What is the hereafter? It is the eternal world to go to after this world. Belief in the hereafter is one of the six fundamentals of belief. 1. Stages of Life in the Hereafter There fourteen stages in the life in the hereafter: 1- Life in the grave 2- Blowing of...
Stages of Life in the Hereafter 4. Resurrection after death During the history of mankind, the question of “death” occupied people’s minds in the past, it is occupying today and it seems that it will occupy in the future too. Man has the desire to live forever...
Stages of Life in the Hereafter 5. Gathering after Resurrection and Gathering Place Gathering is Allah’s sending men to the gathering place after the resurrection for reckoning and bringing them together. The place where men gather is called the Gathering Place. There are a lot of verses...
Stages of Life in the Hereafter 10. Sirat Sirat is used to mean a bridge or road laid across Hell. Everybody, whether a believer or an unbeliever, will cross this bridge. It is stated in the hadiths of the Prophet (PBUH) that in accordance with their deeds some...
WHAT ARE THE POSİTİVE EFFECTS OF BELİEF İN THE HEREAFTER ON HUMAN LİFE? Belief in the hereafter and the things that will happen in the hereafter has an important place in the fundamentals of belief. The fundamentals of belief are generally summarized as “belief in Allah...
Phrases Related to the Doomsday, Resurrection and the Hereafter: Many phrases are used related to the doomsday, resurrection, hereafter and life in the hereafter in the Quran. We can divide these phrases into three: a. Phrases related to the strike of the Doomsday and the destruction of...
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF BELIEF IN THE HEREAFTER FOR THE SOCIETY AND INDIVIDUALS? (Part 1) Belief in the Hereafter is one of the essentials of Islamic creed. According to Islam, there is a Day of Judgment when everyone is going to be called to account for...
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF BELIEF IN THE HEREAFTER FOR THE SOCIETY AND INDIVIDUALS? (Part 2) What belief in the Hereafter, in the Day of Judgment when everyone is going to be punished or rewarded, and in the eternal life earns individuals and society: After belief in...
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Look, then, to the signs of God’s mercy -how He restores life to the earth after its death- verily He it is Who quickens the dead, for He is powerful over all things. Brother, if you wish for...
• First Aspect: Is it at all possible that in any kingdom, and particularly so splendid a kingdom as this, there should be no reward for those who serve obediently and no punishment for those who rebel? Reward and punishment are virtually non-existent here; there must...
• Sixth Aspect: Come now, look! All these imposing railways, planes, machines, warehouses, exhibitions show that behind the veil an imposing monarch exists and governs. Such a monarch requires subjects worthy of himself. But now you see all his subjects gathered in a hospice for wayfarers, a...
• Tenth Aspect: Come, today is the vernal equinox. Certain changes will take place, and wondrous things will occur. On this fine spring day, let us go for a walk on the green plain adorned with beautiful flowers. See, other people are also coming toward it. There...
• Twelfth Aspect: Come, let us return now. We will speak with the chiefs and officers of these various groups, and looking at their equipment will inquire whether that equipment has been given them only for the sake of subsisting for a brief period in that...
Introduction • First Indication The foolish man in the previous story and his trustworthy companion correspond to three other pairs: • The instinctual soul and the heart; • The students of philosophy and the pupils of the All-Wise Qur’an; • The people of unbelief and the community of Islam. The worst...
Introduction • Second Indication In our story, we made mention of a Most Noble Commander and said that whoever is not blind and sees his decorations and medals will understand that he acts in accordance with the commands of a monarch and is his favoured servant. Now...
Introduction • Third Indication Let it not be thought that petty man is too insignificant for this vast world to be brought to an end and another realm to be unfolded simply for the sake of his being brought to account. For apparently petty man bears great importance...
Introduction SECOND TRUTH The Gate of Generosity and Mercy,the Manifestation of the Names of Generous and Merciful Is it at all possible that the Lord of this world, Who in His works demonstrates infinite generosity, infinite mercy, infinite splendour and infinite glory, should not give reward in a...
Introduction THIRD TRUTH The Gate of Wisdom and Justice,the Manifestation of the Names of Wise and Just Is it at all possible that the Lord of Glory, Who demonstrates His dominical sovereignty in the wisdom and order, the justice and equilibrium that pervade all things, from the...
Introduction FOURTH TRUTH The Gate of Generosity and Beauty,the Manifestation of the Names of Generous and Beautiful Is it at all possible that infinite generosity and liberality, inexhaustible riches, unending treasures, peerless and eternal beauty, flawless and everlasting perfection, should not require the existence of grateful supplicants, yearning...
Intorduction FIFTH TRUTH The gate of Compassion and Muhammadan Worship,the Manifestation of the Names of Answerer of Prayer and Compassionate Is it at all possible that a Lord possessing infinite compassion and mercy, Who most compassionately fulfils the smallest need of His lowliest creatures in the most unexpected...
Introduction SIXTH TRUTH The Gate of Splendour and Eternity,the Manifestation of the Names of Glorious and Eternal. Is it at all possible that the splendour of dominicality that subdues and commands all beings, from suns and trees down to particles, just like obedient soldiers, should concentrate its entire...
Introduction SEVENTH TRUTH The Gate of Protection and Preservation,the Manifestation of the Names of Preserver and Guardian Is it at all possible that God’s attribute of Preserver, which protects all things with the utmost order and balance, -things in the heavens and on the earth, on dry land...
Introduction EIGHTH TRUTH The Gate of Promise and Threat,the Manifestation of the Names of Beautiful and Glorious. Is it at all possible that the Maker of this world, the Possessor of Absolute Knowledge and Absolute Power, should not fulfil the oft-repeated promise and threat that has been proclaimed...
Introduction TENTH TRUTH The Gate of Wisdom, Grace, Mercy and Justice;the Manifestation of the Names of All-Wise,Generous, Just and Merciful. Is it at all possible that the Glorious Possessor of all Dominion in this impermanent hospice of the world, in this transient place of testing, in this unstable...
Introduction ELEVENTH TRUTH The Gate of Humanity, and the Manifestation of the Name of Truth Is it at all possible that God Almighty, He Who is worshipped by right, should create man within creation as the most significant of all of His servants with respect to His absolute...
Introduction [This consists of two Points comprising a concise explanation of one comprehensive result of the numerous spiritual benefits of belief in resurrection and of its vital consequences; a demonstration of how essential it is for human life and especially for the life of society; a...
Introduction SECOND POINT (Part.1) This explains in summary form a proof -one of many- proceeding from the testimony to the truth of resurrection of the other pillars of belief. It is as follows: All the miracles indicating the Messengership of Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) and...
Introduction SECOND POINT (Part.2) Moreover, just as all the proofs demonstrating the veracity of the revealed scriptures, and all the miracles and evidences proving the prophethood of God’s Beloved (PBUH) and of all the prophets, indirectly prove the reality of the hereafter, which is what they teach...
Introduction SECOND POINT (Part.3) And since just as the universe’s Owner has chosen the earth from the universe, and man from the earth, and bestowed on him a high rank and importance; so out of mankind He has chosen the prophets, saints, and purified ones, true human...
Second Part of the Addendum (Part.1) The first of nine stations comprising the nine levels of proofs of resurrection miraculously indicated in the following verse: Glory be to God in the evening and at daybreak, and praise is His in the heavens and earth, at nightfall and...
Second Part of the Addendum (Part.2) Similarly, attributes the existence of which is proven and self-evident by virtue of their traces throughout the cosmos, attributes such as Absolute power, all-embracing will, and comprehensive knowledge, bear witness with all of their proofs to the life and necessary...
Third Part of the Addendum A question related to the resurrection of the dead: The frequently repeated verse, It will be naught but a single cry, and the verse, The command of the Hour will be like the glance of the eye, show that the resurrection of the dead and Great...
Fourth Part of the Addendum (Part.1) He said: “Who shall give life to decaying bones?” Say: “He shall give them life who first gave them life, and He is All-Knowing concerning all creation.” As was illustrated in the third comparison in the Ninth Truth of the Tenth...
Fourth Part of the Addendum (Part.2) Compare other matters with this by analogy, and deduce the truth if you have the capacity. Let us aid you with the following. The verse, When the sun is folded up, refers to a brilliant similitude and hints at its...