The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The first blast has come, followed by the second. Death has arrived with all that it brings."
قال رسول الله ﷺ: جاءت الراجفة تتبعها الرادفة، جاء الموت بما فيه.
Ahmad (21241) narrated it from Waki, who said, Sufyan narrated to us, from Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqeel, from Tufayl bin Abu bin Kaab, from his father, and he mentioned it.Ibn Jareer also narrated it in his Tafsir (24/67) from Kurayb, who said, Waki narrated to us, with his chain, and in it he said, The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited "The Day the blast convulses [creation], followed by the subsequent one" [Naziat 79:6–7], then said, "The convulsing blast has come, followed by the subsequent one, death has come with what it brings." Its chain is hasan because of Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqeel, for there is disagreement about him, though his hadith is hasan.Abu Naeem narrated it in Hilyah (8/377) via Waki, and he added at the beginning of the hadith, "Whoever fears travels by night, and whoever travels by night reaches the destination. Indeed, the merchandise of Allah is precious, indeed the merchandise of Allah is Paradise." Hakim likewise narrated it (308/4) from the hadith of Abdullah bin Walid Adani, from Sufyan. So Waki was not alone in this addition, as Abu Naeem claimed.Tirmidhi (2457) and Hakim (421/2) narrated it from the hadith of Qabisa bin Uqba, from Sufyan, and in it, it reads, The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when two-thirds of the night had passed, would stand and say, "O people, remember Allah, remember Allah. The convulsing blast has come, followed by the subsequent one. Death has come with what it brings, death has come with what it brings." Ubayy said, I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I frequently invoke blessings upon you, so how much of my prayer should I devote to you?" He said, "As much as you wish." I said, "A quarter?" He said, "As you wish, but if you increase it, it is better for you." I said, "Then two-thirds?" He said, "As you wish, but if you increase it, it is better for you." I said, "Shall I devote all of my prayer to you?" He said, "Then your worries will be sufficiently taken care of, and your sins will be forgiven."Tirmidhi said, "This is a hasan hadith," and in another copy, "hasan sahih." Hakim said, "Its chain is sahih, and the two of them did not narrate it."It appears from this that Ubayy bin Kaab used to relate this hadith in parts, narrating one part at a time and another part another time, and Qabisa combined them from Sufyan, while others narrated it divided. There is nothing objectionable or strange in it.As for His saying, "They say, 'Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state?'" [Naziat 79:10], meaning, will we indeed live again after our death, and be resurrected from this place of ours? This is the doubt of all the polytheists and obstinate deniers, who consider it something impossible. But they forgot the power of Allah, exalted is He, who created them from nothing, and the second creation is easier than the first creation. "Former state" (al-hafirah) means the original condition and the beginning of the matter. The Arabs say, "So-and-so returned to his hafirah," meaning he returned from where he came.As for His saying, "Even if we should be decayed bones?" [Naziat 79:11], meaning, decayed."They say", meaning the deniers, "that, then, would be a losing return" [Naziat 79:12], a failed return, meaning if we are brought back after death, we will indeed lose because of the punishment that will befall us after death.As for His saying, "Indeed, it is but one shout, and suddenly they will be on the surface of the earth" [Naziat 79:13–14], meaning, upon the surface of the earth after having been in its depths, and that is after the final blast. In His saying, "one shout" [Naziat 79:13], meaning a single blast, which is the blowing of the Horn.