third time, the souls of all the people will appear and Allah Almighty will say, “By My honour and might! Return to your bodies.” Then the souls will return in their bodies, the ground will open, and all of you will stand before Allah Almighty.^[1]

O devotees of the Prophet! The Day of Judgement will most surely come and it will be a sign of Allah’s power that He will resurrect people who died many thousands of years ago.

When the graves are cleft open

اللہُ اکبر! Dear Islamic brothers! We are Muslims, and we believe Allah is All-Powerful, and we have certainty in the resurrection after death. Now imagine the moments when the sky will be folded up, and this ground will be exchanged for a surface of copper. When the trumpet is blown the second time, the graves will open and the disintegrated bones and flesh of people who died thousands of years ago will be restored by the will of Allah Almighty, and they will stand up. Indeed, we will raised again, however this rising on the Day of Judgement will not be like our entering into this world. Irrespective of whether someone is rich or poor, a king or beggar, a doctor or engineer, a scholar or unlearned, worshipper or sinner, they all arrive in this world unclothed with their small bodies. However, people will be raised on the Day of Judgement according to the deeds they performed in the world, tranquil or frightened, pleasant in appearance or repulsive, crying with shame and regret or celebrating their success. Allah Almighty states:

وَاِذَا الْقُبُوْرُ بُعْثِرَتْ ۙ(۴) عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَ اَخَّرَتْ ؕ(۵)

And when the graves will be exposed. Every soul will come to know what it has sent forth and what it has left behind.^[2]