Between the two blows (of the Trumpet), there will be (an interval of) forty. The people said: O Abu Hurayrah, do you mean forty days? He said: I cannot say anything
عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : «بين النفختين أربعون» قالوا: يا أبا هريرة أربعون يومًا؟ قال: أَبَيْتُ. قالوا: أربعون سنة؟ قال: أَبَيْتُ. قالوا: أربعون شهرا؟ قال: أَبَيْتُ. «ويَبْلَى كل شيء من الإنسان إلا عَجْبُ الذَّنَب، فيه يُرَكَّبُ الخلق، ثم يُنْزِلُ الله من السماء ماء فَيَنْبُتُونَ كما يَنْبُتُ الْبَقْلُ».
Explanation
The great Companion Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) say that the period between the first blow of the Trumpet, which will cause the people to die, and the second blow, after which they will be resurrected, will be forty. Abu Hurayrah was asked: Forty what: days, months, or years?
He refused to reply, as he had not heard a specification for this number from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). Then he mentioned that Allah, the Exalted, will send down rain as thick as men's semen, and from this rain, the people will grow in their graves as seeds grow after a flood. Then the people will be resurrected to their Lord on the Day of Reckoning.
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