They say: ‘When we are turned to bones and particles (of dust), shall we truly be raised up as a new creation?’ Tell them: ‘(You will be raised afresh even if) you turn to stone or iron; or any other form of creation you deem hardest of all (to create from).’ They will certainly ask: ‘Who will bring us back (to life)?’ Say: ‘He Who created you in the first instance.’ They will shake their heads at you and inquire: ‘When will that be?’ Say: ‘Perhaps that time might have drawn near; on the Day when He will call you and you will rise praising Him in response to His call, and you will believe that you had lain in this state only for a while.’
(Al-Qur’ān – 17:49-52)
These Qur’ānic verses remove unbelievers’ misapprehensions about the Day of Resurrection. The period between a person’s death and resurrection on the Last Day will appear as if one has just had a brief sleep and been woken by the din and noise of the Day of Reckoning.
On the Day of Resurrection everyone will have God’s praise on their lips. A believer’s praise of God will emanate from his faith and conviction. But an unbeliever will praise God since to do so is innate in human nature. Naturally, with the commencement of a fresh phase of existence, when all artificial barriers have been removed, the unbeliever will be forced to give vent to what had always been embedded in his nature; in the Hereafter he too will praise God.