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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Manazel Al-akherah Chapter -v- Coming Out of the Grave The time when people will come out of their graves is very horrifying. Allah says in the Qur'an “Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport, until they come face to face with that day of theirs with which they are threatened.

The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on to a goal, Their eyes cast down, disgrace shall overtake them, that is the day which they were threatened with”. (Surah-al-Ma'arij : 42-44) Abdullah ibne Mas'ood says, that once he was in the presence of the Commander of the faithful Ali (A.S.) when He (A.S.) said, “For every man there are fifty haulting stations in Qayamat, and each station will be equal to the span of a thousand years.

Here the first haulting place is when coming out of the grave, where every man will have to wait bare feet and naked. He will have to bear the agony of hunger and thirst.

But the person who believes in the Unity (Tawheed) of Allah, Proclamation (Be'asat) of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.), Accounting (Hisaab) and Resurrection (Qayamat), and bears testimony to the Prophethood (Nubuwwat) of Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W.S.), and follows the instructions which have been ordained unto him, will be safe from this agony (of hunger & thirst)”.

The Commander of the faithful (Amirul Mo'meneen) Ali (A.S.) says in the ‘Nahjul Balagha’: That day would be such that Allah would collect on it the anteriors and the posteriers, to stand in obedience for giving accounts, and for reward or recompence of deeds. Sweat would flow upto their mouths like reins while the earth would be trembling beneath them. In the best condition among them would be he who has found a resting place for both his feet and an open place for his peath.

(Sermon 101) Shaikh Kulaini narrates from Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq (A.S.) who said that, “On the day of Qayamat people will be standing in the presence of the Almighty like an arrow stretched on the string of the bow”. Just as when we place an arrow on the bow and stretch it, no place remains, in the same way on the day of Qayamat people will be standing besides each other, and there will be no place left to move about for lack of space. The accursed will be recognised by their faces.

It is appropriate to quote here the various states in which people will arise out of their graves.