In human nature inherent desire to Eternity. Being held hostage by this fleeting material world, man, always striving for Eternity. The one, who will listen to your inner voice, will hear how that voice again and again tells him about Eternity. Even if a person has been granted the universe, it does not quench the thirst for eternal life, for which it was created. The natural human desire for happiness is due to the constant objective reality and the fact that eternal life is real.
Like many other world religions, Islam preaches faith in an afterlife (Akhirah). In the religion of Prophet Muhammad considered this concept so important that the messengers of Allah (Rasul) at all times felt even the slightest deviation from the belief in life after death apostasy from God.
A true Muslim must always remember about akhirah that makes his life and his actions are meaningful. What is human life? The life of man - just a brief moment during which people cannot fully get a fair reward or punishment for their actions committed throughout life. The Qur'an emphasizes the need for a fair reward to each of the living as for the poor and for the good things in this life, because life on earth - a preparation for akhirah.
The body is an instrument of the spirit, which manages and controls all the bodies down to the smallest particles that make up the cell. At a predetermined time the Lord comprehends human disease or body ceases to function, that marks the invitation of the angel of death - Azrael. Although death comes to a man by the will of the Lord God, the obligation to take human souls He holds the angel Azrael, is a symbolic veil separating itself in the eyes of the people and the death of the one who sends. Illness or various disasters also symbolize a kind of veil, but directly between death and Azrael.
As the angel Azrael, like all the angels, created from light, it can appear to be present in several places at the same time. The fact that he is busy a certain time, does not mean that in the same time it can not participate in the performance of any other cases. Just as the sun gives heat and light all over the world and at the same time, reflected, is present in numerous transparent objects of this world, the angel Azrael may take millions of souls at the same time, without creating confusion.
Each of the angels are in subjection the like angels. When the die is good, righteous people come to him first few angels glowing with smiling faces. This is followed by an angel Azrael, which may be accompanied by one or more subordinate angels, they were assigned to take the souls of the righteous. Angels aspirating souls of the righteous are different from the angels who take the souls of sinners. The souls of sinners, met death with angry, frightened face, "ruthlessly pulled out."
Those who believed in the Lord, and led a righteous life, opened the doors of heaven. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said that the souls of the righteous are taken as gently and smoothly as water flows from the jug. Moreover, the shaheed (martyrs in the way of the Lord) do not feel the agony of death and do not know what they died. Instead, they feel that they have moved to a better world, and enjoy eternal happiness.
Man dies as he lives. Anyone who led a righteous life, die a dignified death, while the death of the sinner is painful and horrible. Prophet Muhamma (peace be upon him), the most praise the Lord God, advised to read special prayers in his dying hour. It is known that the closest associates of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), such as, for example, Osman Ali, Hamza and Omar ibn Mus'ab (may Allah be pleased with them), and others who have devoted themselves to the service of Islam, died the death of martyrs.
For those who believe and do righteous deeds, death is not to be afraid of. Although it seems that death is the fading light of life and its charms, in fact it is a liberation from the heavy duties of worldly life. This change of the seat, the transition to a different state, but it is also an invitation to eternal life.
According to the predestination of the Lord, the world is constantly updated, replaced mortal life comes eternal life. When fruit stones into the soil, it seems that she is dying. But in fact, it is subjected to a perfect chemical process, passes through certain stages of development, and in the end of it grows a new tree. Thus, the "death" of bone is the beginning of a new life of a tree, a new, more advanced stage of development.
Since the death of the plant, is a simple standard of living, beautiful and has a great importance, the death of a person, which is a higher level of life, must be even more beautiful and have an even greater importance: a man goes underground, certainly will gain eternal life.
Death frees man from the difficulties of worldly life, which with age and misfortune befalls a person becomes more difficult. Death takes him into the circle of eternity and love, where people will be able to enjoy the company of loved ones, and find solace in a happy eternal life.
For those who believe and do righteous deeds, death is not to be afraid of. Although it seems that death is the fading light of life and its charms, in fact it is a liberation from the heavy duties of worldly life
After death, the soul will appear before the Lord God. If a person lived a righteous, virtuous life and attained perfection, angels, accompanying his soul to the Lord, transfer it to God. Angels greet the soul wherever it flies, and ask, "Whose is the soul? How beautiful is this soul! ". Angels that accompany the soul, call it the most beautiful words and say: "It is the soul of the one who prayed, fasted, gave alms and endured all the hardships of life in the name of the Lord." Finally, God Almighty welcomes soul and tells the angels: "Take the soul back to the grave where buried her body, because she has to answer questions and Nakir Munkira angels."
Afterlife (Barzakh) is the realm where the soul of man after death experiences "breath" Paradise with his blessing or punishment of Hell with it. If a person lived a righteous life, his righteous deeds - the prayers, good deeds, etc. - Will appear in front of him in the intermediate world as a friendly fellow.
For him after death also opened the window overlooking the gardens of paradise, and, as stated in the hadith, the grave would be for him like the Garden of Eden. However, as already mentioned, if a person has remained untempered sins, whatever righteous life he had led, it will be subject to punishment in the intermediate world for the purification of the soul from their sins, so that she can go to heaven immediately after the Resurrection. If the man was a sinful way of life, after the death of his lack of faith in God and bad deeds will appear before him in the form of incorrect friends and all creatures such as scorpions and snakes. He will see scenes of Hell, and his tomb becomes a hellish underworld. Live there part of the body or cell after death?
Everyone knows that as long as the person is alive, that his soul feels the pain and joy. Although the soul feels the pain through the nervous system and uses this system to interact with all parts of the body, down to each cell - a mystery to science still include some type of interaction occurs between the soul and the body, including the human brain. Any failure in any part of the body, its internal organs, leading to death, can lead to a shutdown of the nervous system. However, as is proved by science, some brain cells continue to live after death for some time. Scientists are conducting research on the basis of signals obtained from such cells of the brain after death. If the job goes well, and they will be able to decode these signals, it will be very important, especially in the field of criminology, as it will shed light on the crime, "authors" are unknown.
The Holy Qur'an tells how in the days of the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him), God raised murdered, spoke about his killer. "And when they killed a living soul - Lord opened their eyes to what they hide "
Flour experienced in the grave and Hell as the soul suffers and rejoices, continues to interact with the body and in the intermediate world through those particles that resist degradation, it makes no sense to discuss the soul or body alone or together they will endure "flour grave "? However, as mentioned earlier, God will recreate the people on the day of the Resurrection of the very particles of their bodies, and these bodies will be resurrected on the "dawn" of eternal life.
Since the soul lives in this world with the body, shares with him her joy and sorrow, God will recreate people both physically and spiritually. Sunni Muslims agree with the statement that the soul and body together will go to heaven or hell.
God will recreate the body in forms corresponding to the other world, where everything will be alive: "This world is just fun and games, and the home of the last - it is life, if they knew" (Holy Qur'an, 29:64).
Soul in the intermediate world will see and hear us, Lord allows it to them. According to His will, God can allow some people to dream and sometimes waking the dead souls, hear them or talk to them. After the death of the book of Acts closes human, except for the fact that they were committed during his lifetime and continues to benefit after death, if the person left behind a good, righteous children, and other books, from which people can then benefit if he educated people useful to society, contributed to their education, he will be rewarded again and again. If, however, people began to cause some evil or sinful act committed, which began to imitate others, his sins will be stored as long as it is evil to live among humans.
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