Appendix 11, The Day of Resurrection
All generations of humans and jinns, about 150 billion, will be resurrected on this earth, but they will not be earthbound afterward.“All generations of humans and jinns will be resurrected on this earth; about 150 billion of them. But we will not be earthbound.”
Open in AppendixPage 425
God teaches through the caterpillar, which enters a cocoon like a grave and exits as an airborne butterfly, that people leaving the grave on Resurrection Day will not be earthbound.“God teaches us through the example of the caterpillar; it turns into a pupa in the cocoon (grave), then exits the cocoon as an airborne butterfly. Similarly, we live here on earth, and when we exit the grave on the Day of Resurrection we will not be earthbound; like the butterfly (101:4).”
Open in AppendixPage 425
The horn is blown and everyone in the heavens and earth is struck unconscious except those God spares, then it is blown again and they rise up.“The horn is blown, whereupon everyone in the heavens and the earth is struck unconscious, except those spared by God. Then it is blown a second time, whereupon they rise up.”
Open in AppendixPage 425