8) The Return is a World in Which Individuals Will Return

8) The Return is a World in Which Individuals Will Return

In the World of the Return, will those who return and who have religious accountability be nations or individuals? Will the Return be for both humans and jinn? Who are the people that will return?

Sayed Ahmad Al-Hasan pbuh clarified this with the following answer:

The Return involves both humans and jinn. It has nothing to do with nations but rather, with individual people. The ones who were pure in faith will return and the ones who were pure in disbelief will return. In other words, the ones that will have their test repeated in the Return are the Imams of justice and their prominent followers, and the imams of injustice and their prominent followers. Regarding the Return and its purpose, you can review the information, since I have given a detailed explanation in several different places (Al-Hasan, 2010a, vol. 3 Q145, vol. 4 Q171 and Q175).

There are many verses that refer to the Return of certain individuals from various nations including the following:

{Indeed, He who imposed upon you the Quran will take you back to a place of return…} Quran Chapter “The Stories” 28:85. This is referring to the return of the Messenger of God, Muhammad, and his progeny pbut. They are the people of the Quran.

And the Almighty says: {The Day when We will gather from every nation a company of those who deny Our signs, and they will be [driven] in rows} Quran Chapter “The Ant” 27:83. This verse is about the return of the imams of disbelief and their prominent followers (Al-Hasan 2010b, vol. 3, Q235).