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“And the Trumpet shall be blown, then behold, from their graves they shall hasten on to their Lord.” 52. “They shall say: ‘Oh! woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping-place? This is what the Beneficent (Allah) promised; and the apostles told the truth.” 53. “There would be naught but a single Blast, when they shall all brought before Us.” Hereafter is a scene of awareness, acknowledgement and confession.

The establishment of Hereafter and reckoning is the requisite of the Attribute of Allah Who is Beneficent. That which the disbelievers denied in the world, they will confess it on That Day. (When the name of Rahman was mentioned in the world they used to say: “ What is Rahman? ”, but on that Day they will say: “ This is what the Beneficent (Allah) promised ”. In this verse, the Qur’an points to another stage which is the stage of life after death.

It says: “And the Trumpet shall be blown, then behold, from their graves they shall hasten on to their Lord.” By the command of Allah, the dust and the rotten bones will have life again and come out from their graves and attend that wonderful court for trial and reckoning. They will have life again and will be quickened by a single Blast, in the same manner that all of them died with a single Blast (blown in the Trumpet). Neither their death nor their being quickened is difficult for Allah.

Just like the trumpet which is blown for the soldiers of the army to gather and be ready, and then, in a short time, they all get up and come out from their tents and attend in the row, the act of raising the dead is, like that, quick for Allah, too. The Qur’anic word /’ajdath/ is the plural form of /jadath/ in the sense of ‘grave’.

This meaning shows well that resurrection, besides having the spiritual aspect, has the bodily aspect, too, and the man’s new body will be made from the same former materials.