Islamic Perspective on Death and Afterlife

Islamic Perspective on Death and Afterlife

• Pre-Islamic Arabians did not believe in an afterlife.
• The Quran uses the analogy of dead earth brought back to life with rain to explain resurrection to the Arabs.
• Muslims believe that every human being has a seed (azmuth inin) that cannot be destroyed, and from which every human being will be recreated from a divine reign.
• The belief in resurrection is fundamental to the Islamic tradition, and every soul will be completely renewed, but the body that's recreated is not the same as the physical body.
• The world of spirits is a pre-worldly meeting place for souls, and people have natural affinities based on their pre-worldly recognition.
• The world of live choice and effort is called anima dunya, and from there, one moves into the Barzakh.
• According to the hadith, when one's soul dies, it hovers above the body, and sleep is considered the little brother of death in Islam.
• Muslims believe that the dream realm is an important realm and differentiate between food dreams and true dreams.
• The dream realm is part of the unseen realm, and there's an extensive science of dream interpretation in Islam.
• There are also spiritual journeys taken in the unseen world, and people have profound spiritual experiences in their souls.
• The Mirage of the Messenger was not a dream but a journey of the soul and the body, and he saw many things and described them.
• Much of the Divine Comedy is taken from a famous exposition of the Messenger's journey through the hells and the heavens until the beatific vision.