Citations & References:"Surely, the Resurrection will be happened, the Qur'an and Sunnah indicate that we should believe in the Resurrection,' said the Shaykh," the Moon began the discussion after greeting with Basmalah and Salaam. "The entire Qur'an,' the Shaykh carried on, 'from beginning to end, is filled with references to the Last Day and details of what will happen then, proving it with sound reports and analogies given to reinforce the lesson and guidance. The Qur'an also mentions proof of the resurrection, to refute those who deny it and to show that they are lying.Sound fitrah also points to the Resurrection. There is no validity in the claims of the misguided that it is irrational to believe in the Resurrection. It is not irrational at all. The Prophets did not bring any irrational ideas, even though they might bring things that make one wonder. All the Prophets taught their nations about the Resurrection, gave them the glad tidings of Paradise and warned them about Hell. Hence our scholars said: the shari'ah brings things that amaze the mind, but not things that are rationally impossible.The Qur'an uses the first creation as evidence for the second creation. Every day we see new life coming into being: children are born, birds hatch out from their eggs, animals give birth to their young, fish fill the seas and rivers. Man sees all ofthat with his own eyes, then he denies that something like that could happen again after Allah has caused this life to perish.Nothing is impossible for Allah. Although His slaves will die, Allah is Able to bring them back, even ifthey die in the farthest reaches ofspace or in the depths of the earth, or are eaten by vultures and wild animals, or by the fish ofthe sea, or are buried in their graves in the earth. As Allah's power encompasses His slaves, He will bring them forth no matter where they are. His knowledge also encompasses them and He will not forget any of them. None of them will be left out or overlooked; He has counted them all and He knows their numbers.In the day of Al-Ba'th wan-Nushoor—the day of the restoration of the body and bringing it back to life on the Day of Resurrection, the dead comes to life again after dying and Allah brings him back to life and resurrects him—Allah will command lsraafeel to blow the Trumpet and the souls will return to the bodies, and the people will rise to meet the Rabb of the Worlds. The water will falling from the sky, which will cause the bodies of people to grow. The way the bodies will grow from the ground, after Allah sends down that water, which will cause them to grow, will be like the way plants grow from the earth when there is rain in this world.There will be a new creation in the Resurrection, humans will be formed from a small bone. When the water reaches this bone, it will grow like herbs. This bone is the coccyx (tailbone) which is a round bone at the base of the spine.Allah will restore the souls of His slaves, but they will be created anew, different from the way they were in the life of this world. One feature of this new creation will be that they will not die, no matter what trials befall them. The sun will be brought close to the people's heads on that Day, until the distance between it and them will be no more than one mile. If it were not forthe factthat they will be re-created in a form that will not die, it would melt them and cause them to evaporate, but after their death, they will not die again.People will be able to see things that they could not see before. They will see the angels and the jinn, and other things which only Allah knows. Similarly, the people of Paradise will not spit, defecate or urinate. But this does not mean that those who are resurrected on the Day of Judgement will be an entirely different creation than they were in this world. The two creations are two things ofthe same category, they are similar in one way and different in another. There is an exception to the bodies of the Prophets, they will not decay or disappear as happens to the bodies of others.This new mankind, will be gathered. The land on which mankind will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection is other than this earth of ours. That land will have no landmarks for anybody. It will be like reddish or dull white, like a fine loaf of bread, made from pure fine flour. Some things will be added to it and some will be taken away, and its hills, mountains, valleys and trees will disappear, and it will be spread out like an 'Ukaazi carpet.Many events will be occured on the Day of Resurrection. Let me tell some interesting things. The Disbeliever, when they emerge from their graves, they will quickly come forth on that Day, rushing towards the source of the voice as if they are rushing towards the ansaab (stone altars) which they used to worship in this world. But on that Day, they will not be rushing with joy and exuberance as they used to do when they approached their ansaab; on the contrary, they will be humble, with their eyes lowered and with their pride brought low, as Allah has warned them in this world. They will say, 'This is a hard day.'The resurrection would make them lose their minds with terror. By Allah, if the people had really been in a state of sleep, as it appears from what they say, they would not bewail their fate when they would be resurrected. After that, at every stage where they will be questioned, they will experience a greater level ofturmoil and horror. All the terror ofthe Hereafter is inescapable for them. They would be in their graves for so long, being tormented and punished, and they would not bewail when that would cease, except when they would be moved to a greater turmoil. Ifthat would not be the case, these people would not regard as insignificant what they had gone through in the grave, or describe it as sleep.Those who disbelieved in Allah and were guilty of shirk will see with their own eyes the consequences of their shirk on that Day i.e., the Day when the earth will be changed to another earth and so will the heavens. Their hands and feet will be tied to their necks with chains. Then they felt torment after torment.In the case of those who deny Allah, this is what will happen, when they see with their own eyes, the severe torment that Allah has prepared for them. They will resort to lies and denials, claiming that they were righteous people, and that the testimony of the angels, Messengers and righteous people who testified against them is false. At that point, Allah will place a seal over their mouths and it will be said to his feet, 'Speak!' So his thigh will speak, as will his mouth and his bones, of what he used to do, Then they will say to their own limbs, 'Away with you! It was for your sake that I was arguing!' That is the hypocrite, and that is the one with whom Allah will be angry.The people will dispute on the Day of Resurrection to such an extent that the soul will dispute with the body. The soul will say to the body, 'You did such and such,' and the body will say to the soul, 'You told me to do such and such, and you inspired me to do such and such.'Allah will send an angel to judge between them, and he will say to them, 'You are like a paralyzed man and a blind man who go into a garden.' The paralyzed man tells the blind man, 'I can see some fruit over there, but I cannot reach it.' The blind man says to him, 'Climb on me and you can get it.' So he will climb on him and get it. Which of them is the sinner?' They will say, 'Both ofthem.' So the angel will say to them, 'You have passed judgement against yourselves. In other words, the body is like a vehicle for the soul, and the soul is like the passenger.'The dispute of the weak with the leaders such as kings, governors and elders of tribes, who had power over people, and the weak who supported their leaders and helped them in their falsehood by means of their own selves and their wealth, will be happened. The weak will say to those who were arrogant [chiefs], 'Verily, we were following you; can you avail us anything against Allah's Torment?' They will say, 'Had Allah guided us, we would have guided you. It makes no difference to us [now] whether we rage, or bear [these torments] with patience; there is no place of refuge for us.'The Shaykh ended his speech by saying, 'And so, everything that happened on that day, will be measured with certainty, nothing more and nothing less. And Allah knows best.'"Before she took her leave, the Moon recited a poem,Akan datang hari mulut dikunci[There will be come a day when the mouth is locked]Kata tak ada lagi[No more words]Akan tiba masa tak ada suara[There will be come a time when there is no voice]dari mulut kita[of our mouth]Berkata tangan kita[Says our hands]Tentang apa yang dilakukannya[About what they had done]Berkata kaki kita[Says our feet]Kemana saja dia melangkahnya[Wherever they have been gone]Tidak tahu kita bila harinya[We don't know when wil be the day]Tanggung jawab, tiba[Of responsibility, to come]Rabbana…[Our Rabb]Tangan kami…[Our hands...]Kaki kami…[Our feet...]Mulut kami…[Our mouth...]Mata hati kami…[Our bossom...]Luruskanlah…[Straighten it…]Kukuhkanlah…[Strengthen it…]Di jalan cahaya….[On the path of light….]sempurna[excellence]Mohon karunia kepada kami[Please have mercy on us]hamba-Mu yang hina *)[Thy humble servants]"O Allah, guide our hands to serve Thee, our feet to follow Thee, our mind to know Thee, our heart to love Thee. Allahumma ameen."
- Dr. 'Umar S. al-Ashqar, The Final Day - The Day of Resurrection, IIPH
*) "Ketika Tangan dan Kaki Berkata" composed by Taufik Ismail.
