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Blowing of the Trumpet

نفخ الصور

The Blowing of the Trumpet (نفخ الصور) is a profound and awe-inspiring concept in Islamic tradition, signaling a pivotal moment in existence. It refers to the magnificent sound of a horn or trumpet that will be sounded by the angel Israfil, marking the dramatic transition from worldly life to the eternal Hereafter. This divine command will occur twice. The first blast will herald the end of all current life, [which will seize them while they are disputing] and bring an abrupt halt to the affairs of this world. Then, after a period known only to Allah, a second blast will resound, a [single shout] that will awaken all souls from creation, bringing them forth for resurrection and judgment. This momentous event, often described as [the Deafening Blast], underscores Allah's absolute power and the inevitability of the Day of Judgment. It serves as a powerful reminder for believers to live righteously, mindful of the ultimate accountability and their return to their Creator, when [the trumpet is blown] and all will stand before Him.

Quran 4 verses

مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ

Maa yanzuroona illaa saihatanw waahidatan taa khuzuhum wa hum yakhissimoon

They do not await except one blast which will seize them while they are disputing.

یہ تو ایک چنگھاڑ کے منتظر ہیں جو ان کو اس حال میں کہ باہم جھگڑ رہے ہوں گے آپکڑے گی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary مَا يَنظُرُ‌ونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً (They are looking for nothing but for a single Cry that will seize them - 36:49). The question of the disbelievers quoted here is the one they used to'-ask the Muslims by way of mockery, and the real purpose was to deny the Day of Judgment. It was...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: God exalted be He says They await but a single Cry namely the cry of Isrāfīl’s First Blast that will seize them while they are disputing read yakhassimūna which is actually yakhtasimūna where the vowel of the tā’ has been moved to the khā’ and it the tā’ has been assimilated with the sād in other wo...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Disbelievers thought that the Day of Resurrection would never come to pass Allah tells us how the disbelievers thought that the Day of Resurrection would never come to pass, as they said: مَتَى هَـذَا الْوَعْدُ ("When will this promise be fulfilled...") يَسْتَعْجِلُ بِهَا الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُو...

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

Fa innamaa hiya zajra tunw waahidatun fa izaa hum yanzuroon

It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.

وہ تو ایک زور کی آواز ہوگی اور یہ اس وقت دیکھنے لگیں گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary After having shown the possibility and proof of 'Akhirah or Hereafter, Allah Ta’ ala has described some events relating to Resurrection in these verses. Given in the first verse (19) is the mode in which the dead will rise again. It was said: فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَ‌ةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ, it will b...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: For it will be only innamā hiya this hiya is a demonstrative pronoun explained by the following zajratun a single cry and lo! they all creatures will be alive watching to see what will be done with them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Certainty of Life after Death Allah says: `Ask these people, those who deny the resurrection, which is harder to create Are they more difficult to create or the heavens, the earth, the angels, devils, the mighty creatures -- everything in between them' Ibn Mas`ud said that they admitted that the...

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

Fa izaa nuqira fin naaqoor

And when the trumpet is blown,

جب صور پھونکا جائے گا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Injunction [ 6] وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ ( and for the sake of your Lord, observe patience 74:7) The word sabr literally signifies 'to restrain oneself. In the Qur'anic context, the word has a very wide scope. It signifies to bind oneself to the laws of Allah, to restrain oneself from things made unlaw...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: For when the trumpet is sounded when the trumpet is blown that is the Horn qarn at the second blast
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The First Ayat to be revealed after `Read! It has been confirmed in the Sahih Al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim on the authority of Abu Salamah that Jabir bin `Abdullah informed ...

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

Faiza jaa-atis saakhah.

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

تو جب (قیامت کا) غل مچے گا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ ( So when there will come the Deafening Noise..80:33). The word sakhkhah means 'deafening cry or shout' and it refers to the blowing of the trumpet, which will be a deafening sound.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So when the deafening Cry the second blast comes —
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Day of Judgement and the fleeing of the People from Their Relatives during it Ibn `Abbas said, "As-Sakhkhah is one of the names of the Day of Judgement that Allah has magnified and warned His servants of." Ibn Jarir said, "Perhaps it is a name for the blowing into Trumpet." Al-Baghawi said, "As-...

Hadith 2 traditions

Sahih al-Bukhari 65:335sahih

حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ خَلِيلٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ، عَنْ زَكَرِيَّاءَ بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنِّي أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ بَعْدَ النَّفْخَةِ الآخِرَةِ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِمُوسَى مُتَعَلِّقٌ بِالْعَرْشِ فَلاَ أَدْرِي أَكَذَلِكَ كَانَ أَمْ بَعْدَ النَّفْخَةِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I will be the first to raise my head after the second blowing of the trumpet and will see Moses hanging on the Throne, and I will not know whether he had been in that state all the time or after the blowing of the trumpet

مجھ سے حسن نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے اسماعیل بن خلیل نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم کو عبدالرحیم نے خبر دی، انہیں زکریا بن ابی زائدہ نے، انہیں عامر نے اور ان سے ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ آخری مرتبہ صور پھونکے جانے کے بعد سب سے پہلے اپنا سر اٹھانے والا میں ہوں گا لیکن اس وقت میں موسیٰ علیہ السلام کو دیکھوں گا کہ عرش کے ساتھ لپٹے ہوئے ہیں، اب مجھے نہیں معلوم کہ وہ پہلے ہی سے اسی طرح تھے یا دوسرے صور کے بعد ( مجھ سے پہلے ) اٹھ کر عرش الٰہی کو تھام لیں گے۔

Sahih al-Bukhari 65:336sahih

حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا صَالِحٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ بَيْنَ النَّفْخَتَيْنِ أَرْبَعُونَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْمًا قَالَ أَبَيْتُ‏.‏ قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً قَالَ أَبَيْتُ‏.‏ قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ شَهْرًا‏.‏ قَالَ أَبَيْتُ، وَيَبْلَى كُلُّ شَىْءٍ مِنَ الإِنْسَانِ إِلاَّ عَجْبَ ذَنَبِهِ، فِيهِ يُرَكَّبُ الْخَلْقُ‏.‏

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Between the two blowing of the trumpet there will be forty." The people said, "O Abu Huraira! Forty days?" I refused to reply. They said, "Forty years?" I refused to reply and added: Everything of the human body will decay except the coccyx bone (of the tail) and from that bone Allah will reconstruct the whole body

ہم سے عمر بن حفص نے بیان کیا، کہا مجھ سے میرے والد نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے اعمش نے بیان کیا، انہوں نے ابوصالح سے سنا اور انہوں نے ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ سے سنا کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ دونوں صوروں کے پھونکے جانے کا درمیانی عرصہ چالیس ہے۔ ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ کے شاگردوں نے پوچھا: کیا چالیس دن مراد ہیں؟ انہوں نے کہا کہ مجھے معلوم نہیں پھر انہوں نے پوچھا: چالیس سال؟ اس پر بھی انہوں نے انکار کیا۔ پھر انہوں نے پوچھا: چالیس مہینے؟ اس کے متعلق بھی انہوں نے کہا کہ مجھ کو خبر نہیں اور ہر چیز فنا ہو جائے گی، سوا ریڑھ کی ہڈی کے کہ اسی سے ساری مخلوق دوبارہ بنائی جائے گی۔

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