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The Basic Tenets of Islam: The resurrection

Contents
  1. Preface
  2. There is no god but allah
  3. Allah encompasses everything
  4. Allah is near to man
  5. Allah created everything according to a fixed decree
  6. Allah has power over everything
  7. Allah sees and knows everything
  8. All beings are subjected to allah
  9. False beliefs about allah
  10. Faith in allah free of idolatry
  11. Assessing allah with a just assessment
  12. Allah's infinite greatness and power
  13. Love of allah and fear of allah
  14. The qur'an is a guide
  15. Belief in the books revealed by allah and belief in his messengers
  16. Faith in the angels
  17. The temporary nature of the life of this world
  18. It's a magnificent blessing to love allah with passion
  19. Man is being tested
  20. Death is not the end
  21. Belief in the hereafter
  22. Faith in the day of judgment
  23. The resurrection
  24. The day of judgment
  25. Paradise and hell
  26. Everything is positive in paradise, and everything is negative in hell
  27. The aim is to attain the good pleasure of allah
  28. Sin and repentance
  29. Scrupulousness regarding religious observances
  30. The morality of religion is in conformity with the natural inclination of mankind
  31. Believers must be together and cooperate
  32. The last word

He makes likenesses of Us and forgets his own creation, saying,

"Who will give life to bones when they are decayed?" Say "He Who made them in the first place will bring them back to life."

Surah Ya Sin: 78-79

The resurrection is a re-creation of life after death. Death is not the cessation of existence. The world, which Allah has created to put man to test, will serve to determine his lot in the Afterlife. After death, every soul will be re-created in a new body, and begin its life in the, where Allah will place him either in hell or paradise, depending on his deeds in the world. The resurrection of humanity is easy to accomplish for Allah. In a verse, the rising of the people all together on the Day of Judgment is described as follows: