each soul shall return to
the body that it used to inhabit,'' and indeed, every soul will return to its
body. The soul will enter its body just as poison enters the body, then the
earth will be uncovered from above them, and they will all stand and head
towards the Reckoning place hastening to obey the command of Allah the Exalted
and Most Honored,
[مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى
الدَّاعِ يَقُولُ الْكَـفِرُونَ هَـذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ ]
(Hastening towards the caller. The disbelievers will say: "This is a hard
Day.'')(54:8), and
[يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ
فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً
]
(On the Day when He will call you, and you will answer (His Call) with (words
of) His praise and obedience, and you will think that you have stayed (in this
world) but a little while!) (17:52) In the Sahih, it is recorded that Anas said
that the Messenger of Allah said,
«أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ
تَنْشَقُّ عَنْهُ الْأَرْض»
(The earth will open up first around me.) Allah the Exalted and Most Honored
said,
[ذَلِكَ حَشْرٌ
عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ]
(That will be a gathering, quite easy for Us.) `bringing them back to life is
easy for Us and effortless.' Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said,
[وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ
إِلاَّ وَحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ ]
(And Our commandment is but one as the twinkling of an eye.)(54:50), and,
[مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ
وَلاَ بَعْثُكُمْ إِلاَّ كَنَفْسٍ وَحِدَةٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ ]
(The creation of you all and the resurrection of you all are only as of a
single person. Verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Seer.) (31:28)