Explanation of the author's statement: "And the souls are returned to the bodies."
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The Shaykh :"And the souls are returned to the bodies" The souls are returned to the bodies after they had departed from them by death. This is because Allah the Exalted commands Israfil to blow into the Trumpet, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth is struck with a swoon, except whom Allah wills. Then He blows into it a second time, and the souls fly from the Trumpet to their bodies and settle in them.
In the author's statement: "to the bodies": this is an indication that the souls do not emerge from the Trumpet except after the bodies have been fully created. So when their creation is completed, the Trumpet is blown, and the souls enter or are returned to their bodies.
In his statement: "the souls are returned to the bodies" is evidence that the resurrection is a restoration and not a new creation. Rather, it is a restoration of what had ceased, changed, and transformed. For the body transforms into dust, and the bones become crumbled, but despite that, Allah the Exalted gathers this scattered matter until the body is formed, and the souls are returned to their bodies.
As for whoever claims that the bodies are created anew, this is a false claim, refuted by the Book, the Sunnah, and reason.
As for the Book, Allah Mighty and Majestic says:[Ar-Rum 30:27] , meaning: He restores that creation which He originated [Ar-Rum 30:27].
In the Holy Hadith, Allah the Exalted says:Sahih al-Bukhari 4974 So everything is easy for Allah.
And Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Anbya 21:104], and He said: [Al-Mu'minun 23:15-16].
And He said in the context of the disputing and quarreling one:[Ya-Sin 36:78-79]
As for the Sunnah, it is very abundant in this matter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The people will be gathered, and they are the ones who will be gathered, and no one else.
As for reason, it is because if we said that the resurrection is a renewal for a new creation, that would be an injustice in punishing this one who is restored, if he is deserving of punishment. Why? Because this is something other than the first. So how can he be punished when he is only a creation from anew, having not acted and not sinned until he deserves punishment?
The important point is that the resurrection is a restoration of the previous bodies.
So if you say: perhaps a person is eaten, the beasts eat him, and his body which the beast ate is transformed into nourishment for this eater, mixing with his blood, flesh, and bone, and coming out in his dung and urine, what is the answer to that?
The answer to that is: the matter is easy for Allah. He says: "Be!" and it is. And this body which will be resurrected is separated from all these things with which it mixed. And the power of Allah Mighty and Majestic is above what we imagine, for Allah is Able to do all things.
The important point is that his statement: "the souls are returned to the bodies" implies that the body is formed first, then the soul is returned to it. This is as it is in the womb of his mother, for the soul is not breathed into it until it is complete. So when it is complete, the angel is sent to it and commanded with what he is commanded, and he breathes the soul into it.
He said: "And the souls are returned to the bodies".
In the author's statement: "to the bodies": this is an indication that the souls do not emerge from the Trumpet except after the bodies have been fully created. So when their creation is completed, the Trumpet is blown, and the souls enter or are returned to their bodies.
In his statement: "the souls are returned to the bodies" is evidence that the resurrection is a restoration and not a new creation. Rather, it is a restoration of what had ceased, changed, and transformed. For the body transforms into dust, and the bones become crumbled, but despite that, Allah the Exalted gathers this scattered matter until the body is formed, and the souls are returned to their bodies.
As for whoever claims that the bodies are created anew, this is a false claim, refuted by the Book, the Sunnah, and reason.
As for the Book, Allah Mighty and Majestic says:
And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him
وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَبْدأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَن عليهHe restores it
يعيدهand that is [even] easier for Him
وهو أهون عليهIn the Holy Hadith, Allah the Exalted says:
the first creation was not easier for Me than new creation
ليس أول الخلق بأهون علي من إعادتهAnd Allah the Exalted said:
As We began the first creation, We will repeat it
كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ(15) Then indeed, after that you are to die. (16) Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَ ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ تُبْعَثُونَAnd He said in the context of the disputing and quarreling one:
"Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?" (79) Say, "He will give them life who produced them the first time; and He is, of all creation, Knowing."
مَنْ يُحْيِي الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٌ * قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِي أَنْشَأَهَا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌAs for the Sunnah, it is very abundant in this matter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
That people are gathered in it barefoot, naked, and uncircumcised
أن الناس يحشرون فيها حفاة عراة غُرلاAs for reason, it is because if we said that the resurrection is a renewal for a new creation, that would be an injustice in punishing this one who is restored, if he is deserving of punishment. Why? Because this is something other than the first. So how can he be punished when he is only a creation from anew, having not acted and not sinned until he deserves punishment?
The important point is that the resurrection is a restoration of the previous bodies.
So if you say: perhaps a person is eaten, the beasts eat him, and his body which the beast ate is transformed into nourishment for this eater, mixing with his blood, flesh, and bone, and coming out in his dung and urine, what is the answer to that?
The answer to that is: the matter is easy for Allah. He says: "Be!" and it is. And this body which will be resurrected is separated from all these things with which it mixed. And the power of Allah Mighty and Majestic is above what we imagine, for Allah is Able to do all things.
The important point is that his statement: "the souls are returned to the bodies" implies that the body is formed first, then the soul is returned to it. This is as it is in the womb of his mother, for the soul is not breathed into it until it is complete. So when it is complete, the angel is sent to it and commanded with what he is commanded, and he breathes the soul into it.
He said: "And the souls are returned to the bodies".