Qur’ānic Review of the Belief in the Soul’s Return to the Body in the Grave

The Belief in the Return of the Soul to the Body in the Grave – Qur’ānic Analysis
Source: Aḥkām wa Masāʾil – ʿAqāʾid ka Bayān, Vol. 1, p. 64

Clarification Regarding the Question​

You mentioned:


“According to the Qur’ān, the soul of every righteous or wicked person is not returned.”


I have not come across any verse in the Qur’ān that explicitly states:


“The soul of every righteous or wicked person is not returned.”


If you believe such a verse exists, kindly present it for examination.

Position of the Qur’ān and Sunnah​

• The Qur’ān does not contain any explicit negation of the soul’s return (iʿādah al-rūḥ) to the body in the grave.
• The Sunnah clearly establishes that after burial, the soul is returned to the body for questioning by the two angels, Munkar and Nakīr.
• This connection between soul and body in the Barzakh is a matter of the unseen (ghayb) and is accepted based on authentic ḥadīth, not contradicted by the Qur’ān.

Key Point​

The Qur’ān and authentic ḥadīth are in harmony on this matter. Therefore:

• We cannot reject the return of the soul in the grave unless there is an explicit Qur’ānic text denying it — and such a text does not exist.