Will people be resurrected in their current state or in another state, and what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And We will create you in a form you do not know”?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: How do we reconcile the saying of Allah the Exalted, “And We will create you in a form you do not know,” which we have discussed as occurring on the Day of Resurrection such that people are resurrected in a state different from their current one, with the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Anbya 21:104], where people are resurrected as they are?
The Shaykh:
But Allah is able to transform them. They are resurrected as they are, but He is able to transform this in this world and resurrect them as monkeys and pigs, as Allah the Exalted and Majestic said to the people of the Sabbath:[Al-Baqarah 2:65] So Allah the Mighty and Majestic transformed them. Yes, Allah is able to do everything. Yes.
The presenter:
What Allah willed, Your Eminence, father.
The Shaykh:
Also, as they mentioned, the human being in the Hereafter is different from him in this world; he will have a state other than his state in this world. He will not be afflicted with illness, he will not be afflicted with death in Paradise, he will not be afflicted with news, he will not be afflicted with old age. He will be tall in body, tall in stature. And the people of the Fire will also be given strength to bear the Fire, and they will not be burned, so that their punishment in it may be prolonged, and may Allah protect us from that. So Allah will create them in the Hereafter as a creation other than their creation in this world. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: How do we reconcile the saying of Allah the Exalted, “And We will create you in a form you do not know,” which we have discussed as occurring on the Day of Resurrection such that people are resurrected in a state different from their current one, with the saying of Allah the Exalted:
As We began the first creation, We will repeat it
كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُThe Shaykh:
But Allah is able to transform them. They are resurrected as they are, but He is able to transform this in this world and resurrect them as monkeys and pigs, as Allah the Exalted and Majestic said to the people of the Sabbath:
Be apes, despised."
كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَThe presenter:
What Allah willed, Your Eminence, father.
The Shaykh:
Also, as they mentioned, the human being in the Hereafter is different from him in this world; he will have a state other than his state in this world. He will not be afflicted with illness, he will not be afflicted with death in Paradise, he will not be afflicted with news, he will not be afflicted with old age. He will be tall in body, tall in stature. And the people of the Fire will also be given strength to bear the Fire, and they will not be burned, so that their punishment in it may be prolonged, and may Allah protect us from that. So Allah will create them in the Hereafter as a creation other than their creation in this world. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1022- 4717] هل يبعث الناس على حالتهم أم على حالة أخرى وما معنى قوله تعالى﴿وننشئكم في ما لا تعلمون﴾؟ — youtube.com
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