What happens to us after death?
The Journey
By Huma Ahmad
Imagine yourself at the moment of your death.
What thoughts cross your mind? Memories of family and friends?Panic? Regrets?Remembrance of Allah? What is death? What happens to us after we die?
What is life in the Hereafter like, this new andstrange world after death? Do we lose consciousness of this life?Where does our soul go? Do we feel and think the same?The ineffable feeling of crossing the boundary between this world andthe next cannot be described in words, nor imagined in the mind, butcan be understood only through divine revealation and inspiration. Let us for the next few moments seek an understanding of this, death,the only certainty in life.
Sometimes we may not want to know about the processes that occur after we die because we are afraid or don't want to think about it.However, this is not the attitude of a Muslim.
We should be foremost in learning and understanding death, so we can live our lives accordingly. The Prophet (saw) said, "Live in this world as thoughyou are a stranger or a traveler (passing through it)." [Muslim] We are on a journey and should know about the whole journey's itinerary, not just one part. Death is inevitable. It is the one thing that we can be certainabout in life. We are born to die. Every soul shall have a taste ofdeath no matter who they are. This is confirmed for us many times inthe Quran: "Every soul shall have a taste of death: and only on the Day ofJudgement shall you be paid your full recompense." (Quran 3:185)" Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil andby good, by way of trial. To Us must you return." (21:35)"Every soul shall have a taste of death: In the end to Us shall yoube brought back." (29:57)
read the complete article here
By Huma Ahmad
Imagine yourself at the moment of your death.
What thoughts cross your mind? Memories of family and friends?Panic? Regrets?Remembrance of Allah? What is death? What happens to us after we die?
What is life in the Hereafter like, this new andstrange world after death? Do we lose consciousness of this life?Where does our soul go? Do we feel and think the same?The ineffable feeling of crossing the boundary between this world andthe next cannot be described in words, nor imagined in the mind, butcan be understood only through divine revealation and inspiration. Let us for the next few moments seek an understanding of this, death,the only certainty in life.
Sometimes we may not want to know about the processes that occur after we die because we are afraid or don't want to think about it.However, this is not the attitude of a Muslim.
We should be foremost in learning and understanding death, so we can live our lives accordingly. The Prophet (saw) said, "Live in this world as thoughyou are a stranger or a traveler (passing through it)." [Muslim] We are on a journey and should know about the whole journey's itinerary, not just one part. Death is inevitable. It is the one thing that we can be certainabout in life. We are born to die. Every soul shall have a taste ofdeath no matter who they are. This is confirmed for us many times inthe Quran: "Every soul shall have a taste of death: and only on the Day ofJudgement shall you be paid your full recompense." (Quran 3:185)" Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil andby good, by way of trial. To Us must you return." (21:35)"Every soul shall have a taste of death: In the end to Us shall yoube brought back." (29:57)
read the complete article here
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