How will the Resurrection Occur

Allah will send down a rain after everything is destroyed and dead. We will grow from our seeds. What are our seeds? RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam told us in a hadith that every part of our body will decompose except for a small part of our body – at the bottom of our spines. That small part will remain intact and that will be the seed we are going to grow from. Allah will send down a liquid from the sky (different from water) and we will grow up from that small seed.

RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says in a hadith in Bukhaari, “Between the two shouts is forty.” RasulAllah was asked, “Forty days?” He did not respond. “Forty months?” He did not respond. He was asked, “Forty years?” Still, RasulAllah did not respond. So we do not know. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that a fluid will fall from the sky and then we would grow up like plants would grow. Everything in the human being will decompose except for ajab udh-dhanab, and that is what the human body would grow out of it.

That is why you will find when Allah talks about the Resurrection, He ties it up with the growing of plants. SubhaanAllah!

Allah says, “And it is Allah who sends the winds so that they raise up the clouds and we drive them to a dead land and revive the earth therewith after its death. As such will be the resurrection.” Allah is telling us to look at the dead earth, and how He revives the plants. This is the exact thing that will happen with us on the day of resurrection.