2. The questioning of the grave happens to this nation and to other nations

as well. Those who maintain this view have said that the arguments ofthe first group do not prove that the questioning is limited to this nation only. In the first hadith, the phrase, "this nation" means the nation ofmankind, as Allah says: c~d there is no creature on [or within] the earth or bird thatJlies with its wings except [that they are] communities like you•.... (Quran: AI-An'am: 38) Every species is called a nation or a community. Even if the Prophet (PBUH) means his nation, this does not exclude other nations from being questioned, for the b.adith is just a declarative statement illustrating that his nation will be questioned in their graves. The same can be said about the second b.adith in which he (PBUH) said: "It was revealed to me that you will be put to trials in your graves."