يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
the day the Trumpet will be blown, and you will come in groups,
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 78:18
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 78:18] Israfil will sound the trumpet. It will herald judgement. See commentary of Anam: 74; Ya Sin: 51; Zumar: 68; Qaf: 20; Qamar: 6 and 7. As mentioned in Bani Israil: 71, every group of people will come before the Lord along with the leader they followed in this world. See commentary of Bani Israil: 71 ; Nisa: 41; Nahl: 84 and 89. In the house of Abu Ayub Ansari, the Holy Prophet told Ma-adh bin Jabal: "On the day of judgement the backbiters' faces will be like the monkey; the faces of those who take forbidden things as food will be like the swine; those who make money by usury will walk upside down on their heads; the unjust will be blind as a bat, the proud boasters (inspite of their good deeds, if any) will be deaf and dumb; the tongues of the corrupt judges and the hypocritic scholars will hang on their breasts polluting the air with foul smell; those who harassed and annoyed their neighbours will be there without their hands and legs; the maligners will be hanging in the columns of fire; those who transgress the boundaries laid down by Allah in order to indulge in carnal passions will emit foul stench; and like their will be those who obstruct dispensation of justice, deprive others from their rights; and those who are puffed up with pride and arrogance will be seen in garments made of qaratan, a kind of sticking matter. Aqa Mahdi Puya says: On the day of resurrection, both the Shi-ah and Sunni scholars agree, all human beings will be sorted out according to the deeds each had done in this world and men and women of similar character will be gathered in groups representing their disposition, and each group will take a form which will identify their dominant quality. For example the worst among them will take the form of dogs and swines-the body will be a manifestation of soul. As those changes refer to the life of hereafter, therefore the doctrine of transmigration (the return of the departed soul in another physical body in this world) cannot be proved by such verses in the Quran.