experienced in this world?
· Where are Paradise andhell?
· What happens when a person dies?
Allah reveals the existence of angels, satan, Paradise andHell in the
Qur'an. Whether out of ignorance or weakness of faith, some people
misinterpret these facts and the manifest existence of Allah (surely
Allah is beyond that). In these people's superstitious eyes, Paradise
and Hell exist in this world alone. There is even a widespread belief
among such people that everything takes place in thisworld, and that
one can be restored to life in this world, even though this has no
place in the Qur'an. The fact is, however, that our Lord
hasdefinitively pronounced that the life of this world ends once a
person dies and that they will be recreated in the Hereafter. In this
verse Allah refers to that recreation:
" We have created them a (new) creation."(Surat al-Waqi'a, 35)
Allah Has Created Many Dimensions, and the Life of This World Is Only
One of Them
As revealed in the Qur'an in the verse, " All praise belongsto Allah,
the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth, Lord of all the
worlds " (Surat al-Jathiyah, 36), Allahhas created many worlds in many
different dimensions. The world we are now living in is but one of
these worlds and dimensions. The people living on Earth are in the
third dimension. Angels, spiritual beings and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)
are in the fourth dimension. But these dimensions are all
interconnected. For that reason, by the will of Allah, angels and the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) can come down to a lower dimension, in other
words, this world. This may be compared to a person reading a book or
watching television because the paper or television are just like a
lower dimension for a personlooking from the outside. A person looks
at these things from a higher dimension. Angels and other spiritual
entities watch us from a higher dimension. But since all dimensions
are interconnected, angels and spiritual beings can momentarily become
visible by descending from the fourth dimension to a lower one.
Angels come to this world when Allah so wishes to do things that He
wishes, and this shows that it is possible, by our Lord's leave, to
cross from one dimension to another. It is revealed in the Qur'an that
angels come down to Earth, by Allah's leave, to transmit His
revelation to people, to assistand support believers and doother
things of which Allah approves:
" In it the angels and the spirit descend by their Lord's authority
with every ordinance ." (Surat al-Qadr, 4)
The fact that by Allah's leave angels descend to Earth at various
times and return backinto the presence of Allah does not, of course,
mean that they cease to exist according to our conceptions.They merely
cross from one dimension to another, and continue living outside our
understanding. In the same way, when people who die pass beyond our
understanding, or cross to the dimension of the hereafter, in other
words, they also continue their lives either in Paradise or Hell.
Allah Has Also Created Various Dimensions for Human Beings
- Our Dreams: The finest evidence of Allah's creation of various
dimensions for human beings is dreams. When a person goes to sleep he
enters a different dimension and environment. That new environment is
not the world he knows and is familiar with. But it is as real as the
phenomena and objects in the world he inhabits. The fact that this
world is in fact a dream, and that people wake up in the Hereafter, is
revealed in another verse:
" They will say, 'Alas for us! Who has raised us from our
resting-place? This is what the All-Merciful promised us.The
Messengers were tellingthe truth'." (Surah Ya Sin, 52)
As in the verse Allah notes, the passage from this world to the
Hereafter takes place as quickly as that from dreaming to waking, and
people are unaware of that transition.
- Trance states: Waking out of a dream is not the only way that people
change dimensions. One can pass from the third dimension to another
dimension in a state of trance. A trance, bestowedby Allah on rare
occasions on people such as messengers, religious scholars and
guides,resembles neither sleep nor wakefulness. Our Prophet (saas)
spoke to Gabriel (puuh) while in a state of trance. One can meet with
Hazrat Khidhir (pbuh) in that state. A trance is an extraordinary
dimension thatBediüzzaman Said Nursi often entered.
- The Rank of Martyrdom: Another verse indicating the existence of
other states of being outside the one people are familiar with
concerns the ranks and position of martyrs. One such verse reads:
" Do not say that those who are killed in the Way of Allahare dead. On
the contrary, they are alive but you are not aware of it." (Surat
al-Baqara 154]
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