09-27-2004, 07:25 PM
as salam alykom
PII put some very interesting questions on another thread. We saw to dedicate a special thread to Insh a Allah try and reply to his inquiries. I do seek Allah’s close guidance and support to be able to explain the needed points.
Insh a Allah we will try to give him a reply:
Here are his points:
I don't really believe in death. Nor birth for that matter. I mean, I was never really born. I was a foetus, which was an embryo, which was an egg, which was created when my mother was a foetus, etc. So when I die, I won't really die. I will rot and become eaten by worms and such, thus feeding them and giving them strength to make new life, which will repeate until the United States destroys the earth with nuclear weapons ;-)
Ok, so the United States thing was a joke (a dark joke at that), but the rest is basically true. It's a very buddhist perspective.
If someone wouldn't mind, could you explain (in stupid American speak) the fundamental Muslim belief in death? Or provide me with a link if the basics have already been covered on thie forum? Jolly good then. Cheerio!
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Just as u mentioned, if we are going to talk about the end, we must first look at the beginning.
One starts life exactly as u said as a fetus (a conceived egg) in the mother’s womb. At the age of around 12 weeks, Allah S&T instills the soul into the fetus that is when it starts moving.
At this age, Allah also Sends an angle to record the full profile of the creature. Such as whether believer or non believer, rich or poor, happy or unhappy, and so forth.
The soul actually is the source of life, that is why when it is blown into the fetus, it starts moving and continues to develop, forming limbs, body organs step by step till the embryo is fully grown and ready to come into this world.
Then as u know one comes to life through the delivery process of the mother.
When the time of the person comes, as recorded in Allah’s main ledger (actually it has a special term but I am using this to simplify matters to u), one starts suffering stupor of death, let us call it the departure of the soul.
Actually, it is a departure of the soul which does not die itself, it does not eliminate. When time comes, one suffers different symptoms indicating the pulling out of the soul from the body.
Being the source of life, in other words this ambiguous item which makes all body organs function and is not known to any of us but still leads all vital operations of the body, the organs begin to stop one after the other. Usually the departure of the soul begins from the feet.
Depending on the status of the person, whether a believer or not, the stupor is either painful or smooth.
At this point, the truth is revealed to the person, he/she sees the angle assigned to collect the soul either in a cheerful nice image or a dreadful frightening one.
The angle begins collecting the soul as I said starting from the feet and takes it up through the skies to check its position again depending on the final destination one prepared for.
It is then brought back to the body till it goes into the grave. After being into the grave, the soul is taken into a different world. I call it the waiting area. Sort of a no man’s zone where all of our souls will be waiting for the Day of Judgment.
We can easily say that the soul does not die, or eliminate, but rather only the envelope that is keeping it from meeting the Lord is taken off.
It is set free to wait where Allah Commands it till the time comes.
When the time comes, souls will be returned back to the bodies in their graves, by the Will of Allah of course.
We will resurrect from our graves in a major panic and wait for the judgment.
I was brief and simple as much as possible.
Hope I helped if u need any further explanation, will be more than happy to give. Or if my brothers and sisters have more to say pls do.
