In the name of Allah most
gracious most merciful
Assalaamualaikum wa
rahmatuallahi wa barakatahu
This paper gives execessive
details of punishment in grave.State in barzakh-barrier.
3:169 Think not of those who
are slain in Allah's way as dead. Nay
they live finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord.
Living but this living is such
that they’ll be raised on judgement
day,so Allah subhanawatala is aware he says & to him is clear the
defination of all things.This is prior to the judgement day .Sustenance is
granted to the martyr .When there is reward after death & before judgement
day then their has to be punishment for wrongdoers before judgement day.This is
logical .
For example-The below verses
explains twice deaths & twice lives.
2:28 How can ye reject the
faith in Allah? Seeing that ye were
without life and He gave you life; then will He cause you to die and will again
bring you to life; and again to Him will ye return.
22:66 It is He Who gave you life
will cause you to die and will again give you life: truly man is a most
ungrateful creature!
40:11 They will say:" Our
Lord! twice hast Thou made us without life and twice hast Thou given us Life!
Now have we recognized our sins: is there any way out (of this)?"
so its Death,then life,then
death then live.
7:172 When thy Lord drew forth
from the children of Adam from their loins their descendants and made them
testify concerning themselves (saying): "Am I not your Lord (who cherishes
and sustains you)?" They said:
"Yea! we do testify!" (This)
lest ye should say on the Day of Judgment: "of this we were never
mindful."
Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 121 Narrated byAbdullah ibn Abbas
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon
him) said: Allah made covenant (with the whole of mankind) while creating it
from Adam's back in Na'man i.e. Arafah and emitting from his loins all his
offspring that He created and scattering them before Him like ant. He then
spoke to them in their presence and said: `Am I not your Lord? They answered:
Yes, we do bear witness thereto (of this We remind you) lest you say on the Day
of Resurrection: Verily, we were unaware of this. Or lest you say: Verily,
these were our forefathers in times gone by, who began to ascribe divinity to
other things besides Allah and we were but their late offspring. Wilt Thou then
destroy us for doings of those inventors of falsehood.' (7:172-173)
Transmitted by Ahmad.
In the above verse they testified
when they were in the state of death.The death before life .So one can actually
be conscious in state of death.
Judgement before the judgement
day is not actually the abosolute judgement but a preliminary state of
punishment before actually entering hell.Just as the pious get the blessings
prior to the judgement day [before entering the heaven].this blessing is
preliminary state of blessing .This is in grave.
3:170 They rejoice in the bounty provided by Allah: and with
regard to those left behind who have not yet joined them (in their bliss) the
(martyrs) glory in the fact that on them is no fear nor have they (cause to)
grieve. [*Note:These are the martyrs who rejoice]
171 They glory in the Grace
and the Bounty from Allah and in the fact that Allah suffereth not the reward
of the faithful to be lost (in the least).
3.170
YUSUFALI: They rejoice in the
bounty provided by Allah: And with regard to those left behind, who have not
yet joined them (in their bliss), the (Martyrs) glory in the fact that on them
is no fear, nor have they (cause to) grieve.
PICKTHAL: Jubilant (are they)
because of that which Allah hath bestowed upon them of His bounty, rejoicing
for the sake of those who have not joined them but are left behind: That there
shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
SHAKIR: Rejoicing in what
Allah has given them out of His grace and they rejoice for the sake of those
who, (being left) behind them, have not yet joined them, that they shall have
no fear, nor shall they grieve.
47:26 This because they said
to those who hate what Allah has revealed "We will obey you in part of
(this) matter"; but Allah knows their (inner) secrets.
27 But how (will it be) when
the angels take their souls at death and smite their faces and their backs?
*Note:This is actually done while taking souls,at the time of death.
28 This because they followed
that which called forth the Wrath of Allah and they hated Allah's good
pleasure; so He made their deeds of no effect.
23.99
YUSUFALI: (In Falsehood will
they be) Until, when death comes to one of them, he says: "O my Lord! send
me back (to life),- [This is after death]
PICKTHAL: Until, when death cometh unto one of them, he saith: My
Lord! Send me back, [Death has actually overtaken]
SHAKIR: Until when death
overtakes one of them, he says: Send me back, my Lord, send me back; [the
deceased says : send me back,after entering into another state ,it’s the wish
to return & a plea in the state of death.
36:51 The trumpet shall be
sounded when behold! from the sepulchers (men) will rush forth to their Lord!
[even if they were dust they’ll get back their bodies & rush to lord].
52 They will say: "Ah!
woe unto us! Who hath raised us up from our beds of repose? (A voice will say:)
"This is what (Allah) Most Gracious had promised and true was the word of
the apostles!"[*note:Raised from sleep,while living humans sleep,they experience pain,grief,happiness &
many emotions in dreams ,well in sleep the soul is away from body ,even after
that one can feel ,then one can certainly feel when soul is present in the
state of death & also the body.
So in death which is a state
in barrier,humans can experience blessings as well as sufferings,for
example,if a person had a worst dream & is suddenly woken up to
see something more terrible than that dream ,which is noise of trumpet [of
judgement day] tehn certainly he/she might not remember for time being the
torture suffered in grave.
39:42 It is Allah that takes the
souls (of men) at death: and those that die not (He takes) during their sleep:
those on whom He has passed the decree of death He keeps back (from returning
to life) but the rest He sends (to their bodies) for a term appointed. Verily in this are Signs for those who
reflect.
*[Note: sleeping is also half
death.Allah subhanawatala knows how he punishes even after bodies become mere
dust,for he is the knower of all.
17:They will ask thee
concerning the Spirit. Say: The Spirit is by command of my Lord, and of
knowledge ye have been vouchsafed but little.
*Note: what Allah
subhanawatala does with the spirit[soul] in detail is knows to him.How one is
blessed is also known to him,how one suffers is also known to him whether there
is skin or not .
37:16 "What! when we die
and become dust and bones shall we (then) be raised up (again)?
17 "And also our fathers
of old?"
18 Say thou: "Yea and ye
shall then be humiliated (on account of your evil)[*They are humiliated then
& there].
19 Then it will be a single
(compelling) cry; and behold they will begin to see!
20 They will say "Ah! woe
to us! This is the Day of Judgement!"
21 (A voice will say)
"This is the Day of Sorting Out whose truth ye (once) denied!"
37.18
YUSUFALI: Say thou: "Yea,
and ye shall then be humiliated (on account of your evil)."
PICKTHAL: Say (O Muhammad):
Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low. [*Note:brought low before judgement
day ,it’s a a state where in one is conscious of one situation. SHAKIR: Say:
Aye! and you shall be abject. [Abjection means degradation-in webster’s
dictionary]
54:7 They will come forth their eyes humbled from (their) graves
(torpid) like locusts scattered abroad [even if humans donated their body parts
or organs or eaten up by animals ,even so they’ll come in one piece.
10:34 Say: "Of your
`partners' can any originate creation and repeat it?" Say: "It is
Allah Who originates Creation and repeats it: then how are ye deluded away
(from the truth)?"
102:1 The mutual rivalry for piling
up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things)
2 Until ye visit the graves.
[When one does & visits his/her grave then all the truth about grave is
known to the deceased]
30:52 So verily thou canst not
make the dead to hear nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call when they
show their backs and turn away.
*[Note:Humnas cannot make the
dead to hear,but Allah subhanawatala can]
35:22 Nor are alike those that are living and those that are
dead. Allah can make any that He wills
to hear; but thou canst not make those to hear who are (buried) in graves
*[Note:Allah subhanawatala can
make any to hear but humans cannot ,this is for those who take intermediaries
thinking that the dead can talk to God & thus their wishes can be
fulfilled].
82:4 And when the Graves are
turned upside down
82.5 YUSUFALI: (Then) shall
each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
PICKTHAL: A soul will know
what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
SHAKIR: Every soul shall know
what it has sent before and held back.
40.46
YUSUFALI: In front of the Fire
will they be brought, morning and evening: And (the sentence will be) on the
Day that Judgment will be established: "Cast ye the People of Pharaoh into
the severest Penalty!"
*Note:morning & evening
suilts only on earth .Allah subhanawatala can do what he wills,he may give them
a break from the punishment.
For example: Break in hell
from punishment,but even that break for food & drink is a source of punishment.
56: :52 "Ye will surely
taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.
53 "Then will ye fill
your insides therewith
54 "And drink Boiling
Water on top of it:
55 "Indeed ye shall drink
like diseased camels raging with thirst!
56 Such will be their
entertainment on the Day of Requital!
40:46 PICKTHAL: The Fire; they
are exposed to it morning and evening; and on the day when the Hour upriseth
(it is said): Cause Pharaoh's folk to enter the most awful doom.*Note:Expose
means deprive of shelter,protection/subject to action .After that comes
severest penalty which is hell punishment
SHAKIR: The fire; they shall
be brought before it (every) morning and evening and on the day when the hour
shall come to pass: Make Firon's people enter the severest chastisement.
40:47 Behold they will dispute
with each other in the Fire! The weak ones (who followed) will say to those who
had been arrogant "We but followed you: can ye then take (on yourselves) from
us some share of the Fire?"
*Note:Allah subhanawatala can
make anyone speak even in hell fire which is easy for him
48 Those who had been arrogant
will say: "We are all in this (Fire)! Truly Allah has judged between (His)
Servants!"
49 Those in the Fire will say
to the Keepers of Hell: "Pray to your Lord to lighten us the Penalty for a
Day (at least)!"
50 They will say: "Did
there not come to you your apostles with Clear Signs?" They will say
"Yes." They will reply
"Then pray (as ye like) but the Prayer of those without Faith is nothing
but (futile wandering) in (mazes of) error!"
14.27
YUSUFALI: Allah will establish
in strength those who believe, with the word that stands firm, in this world
and in the Hereafter; but Allah will leave, to stray, those who do wrong: Allah
doeth what He willeth.
PICKTHAL: Allah confirmeth
those who believe by a firm saying in the life of the world and in the
Hereafter, and Allah sendeth wrong-doers astray. And Allah doeth what He will.
SHAKIR: Allah confirms those
who believe with the sure word in this world's life and in the hereafter, and
Allah causes the unjust to go astray, and Allah does what He pleases.
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One
may die at Adam alai salaam’s time & the other may die close to Qiyamah day
23:62 On no soul do We place a burden greater than it can bear:
before Us is a record which clearly shows the truth: they will never be
wronged.
Allah subhanawatala is the wisest indeed.It is as if one may ask
why does those people who died earlier have to wait for the latter people to
die,to go to through the judgement day & then enter their proper abodes.Why
to wait for the latter ones or the latter ones may say why to remain in dead
state for so long time & then be born & then die.The proper answer is
,Allah is the wisest,the best to judge.Every one gets what they are destined
to.
41:46 Whoever works
righteousness benefits his own soul; whoever works evil it is against his own
soul: nor is thy Lord ever unjust (in the least) to His servants.
81.12
YUSUFALI: When the Blazing
Fire is kindled to fierce heat;[This is self explanatory]
PICKTHAL: And when hell is
lighted,[lighted means to attack forcefully]
SHAKIR: And when the hell is
kindled up,[hell is a place of punishment where everthing is active so kindle
to arouse or stir up(agitate).
About the people of the cave who
slept for years,they slept,they did not die. It was a sign for people to
understand.
18;19Such (being their state) We
raised them up (from sleep) that they might question each other. Said one of them "How long have ye
stayed (here)?" They said "We have stayed (perhaps) a day or part of
a day." (At length) they (all) said "Allah (alone) knows best how
long ye have stayed here...Now send ye then one of you with this money of yours
to the town: let him find out which is the best food (to be had) and bring some
to you that (ye may) satisfy hunger herewith: and let him behave with care and
courtesy and let him not inform anyone about you.
This man died but but it was a
sign ,he did’nt completed his life duration so he lived again [got back his
life].
2:259 Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet all in ruins to its roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall Allah bring it (ever) to life after (this) its death?" But Allah caused him to die for a hundred years then raised him up (again). He said: "How long didst thou tarry (thus)?" He said: "(perhaps) a day or part of a day." He said: "Nay thou hast tarried thus a hundred years; but look at thy food and thy drink; they show no signs of age; and look at thy donkey: and that We may make of thee a Sign unto the people lookfurther at the bones how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh! When this was shown clearly to him he said: "I know that Allah hath power over all things."
6:93 Who can be more wicked
than one who inventeth a lie against Allah or saith "I have received
inspiration" when he hath received none or (again) who saith "I can
reveal the like of what Allah hath revealed?" If thou couldst but see how
the wicked (do fare) in the flood of confusion at death! the angels stretch forth their hands
(saying) "Yield up your souls.
This day shall ye receive your reward a penalty of shame for that ye
used to tell lies against Allah and scornfully to reject of His Signs!" *Note:Receiving
reward ,a penalty on the day one itself.
4.97
YUSUFALI: When angels take the
souls of those who die in sin against their souls, they say: "In what
(plight) Were ye?" They reply: "Weak and oppressed Were we in the
earth." They say: "Was not the earth of Allah spacious enough for you
to move yourselves away (From evil)?" Such men will find their abode in
Hell,- What an evil refuge! - *This conversation is done with the dead &
such men will find their abode in hell is a statement given in gererality,the
statement is for the living,the living are informed about their penalty if they
continue to be evil.
PICKTHAL: Lo! as for those
whom the angels take (in death) while they wrong themselves, (the angels) will
ask: In what were ye engaged? They will say: We were oppressed in the land.
(The angels) will say: Was not Allah's earth spacious that ye could have
migrated therein? As for such, their habitation will be hell, an evil journey's
end;
SHAKIR: Surely (as for) those
whom the angels cause to die while they are unjust to their souls, they shall
say: In what state were you? They shall say: We were weak in the earth. They
shall say: Was not Allah's earth spacious, so that you should have migrated therein?
So these it is whose abode is hell, and it is an evil resort
*The above verses are self
explanatory.
The barzakh is not part of
life[the body is not recreated]but it’s the perid of
consciousness/subconsciousness..whether the body of the deseased is available or
not.
A judgement prior to the
hearing in court because the angels who write our deeds passed the report cards
& Allah subhanawatala appoints the punishment accordingly by angels.
36:25 "For me I have
faith in the Lord of you (all): listen then to me!"
26 It was said: "Enter
thou the Garden." He said "Ah me! would that my People knew (what I
know)!
He was martyred & was told
to enter the heaven,not the literal heaven but the heaven the dead deserves,for
the actual heaven is after the judgement day.
27 "For that my Lord has
granted me Forgiveness and has enrolled me among those held in honor!"
Messengers have surely passed
away from the lining wolrd but are present in the dead world.
52:46 The Day when their
plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall be Given them.[Their
plotting in present life will avail them no profit on the judgement day]
47 And verily for those who do
wrong there is another punishment besides this: but most of them understand
not.[Punishment in grave]
32:Yusuf Ali And indeed We
will make them taste of the Penalty of this (life) prior to the supreme Penalty
in order that they may (repent and) return.
Pickthall And verily We make
them taste the lower punishment before the greater, that haply they may return.[This
is the worldly punishment]
9:101 Yusuf Ali Certain of the
desert Arabs round about you are hypocrites as well as (desert Arabs) among the
Medina folk: they are obstinate in hypocrisy: thou knowest them not: We know
them: twice shall We punish them and in addition shall they be sent to a
grievous penalty. [well,among the pious their were impious who will be punished
while living & after death & in hereafter]
Pickthall And among those
around you of the wandering Arabs there are hypocrites, and among the
townspeople of Al-Madinah ( there are some who) persist in hypocrisy whom thou
(O Muhammad) knowest not. We, We know them, and We shall chastise them twice;
then they will be relegated to a painful doom.
Sahih Muslim HadithHadith 6860
Narrated byAnas ibn Malik
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon
him) said: If you were not (to abandon) the burying of the dead (in the grave),
I would have certainly supplicated Allah that He should make you listen the
torment of the grave.
Sahih Muslim HadithHadith 1212
Narrated byAisha
The Prophet (peace be upon
him) entered my house when a Jewess was with me and she was saying: Do you know
that you would be put to trial in the grave? The Messenger of Allah (peace be
upon him) trembled (on hearing this) and said: It is the Jews only who would be
put to trial. Aisha said: We passed some nights and then the Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said: Do you know that it has been revealed to me:
"You would be put to trial in the grave"? Aisha said: I heard the
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) seeking refuge from the torment of the
grave after this.[Note:There are many hadith on grave subject more than 50]
Sahih Muslim HadithHadith 1224
Narrated byAbuHurayrah
The Apostle of Allah (peace be
upon him) used to seek refuge from the torment of the grave, torment of Hell
and the trial of Dajjal.
23:68 Do they not ponder over the Word (of
Allah) or has anything (new) come to them that did not come to their fathers of
old?
Barzakh means barrier…barrier
between life on earth & life after judgement day.The existence which is
between both lives is death.The state of death.
Allah knows best.