بسم
الله الرحمن
الرحيم
In the Name
of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
by Irshad Mahmood - Director, Siraat-al-Mustaqeem Dawah Centre
We MUST believe on All Authentic Hadeeth, which DON’T contradict
Quraan.
In the Quraan, at several places Allah has mentioned to Think or See and to do Research.
Take a case of a similar sin, a person may committed ten thousands years a go and the other just few hours before the Day of Judgment. If they were getting lashes on each morning and evening, then the one who is in the Grave for ten thousands of years a go might receive millions of lashes, while the other might not receive any single lashes. Is this a True Justice. This way Not a single person on the whole world could prove that this is a True Justice. I haven't yet found any who can prove this as a True Justice.
If
there is any punishment before the trial then what is the need
of the Day of Judgment?
PURPOSE
to send the Quraan was to warn the human kind from the Day of Judgment and
the Punishment in the HELL and NOT in the
GRAVE. This
is the Natural Process to be crumbled bones in the Grave, NOT a
punishment. The
main arguments of the disbelievers were that after the bones getting
crumbled
in the Grave, we will have SECOND life to get the punishment. Please
Re-Read
the whole Quraan again and try to understand. I will strongly recommend
to
re-read followings specially:
Al_Quraan_002.001
– 029
Al_Quraan_050.001
– 045
Al_Quraan_056.001
– 096
Al_Quraan_075.001
– 040
Yes there are some
exceptional cases including, a person is being
killed on the way of Allah, and Allah already told us about them that
don’t say
them that they are dead, BUT they are alive and we don’t have
capacity to
understand that. For reference please see Al_Quraan_002.154.
And they ask you about the soul. Say: The soul is one of the commands of my Lord, and you are not given aught of knowledge but a little. (Al_Quraan_017.085)
And when your Lord brought forth from the children of Adam, from their backs, their descendants, and made them bear witness against their own souls: Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes! we bear witness. Lest you should say on the day of resurrection: Surely we were heedless of this. (Al_Quraan_007.172)
How disbelieve ye in
Allah when ye
were dead
and He gave life
to you! Then he will give you death,
then life
again,
and then unto Him ye will return. (Al_Quraan_002.028)
They
say: Our Lord! Twice hast Thou made us die, and twice hast Thou made
us live. Now we confess
our sins. Is there any way to go out? (Al_Quraan_040.011)
Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep (Rest not Punishment)??? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth. (Al_Quraan_036.052)
Think
of a huge electric fire, which is ready to switch on. All the
wirings are ready, it just needs to turn the switch on.
And
when the Hell is lighted. (Al_Quraan_081.012)
Experiences during Sleep or being Dead:
Such We raised them up that they might question
each other. Said
one of them "How
long have ye stayed (here)?"
They said "We have stayed 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.
(Al_Quraan_018.019)
Angels Ask Questions just BEFORE death and NOT in the Grave:
Who
is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a lie against Allah, or
saith : I
am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught; and who saith: I will
reveal the
like of that which Allah hath revealed? If
thou
couldst see, when the wrong doers reach the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out, saying: Deliver up your
souls (a process
to take the soul out of the
body, before the final death). This day ye
are awarded doom of degradation for that ye spoke concerning Allah
other than
the truth, and scorned, His portents. (Al_Quraan_006.093)
When
the
angels
(come to) take the souls of those who die
in sin against their souls, they say (just
before taking the soul out): 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 the evil)? Such
men will find their abode in Hell (NOT in
Grave), what an evil
refuge. (Al_Quraan_004.097)
Please DON’T impose exceptional cases over General Rules of Quraan.
TIPS to Understand the
Quraan:
Before
giving the reference of any Ayaat, you MUST understand some
of the verses before and after that
Ayaat. You need to understand the THEME and
the TOPIC on which Allah
wants us to understand.
What is the TOPIC on which the
talk going on?
When
Allah says “Paradise”, means “REALLY HEAVEN and not the GRAVE”. BUT it
could be the
interpretation, which might have been twisted.
When
Allah says “Hell
(NAAR)”,
means “REALLY
HELL and not the GRAVE”.
BUT it could be the
interpretation, which might have been twisted.
When
Allah says “EASY”, means “REALLY EASY”. BUT it
could be the interpretation, which might have been
twisted.
When
Allah says, “CLEAR”, means “CRISTAL CLEAR”. BUT it
could be the interpretation, which might have been
twisted.
When
Allah says “ANYONE”, means “MUSLIMS also included”. BUT it
could be the interpretation, which might have been
twisted.
When
Allah says “AFTER”, means “NEVER EVER BEFORE and nor
IN-BETWEEN”.
BUT it
could be the interpretation, which might have been twisted.
When
Allah says you will get the
Reward TODAY
on the Day on
Judgment,
means “TODAY and not
YESTERDAY in the GRAVE”. BUT it
could be the
interpretation, which might have been twisted.
When
Allah says “WILL
BE”,
means “WILL
BE in the FUTURE not WAS in the
PAST”. BUT
it could be
the interpretation, which might have been twisted.
To Feel the Pain You Must have
Skin, and you cannot have skin without body:
First
let us see what Allah has said about pain. Modern Science has also recently
discovered this Fact.
Lo! Those who
disbelieve Our revelations, We
shall expose them to the Fire. As often as their SKINs
are consumed We shall exchange them for fresh
skins
that they may TASTE
the torment.
Lo! Allah is ever Mighty, Wise. (Al_Quraan_004.056)
As
we know, several times mosquitoes or bugs bites during the sleep and
we don’t feel any pain immediately unless it is severe or
poison is strong and
spreading very quickly. To Feel PAIN it is Necessary
to have SOUL and BODY, with FULL Attention, NOT during Sleep,
NOR during Dizziness, and WITHOUT any Drug to Reduce the Pain.
Before
we born (not existed), Allah
considered it as death as well:
Or some
created thing that is yet greater in your thoughts! Then
they will say: Who shall bring us back (to life). Say: He who created
you at the first. Then will they
shake their heads at thee, and say: When
will it be? Say: It will perhaps be soon; (Al_Quraan_017.051)
Two Lives and Two Deaths:
How disbelieve ye in
Allah when ye
were dead
and He gave life
to you! Then he will give you death,
then life
again,
and then unto Him ye will return. (Al_Quraan_002.028)
They
say: Our Lord! Twice hast Thou made us die, and twice hast Thou made
us live. Now we confess
our sins. Is there any way to go out? (Al_Quraan_040.011)
Basic Questions Raised by Non-Muslims (Punishment in Hell NOT in Grave):
This
is the NATURAL Process to be
crumbled bones in the
Grave, NOT a punishment. Allah knows the best.
(Now) they are saying:
Shall we really be restored to our
first state (to get
punishment in the hell, NOT before in the
Grave). (Al_Quraan_079.010)
Even
after we are crumbled bones? (Al_Quraan_079.011)
They
say: Then that would be a vain proceeding. (Al_Quraan_079.012)
Surely
it will need but one shout, (Al_Quraan_079.013)
And lo!
they will be awakened.
(Al_Quraan_079.014)
What did Allah Mention about Grave (BARRIER):
Literal
meaning of BARZAK is BARRIER. Since Allah put it as
a secret, so we should not open the secret of this Barrier. It is the Process to Unite All the people Before and After.
Until,
when death comes unto one of them, he says: My Lord! Send me
back, That I may do right in that which I have left behind! BUT no! It
is a
word that he speaks; and behind them is a BARRIER until
the day when they will be raised. (Al_Quraan_023.099-100)
This is
the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old
together. (Al_Quraan_077.038)
How you can prove that Allah will do TRUE justice if you believe on Punishment in the Grave, it is a challenge to all. From ANY angel you CANNOT see that Allah is UNJUST:
Take
an example of similar SIN done by a person 10,000 years a go and a person will
die just
few seconds before
the Day of Judgment. Some person might be having millions of hunter in the Grave and the
other might be having just few hunters on the commitments of same type of SIN. Is it a real
justice?
What do you say about those who were never buried in the Grave?
Take an
example of Hindus:
Hindus burn the body of their relatives
& then pour the
ashes in the river, so what about their Punishment in the Grave? Does
that
mean, for them there is no Punishment in the Grave?
Take an
example of the
Donors of their Organs (parts
of bodies) after their deaths:
At present, people
can donate their eyes, kidneys & Heart
etc. Now Surgeon is capable to do Heart Transplant. Heart Transplant
for
infants under one year of age need no checkup for their blood groups
for donor
of under one year of age. Surgeons also started using bones of dead persons
to fix patients problem. So it might be
possible that some parts of the body is used to fixed a Muslim, while
the other
parts of that person to non-believers. Possibly some parts will be
burned into
ashes for a Hindu accepter, while the other part may go to a
Muslim’s Grave, so
what about their Punishment in the Grave? Does that mean, for them
there is no
Punishment in the Grave? If
science gets good progress and over 50% of the body may be reused over
and over
again till the Day of Judgment, then what will be your answer?
Concept of Conversion of FINITE System to INFINITE System:
If you know the Advanced
Mathematics,
then Perhaps You might Understand it Easily. This
world is FINITE but the life after death is INFINITE.
You
cannot divide infinite numbers by any finite number. If a
person performs 50% good deeds and commits 50% sins, In an INFINITE
SYSTEM, he
cannot be in the Hell for 50% of time and will come out of it and go to
heaven
for rest of the 50% of time. The only SYSTEM works for it, to convert
from
FINITE to INFINITE is, as Allah explains in the Quraan.
If you AVOID the GREAT (SINS),
which you are forbidden, We will REMIT from you
your all the (small) evil deeds and
make you enter at a noble
gate. (Al_Quraan_004.031)
So Never
ever go near to any of the GREAT SINS by disobeying any of
Allah’s commands. Wish you all the BEST and See you in the
Heaven, Inshaa Allah.
AMEEN.
Possible Answers
to some Questions regarding Punishment in the Grave:
Remember,
Islaam is True Scientific,
Logical and Practical Religion.
Sleep
is Rest and not a Punishment:
Crying:
Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? (Al_Quraan_036.052)
A
person in sleep may awake if any body tries to make him awake, but
not the dead person.
If
there is any punishment before the trial then what is the need
of the Day of Judgment?
Can any body prove that usually people get full punishment
in the jail, before
the trial in the
court, THEN
what is the need of court?
Angels Ask Questions just BEFORE death and NOT in the Grave:
Who is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a lie against Allah, or saith : I am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught; and who saith: I will reveal the like of that which Allah hath revealed? If thou couldst see, when the wrong doers reach the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out, saying: Deliver up your souls (a process to take the soul out of the body, before the final death). This day ye are awarded doom of degradation for that ye spoke concerning Allah other than the truth, and scorned, His portents. (Al_Quraan_006.093)
In
the above Ayaat, Deliver your soul means :::>>> at
that time
that person is alive and he / she has his/her soul in his body, which
Angel is asking to Deliver (to Return) his /her soul. A person who is
dead (or in the Grave) cannot deliver his soul, since it is not in his
body any longer. Here this day means, what ever
sustain that person had in this world is taken away, Ending of his /
her happy
life is here. BUT punishment has not yet started. It will be cleared in
another Ayaat at another place, Inshaa Allah.
When
the
angels
(come to) take the souls of those who die
in sin against their souls, they say (just
before taking the soul out): 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 the evil)? Such
men will find their abode in Hell (NOT in
Grave), what an evil
refuge. (Al_Quraan_004.097)
“And if
you could see when the angels (come
to)
take away the souls of the disbelievers, they
beat their faces and their backs, (saying) ‘Taste the
punishment of the
blazing Fire. This is because of that which your hands had sent
forward. And
indeed, Allah is not unjust to His slaves." (Al_Quraan_008:050-051)
“"Then how will it be when
the angels will take their
souls at death, beating their faces and their backs?" (Al_Quraan_047:027)
Every soul will taste the Death, which is really very painful. BUT the Disbeliever will be having Extremely Horrific Pain at the time of death, while delivering their soul. Allah knows the best.
Both
the above Ayaat speaks of a beating by the angels and not after the
death BUT at
the time of death, when the angel comes to take the soul, by beating
their faces
and their backs. Some Disbelievers may take few extremely painful days
if not
months to deliver their soul. Allah knows the best.
"The Fire; they are exposed to it
morning and evening.
And on the Day when the Hour will be established, it will be said:
Cause
Pharaoh’s people to enter the most severe torment." (Al_Quraan_040:046)
The above Ayaat is about the day of the
judgment
and the Hell and not about the Grave.
"It was said to him (when the
disbelievers killed him):
‘Enter Paradise’. He said: ‘Would that my
people knew that my Lord has
forgiven me and made me one of the honored ones." (Al_Quraan_036:026-027)
The above Ayaat is about the exceptional
case when
a person is killed on the way of Allah. Remember Paradise means Heaven
and not
the Grave. Also remember Allah already said about those who were killed
on the
way of Allah, don't call them dead BUT they are alive and you don't
have
knowledge about that.
"Those whose lives the angels take
while they are in a
pious state, saying to them, ‘Peace be upon you, enter
Paradise because of the
good which you used to do in the world". (Al_Quraan_016:032)
In the above Ayaat, enter PARADISE means
enter into
HEAVEN and not talking about the Grave. This is also for a special case.
"Think not of those who are killed in
the Way of Allah as
dead! Nay! They are alive, with their Lord, where they have provisions.
They
rejoice what Allah has bestowed upon them from His bounties. Rejoicing
for the
sake of those who have not yet joined them but are left behind (not yet
martyred) that on them no fear shall come nor shall they grieve."(Al_Quraan_003:069-170)
The above Ayaat is for an exceptional
case.
It was said to him: ‘Enter
Paradise’. He said:
‘Would that my people knew that my Lord has forgiven me and
made me one of the
honored ones." (Al_Quraan_036:
026-027)
Again the above Ayaat is about the
exceptional case
when a person is killed on the way of Allah. Remember Paradise means
Heaven and
not the Grave. Also remember Allah already said about those who were
killed on
the way of Allah, don't call them dead BUT they are alive and you don't
have
knowledge about that.
Horrific Death of a Disbeliever:
Who
is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a lie against Allah, or
saith : I
am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught; and who saith: I will
reveal the
like of that which Allah hath revealed? If
thou
couldst see, when the wrong doers reach the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out, saying: Deliver up your
souls (a process
to take the soul out of the
body, before the final death). This day ye
are awarded doom of degradation for that ye spoke concerning Allah
other than
the truth, and scorned, His portents. (Al_Quraan_006.093)
When
the
angels
(come to) take the souls of those who die
in sin against their souls, they say (just
before taking the soul out): 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 the evil)? Such
men will find their abode in Hell (NOT in
Grave), what an evil
refuge. (Al_Quraan_004.097)