The periods between the trumpets

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The Wisdom about blowing the trumpetWhich angel will blow the trumpet?

We generally discern from the Qura’nic verses that there will be a space of time between the breath of death and the breath of life ( Verse 68 of Surah Zumar confirms this) but what will be the period is not clear from the Qura’nic verses though we learn from Hadiths that it will forty years.

Will the years be the years of this world or the years of the hereafter each day of which will be equal to fifty thousand worldly years? It is still unclear. There will be a great number of changes during this period. A new world will be settled with the human beings and there will be no one else alive but God during it.

The verse 87 of Surah Naml and 68 of Surah Zumar state exceptions “ except those whom God desires) but this does not mean that some people will be exempted from death but that they will die after a delay and this is confirmed by the words ‘ Every living soul will die.” (1)

The point to note is that the word “nafs” has wide connotations that include all living things.

The commentators have given their opinion about who have been exempted and some have said that they may be some arch angels like Israphael, Gabriel, Michael, and Azrael. Some say that it will be the angels who carry the throne. Yet others have said that this means the souls of the martyrs of religion (who will be with the symbolic bodies). Some have even said that they will be the gate keepers of Paradise and Hell.

Imam Ali Ibn Hussein spoke about the blowing of the trumpets after discussing the details: “All the living creatures will die after the first shriek that Israphael will blow and he too will die after the second trumpet is blown.”

 


 

1. Study verse 35 of Surah Anbiya and verse 57 of Surah Ankabut.

 

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