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Life after Death (Islam) - Coggle Diagram
Life after Death (Islam)
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Heaven and Hell
Heaven is described in the Qur’an as a beautiful garden. Jannah is Paradise, where those who have been good go. It is described in the Qur’an as “gardens of pleasure” (Qur’an 31:8).
Muslim believe that they go to paradise by living religiously, asking Allah for forgiveness and showing good actions in their life these good actions would be rewarded on the last day. Therefore it is important to obey rules that are set by Allah
Hell is described as a place of fire and torment. Jahannam is a place of scorching(very hot) fire pits and boiling water, a place of physical and spiritual suffering. Clear descriptions of hell are used in the Qur’an as a way to stop Muslims from participating in sin.
Muslims believe that they will be sent to Hell if they reject the teachings of the Qur’an or take no responsibility for their actions. Either of these would mean that they had failed Allah’s test
These beliefs about Hell and Heaven gives motivation to Muslims to follow teachings in the Quran. They also give hopes to those who suffers that there is something better coming in the future
Judgement
Yawm ad-Din is the Day of Judgement, when Allah will decide how people will spend their afterlife.
Most Muslims believe they have free will to make their own choices. They also believe that they will be judged by god for those choices. They recognise that humans are still responsible for their actions
When gods purpose for the universe will be fulfilled, the world would be destroyed
When the world ends, Israfil will sound a trumpet and there will be a resurrection. All the dead bodies will be raised and will gather on the plain of Arafat for the final judgement.
When the bodies are raised from the dead, they will be naked so that nothing can be hidden. They will also be given their own 'book of deeds'. They will take it in turns to read aloud from their book so that nothing can be hidden.
In Islam, everyone, even non-Muslims, will be judged on their good and bad deeds. Muslims believe a set of scales will balance good deeds and bad deeds.
For one whose scales are heavy with good deeds, He will be in a pleasant life … for one whose scales are light, His refuge will be abyss.
Qur’an 101:6–9
Those who are handed their deeds in their right hand will go to Heaven, and those who are handed them in their left hand will go to Hell.
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Predestination(Al Qadr)
Al Qadr is a belief that Allah has decided what is going to happen in Muslims lives and in the world that is also called predestination .
Most Muslims believe that humans cannot choose to do something if Allah has not already chosen that path for them. Some Muslims like this idea and find it reassuring that if a bad thing happens it must be part of God’s plan.
Sunni Beliefs
Most Sunni muslims belief that Allah has made it impossible for them to chose anything other than what he has chosen.
Some Sunni muslims believe that God has alraedy determined everything that will happen in the universe.
'Only what God has decreed will happen to us.'
Humans do not have the freedom to change their destiny.
Some Muslims often say Insha’Allah, which means “if Allah wills”. This highlights that life has already been planned out by Allah and he has determined how each person will behave.
Shia Beliefs
Most Shi'a Muslims believe that Allah has ultimate control of the world but that people’s lives are down to their own free will.
Shi’a Muslims believe that God knows what will happen, but this doesn’t mean that he decides it. They believe that God can see everything that happens - past, present and future.
God knows what choices people will make, but they still have the free will to make these choices for themselves.
God does not change the conditions of a people for the worse unless they change what is in themselves.
Some Shi’a Muslims believe that the idea of the Day of Judgement contradicts the idea of Al-Qadr. This is because if Muslims are being judged on their actions, this must be because they had the free will to act in a certain way.
