Hence we also confirm them, as all of those great persons who are Infallible are those to whom God Almighty, the Lord of the Universe sends Revelation. So if we do have any source, it is only those things and those words, which the Holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.s.) and His Holy Progeny have shown to us. So if anyone says, “It is far from my brain that such and such thing will happen after death,” then his saying so is absolutely unacceptable because the conditions and events after death have no relation with the bodily brain.Įven if all the thinkers and philosophers join together and make collective efforts to understand the conditions beyond death (in the other world) through the materials available to them in this earthly life they can never succeed in their manoeuvrings. Characteristics of the Hereafter have nothing to do with Intellect In short, a man who is living in this material world, can never be able to know the details of the world after death, unless he puts faith and trusts in the truths made known by the Creator of this Universe. To reach that state will be possible only after getting freedom from this material world. Likewise, the man who lives in this world like a captive of matter and nature cannot have the ability to understand the world of angels and spirits, which is hidden from him. Similarly it is also beyond his powers to understand the endlessness of the space and to know about the things therein. For example, it is impossible for a baby in the womb to get the idea of the outside world and to fathom its vastness. 'Ma’ad' which begins with death and then passes through grave and then Barzakh and then Qiyamat al-Kubra (the great resurrection) and ends with either Paradise or Hell cannot be comprehended by the apparent senses and even though the occurring of the original 'Ma’ad' or Resurrection is proved by logic or brain (the details of which will be discussed later on), it is impossible for one to ponder in solitude over it and to understand what will happen after death, and through which stages one will have to pass.įor understanding this, there is no way except to rely on and take help from divine revelation because man wherever he is, his power of understanding cannot cross the limits of his world. 'Ma’ad' is one of the principles of the Holy religion of Islam and to have faith in it is absolutely essential or obligatory and it is that everyone will, after his death, become alive again and would be rewarded or punished according to ones belief and deeds. As on the Day of Resurrection souls will be made to return to their bodies, it is called Ma’ad. The root of 'Ma’ad' (Hereafter) is 'Aud' which means to return or to come back.
No Other Source of Knowledge Except Revelation
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