Resurrection
In brief
After the second blow of the Trumpet, Allah raises every human being from the dead, body and soul together, to be judged. It is the start of the Day of Judgment.
Allah sends down a rain, and people grow out of the ground like plants. Every part of the body decays except the tailbone, and from it a person is built again. People are raised barefoot, naked and uncircumcised, just as they were first created. The first person for whom the earth splits open is the Prophet ﷺ.
A man once brought a crumbling old bone to the Prophet ﷺ and asked who could give life to that. The answer came in the Quran: 'He who made it the first time will give it life' (Ya-Sin 36:79).
Each person is raised in the state in which they died. Live as you want to be raised.
Where it sits in the sequence
Described in the Quran and the narrations. Shown so the archive is complete.
Verses of the Quran
وَنُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَنسِلُونَ٥١
51. And the Horn will be blown; and at once from the graves to their Lord they will hasten
وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ٤
4. And when the [contents of] graves are scattered
قَالَ أَنظِرۡنِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ١٤
14. [Satan] said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected
Strongest narrations
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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ شَرِيكٍ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ : " إِنَّمَا يُبْعَثُ النَّاسُ عَلَى نِيَّاتِهِمْ " .
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“People will be resurrected (and judged) according to their intentions.”
Weak and ungraded reports on this sign
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Shown for study, not as established. Includes Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad, which is ungraded and weak overall.
Not graded under this archive's policy. The verdicts recorded are listed.
حدثنا أبو العباس محمد بن يعقوب، ثنا أبو عتبة، ثنا بقية، ثنا محمد بن الوليد الزبيدي، عن الزهري، عن عروة بن الزبير، عن عائشة رضي الله عنها، أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: «يبعث الناس يوم القيامة حفاة عراة غرلا» فقالت عائشة: يا رسول الله فكيف بالعورات؟ فقال: «لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه» هذا حديث صحيح على شرط مسلم، ولم يخرجاه بهذه الزيادة، إنما اتفق الشيخان رضي الله عنهما على حديثي عمرو بن دينار، والمغيرة بن النعمان، عن سعيد بن جبير، عن ابن عباس بطوله دون ذكر العورات فيه "
No translation yet. Arabic only.
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Bible · Old Testament
Please note: these Bible passages are here for comparison and history only. In Islam, proof comes from the Quran and sahih hadith. Reports taken from earlier scriptures (Isra'iliyyat) are not treated as proof.
Daniel 7:1-28
The Four Beasts, the Arrogant Little Horn (Anti-Christ), and the Son of Man
Daniel sees four great empires emerging from the turbulent sea. From the ten horns of the terrifying fourth beast arises a 'little horn' with human eyes and a mouth speaking pompous blasphemies. This ruler wages war against the holy ones, attempts to alter times and divine laws, and dominates until the Ancient of Days convenes the court, slays the beast, and confers eternal dominion to the Son of Man.
מִשְׂתַּכַּ֨ל הֲוֵ֜ית בְּקַרְנַיָּ֗א וַאֲל֨וּ קֶרֶן֩ אָחֳרִ֨י זְעֵירָ֜ה סִלְקַ֣ת בֵּינֵיהֹ֗ון... וַאֲל֨וּ עַיְנִ֜ין כְּעַיְנֵ֤י אֲנָשָׁא֙ בְּקַרְנָא־דָ֔א וּפֻ֖ם מְמַלִּ֥ל רַבְרְבָֽן׃
While I was considering the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them... and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
חָזֵ֨ה הֲוֵ֜ית בְּחֶזְוֵ֣י לֵֽילְיָ֗א וַאֲרוּ֙ עִם־עֲנָנֵ֣י שְׁמַיָּ֔א כְּבַ֥ר אֱנָ֖שׁ אָתֵ֣ה הֲוָ֑ה... וְלֵ֨הּ יְהִ֤יב שָׁלְטָן֙ וִיקָ֣ר וּמַלְכ֔וּ וְכֹ֣ל עַֽמְמַיָּ֠א אֻמַיָּ֧א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א לֵ֥הּ יִפְלְח֑וּן
I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man... There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him.
וּמִלִּ֗ין לְצַ֤ד עִלָּאָה֙ יְמַלִּ֔ל וּלְקַדִּישֵׁ֥י עֶלְיֹונִ֖ין יְבַלֵּ֑א וְיִסְבַּ֗ר לְהַשְׁנָיָה֙ זִמְנִ֣ין וְדָ֔ת וְיִתְיַהֲב֣וּן בִּידֵ֔הּ עַד־עִדָּ֥ן וְעִדָּנִ֖ין וּפְלַ֥ג עִדָּֽן׃
He will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High; and he will think to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand until a time, times, and half a time.
Daniel 9:24-27; 11:31-36; 12:1-3
The Abomination of Desolation in the Sanctuary, Great Tribulation, and Resurrection
Gabriel reveals the timeline of seventy weeks decreed for Jerusalem and the Holy Sanctuary. A ruthless prince breaks covenant, halts the daily sacrifices, and sets up the 'abomination that makes desolate' upon the wing of the temple. Chapter 12 foretells an unprecedented time of anguish, Archangel Michael arising, deliverance of those written in the book, and the bodily resurrection of the dead to everlasting life or everlasting contempt.
וְהִגְבִּ֥יר בְּרִ֛ית לָרַבִּ֖ים שָׁב֣וּעַ אֶחָ֑ד וַחֲצִ֨י הַשָּׁב֜וּעַ יַשְׁבִּ֣ית׀ זֶ֣בַח וּמִנְחָ֗ה וְעַ֨ל כְּנַ֤ף שִׁקּוּצִים֙ מְשֹׁמֵ֔ם וְעַד־כָּלָה֙ וְנֶ֣חֱרָצָ֔ה תִּתַּ֖ךְ עַל־שֹׁמֵֽם׃
He will confirm a covenant with many for one week; and in the middle of the week he will cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease. On the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, until the full decreed end is poured out.
וּבָעֵ֣ת הַהִיא֩ יַעֲמֹ֨ד מִֽיכָאֵ֜ל הַשַּׂ֣ר הַגָּד֗וֹל... וְהָיְתָ֤ה עֵת֙ צָרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־נִהְיְתָה֙ מִֽהְי֣וֹת גּ֔וֹי עַ֖ד הָעֵ֣ת הַהִ֑יא... וְרַבִּ֕ים מִיְּשֵׁנֵ֥י אַדְמַת־עָפָ֖ר יָקִ֑יצוּ אֵ֚לֶּה לְחַיֵּ֣י עוֹלָ֔ם וְאֵ֥לֶּה לַחֲרָפ֖וֹת לְדִרְא֥וֹן עוֹלָֽם׃
At that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there will be a time of trouble, such as never was... Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Isaiah 2:1-4; 11:1-9; 26:19
The Exalted Mountain of Zion, Messianic Peace among Predators, and Bodily Resurrection
Isaiah envisions the Mountain of the Lord's house established as the highest of mountains in the latter days, with nations beating swords into plowshares and renouncing war. Chapter 11 foretells a Davidic Messianic ruler under whose righteous reign the wolf dwells with the lamb and the leopard with the goat. Chapter 26:19 provides an explicit affirmation of bodily resurrection: 'Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!'
וְשָׁפַט֙ בֵּ֣ין הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְהוֹכִ֖יחַ לְעַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וְכִתְּת֨וּ חַרְבוֹתָ֜ם לְאִתִּ֗ים וַחֲנִיתֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ לְמַזְמֵר֔וֹת לֹא־יִשָּׂ֨א ג֤וֹי אֶל־גּוֹי֙ חֶ֔רֶב וְלֹֽא־יִלְמְד֥וּ ע֖וֹד מִלְחָמָֽה׃
He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.
וְגָ֤ר זְאֵב֙ עִם־כֶּ֔בֶשׂ וְנָמֵ֖ר עִם־גְּדִ֣י יִרְבָּ֑ץ וְעֵ֨גֶל וּכְפִ֤יר וּמְרִיא֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו וְנַ֥עַר קָטֹ֖ן נֹהֵ֥ג בָּֽם׃
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
יִֽחְי֥וּ מֵתֶ֛יךָ נְבֵלָתִ֖י יְקוּמ֑וּן הָקִ֨יצוּ וְרַנְּנ֜וּ שֹׁכְנֵ֣י עָפָ֗ר כִּ֣י טַ֤ל אוֹרֹת֙ טַלֶּ֔ךָ וָאָ֖רֶץ רְפָאִ֥ים תַּפִּֽיל׃
Your dead will live. Their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast forth the dead.
Isaiah 65:17-25; 66:15-24
The Creation of New Heavens and New Earth, the Coming in Fire, and the Final Separation
God promises to create 'new heavens and a new earth' where the former troubles are forgotten and Jerusalem becomes a joy. Wolves and lambs will feed together and the lion will eat straw like the ox. In chapter 66, the Lord comes with fire and with chariots like a whirlwind to render His anger, and all flesh will see His glory. Those who rebelled will lie outside where their worm will not die and their fire will not be quenched.
כִּֽי־הִנְנִ֥י בֹורֵ֛א שָׁמַ֥יִם חֲדָשִׁ֖ים וְאָ֣רֶץ חֲדָשָׁ֑ה וְלֹ֤א תִזָּכַ֙רְנָה֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנֹ֔ות וְלֹ֥א תַעֲלֶ֖ינָה עַל־לֵֽב׃
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind.
כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ בָּאֵ֣שׁ יָבֹ֔וא וְכַסּוּפָ֖ה מַרְכְּבֹתָ֑יו לְהָשִׁ֤יב בְּחֵמָה֙ אַפֹּ֔ו וְגַעֲרָתֹ֖ו בְּלַהֲבֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃
For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and his chariots will be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Bible · New Testament
Please note: these Bible passages are here for comparison and history only. In Islam, proof comes from the Quran and sahih hadith. Reports taken from earlier scriptures (Isra'iliyyat) are not treated as proof.
Revelation 11:1-14
Measuring the Temple of God and the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem
John is commanded to measure the Temple of God, the altar, and its worshipers, while leaving out the outer court to be trampled by the nations for forty-two months. God empowers His Two Witnesses to prophesy in Jerusalem for 1,260 days in sackcloth, striking the earth with drought and plagues. The Beast from the abyss murders them, and their corpses lie in the street of the great city (Jerusalem) for three and a half days until God resurrects them to ascend into heaven in a cloud.
Καὶ ἐδόθη μοι κάλαμος ὅμοιος ῥάβδῳ, λέγων· Ἔγειρε καὶ μέτρησον τὸν ναὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον καὶ τοὺς προσκυνοῦντας ἐν αὐτῷ. καὶ τὴν αὐλὴν τὴν ἔξωθεν τοῦ ναοῦ ἔκβαλε ἔξωθεν καὶ μὴ αὐτὴν μετρήσῃς, ὅτι ἐδόθη τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἁγίαν πατήσουσιν μῆνας τεσσεράκοντα δύο.
A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, 'Rise and measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. Leave out the court which is outside of the temple... for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.'
Revelation 20:1-15; 21:1-4
The Millennium, Gog and Magog Besieging the Beloved City, and the New Jerusalem
Satan is bound for a thousand years while Christ reigns with the resurrected martyrs. When the thousand years expire, Satan is loosed to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, marshaling an army vast as the sand of the sea. They surround the beloved city (Jerusalem), but divine fire descends from heaven and consumes them. The Great White Throne Judgment convenes, the books are opened, the dead are judged according to their works, and a New Jerusalem descends from heaven where death, mourning, and tears are eradicated forever.
Καὶ ὅταν τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη, λυθήσεται ὁ Σατανᾶς ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξελεύσεται πλανῆσαι τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἐν ταῖς τέσσαρσιν γωνίαις τῆς γῆς, τὸν Γὼγ καὶ Μαγώγ, συναγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν πόλεμον, ὧν ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτῶν ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης. καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐκύκλευσαν τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν ἁγίων καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἠγαπημένην. καὶ κατέβη πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτούς·
When the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. They went up over the width of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them.
καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἁγίαν Ἰερουσαλὴμ καινὴν εἶδον καταβαίνουσαν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἡτοιμασμένην ὡς νύμφην κεκοσμημένην τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς.
I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
1 Cor & 1 Thess 15:51-55; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
The Mystery of the Last Trumpet, the Voice of the Archangel, and the Bodily Resurrection
The Apostle Paul reveals the apocalyptic mystery of bodily resurrection: 'We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.' In 1 Thessalonians, he details that the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; the dead will rise first, and death will be swallowed up in victory.
ἰδοὺ μυστήριον ὑμῖν λέγω· πάντες οὐ κοιμηθησόμεθα, πάντες δὲ ἀλλαγησόμεθα, ἐν ἀτόμῳ, ἐν ῥιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ σάλπιγγι· σαλπίσει γάρ, καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ ἐγερθήσονται ἄφθαρτοι, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀλλαγησόμεθα.
Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
ὅτι αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος ἐν κελεύσματι, ἐν φωνῇ ἀρχαγγέλου καὶ ἐν σάλπιγγι θεοῦ, καταβήσεται ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ ἐν Χριστῷ ἀναστήσονται πρῶτον,
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Comparative Traditions
Please note: these Bible passages are here for comparison and history only. In Islam, proof comes from the Quran and sahih hadith. Reports taken from earlier scriptures (Isra'iliyyat) are not treated as proof.
The Elect Son of Man on the Throne of Glory and the Universal Judgment
Enoch beholds the 'Head of Days' (God) alongside a transcendent figure named the 'Son of Man' / 'Righteous One'. This pre-existent Deliverer is seated upon the Throne of Glory to execute judgment upon the kings and the mighty of the earth, who relied on their wealth and denied the Lord of Spirits. The oppressors are delivered to the angels of punishment, while the righteous shine like lights in the heavenly kingdom.
ወበህየ፡ ርኢኩ፡ ዘቦቱ፡ ርእሰ፡ መዋዕል፡ ወርእሱ፡ ጸዓዳ፡ ከመ፡ ጸምር... ወውእቱ፡ ወልደ፡ እጓለ፡ እመሕያው፡ ዘቦቱ፡ ጽድቅ...
There I saw One who had a Head of Days, and His head was white like wool; and with Him was another whose countenance had the appearance of a man... This is the Son of Man who has righteousness...
ወይደነግፁ፡ አመ፡ ይሬእይዎ፡ ለውእቱ፡ ወልደ፡ ብእሲ፡ እንዘ፡ ይነብር፡ ዲበ፡ መንበረ፡ ስብሐቲሁ...
Pain shall seize them when they see that Son of Man sitting on the throne of his glory...
The Multiplication of False Prophets, the 'World-Deceiver' (*Kosmoplános*), and the Three Signs of Truth
The Didache (c. late 1st century CE) concludes with an urgent apocalyptic admonition: 'Watch over your life; do not let your lamps go out... for in the last days false prophets and corruptors will be multiplied, sheep will turn into wolves, and love will turn into hate. And then the World-Deceiver (ὁ κοσμοπλάνος) will appear as Son of God, and will do signs and wonders, and the earth will be delivered into his hands, and he will commit iniquities which have never been seen since the beginning of the world. Then human creation will pass through the testing of fire... and then will appear the signs of truth: first the sign of an opening in heaven, second the trumpet's sound, and third the resurrection of the dead.'
ἐν γὰρ ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις πληθυνθήσονται οἱ ψευδοπροφῆται καὶ οἱ φθορεῖς... καὶ τότε φανήσεται ὁ κοσμοπλάνος ὡς υἱὸς θεοῦ, καὶ ποιήσει σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα, καὶ ἡ γῆ παραδοθήσεται εἰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ,
For in the last days false prophets and corrupters will be multiplied... and then the World-Deceiver will appear as a son of God, and will perform signs and wonders, and the earth will be delivered into his hands,
The Saoshyant, Universal Bodily Resurrection, and the River of Molten Metal
The final savior, the Saoshyant, arises to raise the dead from the earth and waters, beginning with the first man, Gayomard. All human beings are assembled in one place for the final judgment. The cosmic mountains collapse and melt into a river of blazing molten metal through which every human soul must walk: for the righteous it feels as soothing as warm milk, while the wicked are purified. Evil (Ahriman) and the serpent are chased into darkness and annihilated, ushering in the eternal, immortal renovation of creation (Frashokereti).
u-shan harvisp mardoman be xezanend, an i zindag u an i murdag...
And they will raise up all men, both those who were living and those who were dead...
pad an ayoxshust i taftag be gozarend... an i ahlaw chun shir i garm paydāg shaved...
Through that melted metal they will pass... to the righteous it will seem as if walking in warm milk...