سورة النبإ

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): The Resurrection has fifty stations, each station lasting a thousand years. The first station to which people go when they come out of their graves is a station where people stand naked, barefoot, hungry and thirsty. Only he is saved from this hunger and thirst who, at the time of coming out of his grave, has faith in his Lord and in Paradise and Hell and in the resurrection and reckoning and the Day of Judgement, and confesses Allah the Blessed and Exalted, and believes in the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) and in his mission from Allah the Mighty and Majestic. Allah the Mighty and Majestic says: فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا [so you shall come forth in hosts], meaning that they come from the graves to that station as separate nations, each nation with its imam; and it has also been said to mean different groups.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abu al-Ala al-Razi said: A man came to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) and said: "May I be your ransom! Inform me about the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: ن وَ الْقَلَمِ وَ ما یَسْطُرُونَ [Nun. By the pen and by what they write]. And also about the saying of the Exalted to Iblis: فَإِنَّکَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِینَ إِلی یَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ [Indeed you are among those reprieved until the day of the appointed time]. And likewise about this House (the Ka'bah) — how did it become obligatory upon creation to come to visit it?" The Imam (peace be upon him) turned to him and said: "No one before you has ever asked me what you have asked. Know that when Allah the Mighty and Majestic said to the angels: 'Indeed I am placing on the earth a vicegerent for Myself,' all of them cried out and clamoured at these words and said: 'O Lord, if You wish to place a vicegerent for Yourself on the earth, choose him from among us, for we obey and carry out Your command.' The All-Knowing Allah replied to them: 'I know what you do not know.' The angels supposed that these words of Allah the Exalted arose from His anger toward them. So they took refuge at the Throne and circumambulated it. Allah, whose majesty is great, commanded them to circumambulate a House built of marble, whose roof was of red ruby and whose pillars were of chrysolite — a house which every day seventy thousand angels entered, and after that they no longer entered it until the appointed time." Then the Imam (peace be upon him) said: "And the day of the appointed time is the day when the trumpet is blown once, and between the first and second blowing, Iblis perishes."

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Mu'adh said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! Inform me about the saying of Allah the Exalted: یَوْمَ یُنْفَخُ فِی الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْواجاً [The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts]..." He said: "O Mu'adh! You have asked about a great matter." Then he closed his eyes. Then he said: "Ten groups from my Ummah will be gathered scattered, whom Allah the Exalted has separated from the Muslims and whose forms He has changed... and some of them are blind and bewildered... and the blind are the tyrants in judgement."

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Mu'adh said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) about the resurrection. He said: 'O Mu'adh! You have asked about a tremendous matter.' And he said: 'Ten groups from my ummah will be gathered; some of them in the form of monkeys, others in the form of pigs, and some with their heads inverted — meaning their feet are above their heads so that they walk on all fours — and others among them will be blind, and others deaf and dumb, and a group who chew their own tongues which hang down upon their chests with pus flowing from them, so that others detest them because of this filth, and another group whose hands and feet have been cut off, and a group crucified on trunks of fire, and a group more foul-smelling and rotten than carcasses, and another group clothed in garments that are long and clinging, made of tar. As for the group in the form of monkeys, they are the rebellious among people; and those in the form of pigs are the takers of bribes; and those whose heads are inverted are the devourers of usury; and the blind are those who commit injustice in judgment and do not observe fairness; and the deaf and dumb are those who are enamored of their own deeds; and those who chew their own tongues are the scholars and judges whose words differ from their deeds; and those whose hands and feet are cut off are those who harm their neighbors. As for the group crucified on trees of fire, they are those who slander people before the ruler (informers); and those more foul-smelling than carcasses are those captive to lusts and pleasures who do not render Allah's due from their wealth; and those clothed in garments of fire are the people of arrogance, boasting, and pride.'

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): They asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'Is the raj'ah (return) true?' He said: 'Yes.' They said: 'Who is the first to come?' He said: 'It is Imam Husayn (peace be upon him), who comes after the appearance of the Qa'im (may Allah hasten his noble relief).' It was said: 'Are all the people with him?' He said: 'No! Rather, it is as Allah says: يَوْمَ یُنْفَخُ فِی الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْواجاً [The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts]; people come after people.'