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- Preface
- Part 1 : Soul
- (1) Some Definitions
- (2) The Belief in The Life Hereafter, the Most Ancient Belief
- (3) The Belief in Reward and Punishment is Based Upon Reason
- (4) What is Soul?
- (5) Soul According to the 'Sufiya'
- (6) Soul, According to Qur'an
- (7) Creation of Souls
- (8) The First Covenant
- (9) Functions of the Soul
- (10) From Another Angle
- (11) From yet Another Angle
- (12) Whoever Knew his Soul
- (13) Transmigration of Souls
- (14) Immediate Assessment of Reward/Punishment not Possible
- Part 2: Death and After
- A Few Short Notes
- Part 3: Some Signs of Day of Resurrection
- Part 4: Day of Judgement
- (36) First and Second Trumpets
- (37) Resurrection of the Body
- (38) The Last Verses of Sura Ya-Sin
- (39) Agnostics' View
- (40) Mahshar: The Gathering Place and Time
- (41) Questioning of The Prophets and Their Ummats
- (42) Scrolls of Deeds, Testimony of the Limbs and Places etc.
- (43) Weighing-Scale
- (44) Reckoning and Accounting
- (45) The 'Path' and its Stations
- (46) The Holy Prophet and His Ahlul-Bayt (A)
- (47) Shafa'at (Intercession)
- (48) Paradise
- (49) Blessings of Paradise
- (50) The Hell
- (51) A'raf
- 'Munajaat' (Secret Invocation) of Ali Bin Abi Talib (As)
- Islamic Correspondence Course, Unit 8, Day of Judgement
- Questions
- Bibliography
highest place near the 14 Masumeen (AS). Amen!
I am thankful to Mr. Mohsin M.R. Alidina, Dar-es-Salaam. for reading the book and making useful suggestions.
Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi
10th February, 1975
Dar-es-Salaam,
Tanzania
Preface of this revised 4th Edition
This book, by Grace of Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, proved so popular that it was translated into Urdu soon after its first edition came out in 1975. The English original was later reprinted in Toronto (Canada).
Now I have revised it making additions here and there and giving the necessary references in Footnotes. It is hoped that this edition will prove even more popular than the previous one.
Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi
28th May 1994
Dar-es-Salaam
Tanzania
Part 1 : Soul
(1) Some Definitions
Many words are used in Qur'an and Ahadith (traditions) for the Day of Judgement and the things related with it. Some of them are explained here:
Al-'Akhirah: The next (world), the (life) hereafter. Its opppsites are al-'ula (the first world) and ad-dunya (the nearer world), both of which refer to this world in which we presently live. Allah says:
“All praise is due to Him in the first (life) and the hereafter, and His is the Judgement, and to Him you shall be brought back.” (Qur'an 28:70).
Qiyamah: Resurrection. 'Yaumul-Qiyamah: The Day of Resurrection.
“So Allah shall Judge between you on the Day of Resurrection” (Qur'an 4:141).
Yaumud-Din: The Day of Judgement.
“The Master of the Day of Judgement.” (Qur'an 1:4).
Yaumul-Hisab: The Day of Reckoning.
“And Musa said: Surely I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord from every proud one who does not believe in the day of reckoning.”(Qur'an 40:27).
As-Sa'ah: The
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