The Life Of The Hereafter

Subiect: The Life Of The Hereafter Joi Mai 19, 2011 4:17 am

The Life Of The Hereafter

Before concluding our discussion about life and death, we have to talk
about the Hereafter in details. This is man’s real life. Worldly life is
merely the abode of trial. No matter how long man stays in it, he will
surely leave it at the end, and then will come man’s eternal life.
This worldly life is preceded by death and is followed by death,
whereas the Hereafter is preceded by death and is followed by
immortality. This worldly life is a world of vicissitudes where man’s
state is never the same. The strong therein becomes weak, the rich
becomes poor and the powerful becomes helpless.
As for life in the Hereafter, it is characterized by permanence in
everything; in its pleasures, its torment, its delights, and all that it
offers. Man before coming to this worldly life experienced a period of
death in the immaterial existence. For man to reach the life of the
Hereafter, he has to experience a death period in the Barzakh [the
grave as the barrier or the intermediate realm that separates between
this world and the other world from the time of death till the time of
Resurrection] world. The Barzakh is the barrier between death and
resurrection, between life and afterlife. After it, there would be no
return to worldly life.
We have to keep in mind that everything about man, whether in the
immaterial existence, the life of this world, the death world, or in the
Hereafter, is chronicled in accurate records with Allah, all praise and
glory be to Him. None among these phases goes haphazardly or
elapses without an order or an accurate arrangement. Allah, all praise
and glory be to Him, possesses an utmost accurate record of
everything He has created. No secret in this world is concealed from
Him. Nothing is hidden from Him so much as the weight of an atom
on the earth or in the heavens. Everything is in a Clear Book, which is
the foundation of the Book, Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz (The Preserved
Tablet). Recite the noble Qur’anic verse in which Allah, all praise be
to Him, says (what means):

“Verily, We give life to the dead, and We record that which they
send before (them), and their traces [their footsteps and walking
on the earth with their legs to the mosques for the five compulsory
congregational prayers, Jihâd (holy fighting in the Cause of Allah)
and all other good and evil they did, and that which they leave
behind], and all things We have recorded with numbers (as a
record) in a Clear Book.” (Yâsîn, 36: 12)

For each one of us there is a preserved record kept with Allah. It
encloses all the events of man’s life and it would be a witness against
him on the Day of Resurrection, but how would it bear witness against
him? A witness against him through vivid images, as he would
certainly see and hear all the events of his life exactly as they
happened to him, and observe them meticulously in a way that inhibits
him from denying any of them. Allah thus makes man bear witness
against himself on the Day of Resurrection. Recite the noble Qur’anic
verse in which Allah, Whose Majesty reigns supreme, says (what
means):

“Read your book. You yourself are sufficient as a reckoner
against you this Day.” (Al-Isrâ’, 17: 14)

This record and the registered life of each man are so accurate to
extent that it resembles eyeing our selfsame worldly lives and be
amazed from the accuracy of such recording, because we would find
recorded in that book certain matters and details we have forgotten.
Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, says concerning the accuracy of
recording (what means),

“Allah has kept account of it, while they have forgotten it.” (Al-
Mujâdalah, 58:6)

We would also discern the seriousness of Judgment from the accuracy
of recording, that Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, misses
nothing. Therefore, we have to carefully deliberate on the Qur’ânic
verse in which Allah, praise be to Him, says (what means),

“They will say: ‘Woe to us! What sort of Book is this that leaves
neither a small thing nor a big thing, but has recorded it with
numbers!’ And they will find all that they did, placed before them,
and your Lord treats no one with injustice.” (Al-Kahf, 18: 49)

Deep deliberation on this Qur’ânic verse makes us ashamed of
committing any sin while knowing that it will be recorded against us
and be exposed on the Day of the Great Scene in front of Allah, all
praise and glory be to Him, witnessed by all the creatures.

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