A PARADISE OF HUMAN DESTINATION
ISLAM ISLAMIC BACKGROUND MAIN TRENDS KORAN THE UNDERSTANDING OF GOD THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD HUMAN PURPOSE THE FIVE BASIC PILLARS VIDEO
LIFE PROBATION
In Islam, life is understood as an intermediate stage, a probationary period. How well or badly man has obeyed the will of Allah, submitted to the will of Allah as revealed through the Prophet in the Qur’an, determines his fate after death.
According to the Qur’an, the worst sin is if one keeps gods other than Allah.
"God does not forgive the setting of other gods beside Him, but He forgives everything else He wills. He who sets other gods beside God is lost far away." (Cor.4: 116)
EXAMINATION OF TWO ANGELS AT THE TOMB
Immediately after his death, a person is interrogated by two angels in a grave. The sinners feel distressed in the grave and the sinless pious await paradise.
RESURRECTION AND ACCOUNTING ON THE JUDGMENT DATE
The actual account of life takes place on the day of judgment. That is when the world has ceased to exist. The battle between good and evil forces has taken place. After that happens resurrection of the dead.
Acts of sinners weighed in a giant scale in which one horizontal cup has a piece of paper on which is written the creed of Islam in the other sins. Another ordeal is the crossing of the Sirat Bridge described in the Qur’an. The bridge is even narrower than the hair and sharper than the sword blade.
HELL (JAHANNA)
Those who cannot cross the Sirat Bridge will fall into hell. The Qur'an describes hell and the pain of the "leftists" there: "They are in burning fire and boiling water, in scorching shadow, neither sweet nor cool. Before that they were rich, and held fast to their great sin ........... You shall drink boiling water with the greed of a thirsty camel. This is their place of judgment on the day of judgment. " (Cor.56: 1-56)
PARADISE (JANNA)
For a Muslim, the biggest reward for his good life is access to paradise and Seeing Allah.
The Qur'an describes Judgment Day those who have reached the right side of the throne: They are in the shade of thorny lotus trees, pregnant under hanging inflorescences. in a tight line, on the edge of flowing water, enjoying many fruits without pausing and blocking, and lying on raised beds next to beautiful maidens. We have raised these and made them virgins, lovers and young men, righteous .... "(Cor. 56: 1-56)
The descriptions of paradise are reminiscent of a place that was the complete opposite of the peoples of the sandy wilderness. Muslim rulers created palaces like the descriptions of paradise in the Qur’an in their territories. (e.g. Alhambra Granada Andalusia Spain)
Sources: Hämeen-Anttila Jaakko: Handbook of Islam pages: 150-155
Terhart, Schulze: Religions of the Modern World: pages: 106-107