وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُمْ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنْسِلُونَ
The Trumpet will be blown, and suddenly they will emerge from the graves, hurrying towards their Lord
وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُمْ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنْسِلُونَ
The Trumpet will be blown, and suddenly they will emerge from the graves, hurrying towards their Lord
After describing the sudden event that overtakes those living at the end of the present world, the Quran turns to another stage: the raising of the dead. This is understood as the second blowing of the Trumpet, through which the dead are brought back to life and the Resurrection begins.
At the first blast, at the threshold of the Resurrection, living beings in the heavens and on earth—including the people still alive and the angels—are struck down and die, except those whom God wills to spare. At the second blast, the dead are raised. The Quran also describes these two events and the divine exception in another verse وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۖ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيهِ أُخْرَىٰ فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنظُرُونَThe Trumpet will be blown, and those in the heavens and on the earth will fall stricken, except those whom God wills to spare. Then it will be blown a second time, and suddenly they will stand, looking on..
The Trumpet is associated in the Quran with the end of the present order and the raising of the dead. The word ajdath means graves, while yansilun conveys swift movement. The scene depicts the dead rising and hurrying towards their destination.
“Towards their Lord” describes their being summoned to God's judgement; it does not imply that God occupies a limited physical place to which they must travel. Those who once rejected the Resurrection now confront what they believed would never happen. Death is not the end of the human journey: accountability lies ahead.