YOU and YOUR HEREAFTER

Just as there was a period of time in which man was ‘not even a thing mentioned’ so, after man’s present life, time will continue into what the Qur’an refers to as Al-Aakhirah or the Hereafter. The major difference is that your Aakhirah as an individual is very closely bound up with, and indeed shaped by, your present life.

Al-Aakhirah is translated as life after death. It has also been interpreted as the ‘end of life’ as opposed to the day ‘dunya’ or the here-and-now life.

Al-Aakhirah begins with the resurrection of man, after which there will come a moment when every human will be shaken as he is confronted with his intentions and his deeds, good and bad, and even by his failure to do during his life.

On the basic of these deeds and misdeeds you will be judged. You will be rewarded or punished according to the unerring justice and mercy of the Master of the Day of Judgment.

The fact of this life after death, of resurrection, judgment, and of just recompense, is an integral part of the Islamic view of reality. Qur’anic statements on the reality of the Hereafter are intended to show that the Hereafter is desirable and necessary and also possible.

Contains:

· THE HEREAFTER – How is the Hereafter possible

· SCENSES OF THE HEREAFTER – The Resurrection; The Judgment; The Recompense; Aiming at excellence