My question here is for those, who have No belief on the day of judgement. In other words, our fellows here who are not Muslims. What is your Concept of Life after Death. Please do not take this post as offensive. I am really interested to know what perception do you hold about Life after Death.
Any Muslim Brother or Sister can also write their views here. I know there might be a lot of people here who have read Holy Books of other religions too 
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Heaven with rivers of wine & 70 hoors who haven't seen by any jinn or man before.
I have firm belief on after life and day of judgement, but I had this ache to post reply.
You can carry on now !
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We dont believe in judgement day concept and yet we are the biggest believers of life after death. The concept itself came from India. Not only life after death of living but also for non living.
There is life after death for the sinners and moksha for the pure. And there is reincarnation and avatars. Pretty complicated and huge concept i tell you.
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BTW what do you mean by "life" after death. If you are living again then you have a life, but when you are in heaven then you arent alive but you exist.
Life is only for mortal beings. In heaven there is no life or death (theoretically speaking )
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what happens to an amoeba or a tree after it dies? same thing happens to humans too. its that simple.
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Is it rational to believe in miracles? - YouTube
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Kant: Rationalism VS Empiricism - YouTube
Life after death concept is present in scriptures of all major religions. It can be proven but is not self evident this is why it is a concept and not a directly known reality.
It is difficult to say what it will be really like because people cannot explain things in that much detail nor can understand that much explanation ie human mind is a limited thing. You can only store so much data in it.
Most of the verses in the quran are about this life which are wrongly taken to apply to hereafter. The main thing in the quran is governing system for this life and arguments are only used to prove certain points. So cause and effects are of three kinds. Action is straight away followed by its result or there is a gap like you sow a seed and it grows and dies and finally the wholesome judgement in hereafter for total justice for each individual and nation or community.
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what happens to an amoeba or a tree after it dies? same thing happens to humans too. its that simple.
You mean they become the bat i beat my GF with
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Peace All,
We muslims also believe in 'life' after 'death' and in 'reincarnation' too.
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We do? 
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Would you explain it more?? :@: also, i will appreciate if you mention your religion here. Thats how I will learn, which religion has what concept. If you dont want to, its alright 
nah nah, I obviously dont want people to explain, what happens after death, that will be so foolish of me if I do expect that answer I just want to know the concept! What they think. As Muslims have a belief, that there will be a day of judgement, As there will be Heaven and Hell. All this stuff!!
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Our life starts after death.
^ This comment provides enough fuel for liberals to go till mars. :) carry on. :)
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Our life starts after death.
^ This comment provides enough fuel for liberals to go till mars. :) carry on. :)
Certainly life can be started after death for Achmed: The Dead Terrorist (search google). But I am trying my best to live a good life on planet earth too.
But liberals are already on Mars ;)
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^For us it is just preparation. 
i should have known by now that you followed some martian. Such a resemblance. 
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I am a Hindu and I dont believe in the day of judgement. As per my religious beliefs, the account of my life is taken by god after I die and if I was more bad than good in my life I will either be reincarnated either as an animal or a human being to face the pains of earth once again. If I was good in my life I will get Moksha.
Moksha is being liberated from the cycle of life and death and being relieved of all desires. This is the ultimate state of freedom as everything good/bad on earth stems from "desire/need/greed". So essentially, once I get Moksha I will not have the greed of life or any other wants.
A precursor to this stage of Moksha is that you have to start detaching yourself from desires when you are still on earth. Hinduism talks about 4 stages or ashrams in life.
The first stage of life is "Brahmacharya" also known as student life. This is ideally supposed to start at the age of 5 and continues till you finish your education under the guidance of a Guru. Once your Guru feels that you have become OK in your chosen field of study (this does not mean that this is the end of his/her education) you are allowed to move to "Grihastha".
Grihastha is your family life phase when you get married, assume responsibilities of family, raise children, take care of old parents, and essentially become a contributor to the society. Once you see that your children have settled down and your parents have passed away, your responsibilities become less and you move to "Vanaprashta".
Vanaprastha means that you have started detaching yourself from wordly responsibilities but still contribute to the society by guiding or teaching the youngsters. The society gives you a high-status because of the knowledge you have gained during your life and because you are sharing it freely with the rest of the society. From here you move on "Sanyasa".
Sanyasa means that you detach from the world completely. You have no materialistic desires whatsoever. Your only aim is to cover your basic needs of food/clothing/shelter. These needs are either met through your own savings during your life time, or your kids can provide for this, else the society takes care of you. This is your first taste of Moksha while you are still alive. And the joy one experiences after being relieved of all worldly desires and responsibilities strengthens your need for Moksha after you die.
You were created from vacuum by God and you yearn to go back to that vacuum.
The other dharmic religions - Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism also teach you the same with minor differences. However, the end goal of all the dharmic religions is Moksha and not a craving for after life. So, we dont yearn for rivers of wine or hoors or flowery gardens, or prophets praying for our sins. We are essentially responsible for our actions on earth and after death. And we believe that "Karma" is cyclical. What we do comes back to us in some or the other form either in this life or after you have been reincarnated. Moksha is not granted by god to everybody.
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Great explanation honeybee.
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Read the book: "Jab Zindagi Shuru Ho gi"
You will know then what bao bihari meant in his comments.
Islamic belief is that Once we are created our life continues and the death in this life of world, only is a means to transport us in the life forms thereafter. There is life of grave, barzakh and of eternity in hereafter. The only thing that will die on day of judgment is death itself. Life will continue without the realm of time.
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I think LKK meant resurrection and not in reincarnation.
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I am a Hindu and I dont believe in the day of judgement. As per my religious beliefs, the account of my life is taken by god after I die and if I was more bad than good in my life I will either be reincarnated either as an animal or a human being to face the pains of earth once again. If I was good in my life I will get Moksha.
Peace honeybeez,
Will you please quote the above explanation with references i.e., verse(s) from your book (scripture). Thanx.
Re: Your concept of Life after Death!
I am a Hindu and I dont believe in the day of judgement. As per my religious beliefs, the account of my life is taken by god after I die and if I was more bad than good in my life I will either be reincarnated either as an animal or a human being to face the pains of earth once again. If I was good in my life I will get Moksha.
Moksha is being liberated from the cycle of life and death and being relieved of all desires. This is the ultimate state of freedom as everything good/bad on earth stems from "desire/need/greed". So essentially, once I get Moksha I will not have the greed of life or any other wants.
A precursor to this stage of Moksha is that you have to start detaching yourself from desires when you are still on earth. Hinduism talks about 4 stages or ashrams in life.
The first stage of life is "Brahmacharya" also known as student life. This is ideally supposed to start at the age of 5 and continues till you finish your education under the guidance of a Guru. Once your Guru feels that you have become OK in your chosen field of study (this does not mean that this is the end of his/her education) you are allowed to move to "Grihastha".
Grihastha is your family life phase when you get married, assume responsibilities of family, raise children, take care of old parents, and essentially become a contributor to the society. Once you see that your children have settled down and your parents have passed away, your responsibilities become less and you move to "Vanaprashta".
Vanaprastha means that you have started detaching yourself from wordly responsibilities but still contribute to the society by guiding or teaching the youngsters. The society gives you a high-status because of the knowledge you have gained during your life and because you are sharing it freely with the rest of the society. From here you move on "Sanyasa".
Sanyasa means that you detach from the world completely. You have no materialistic desires whatsoever. Your only aim is to cover your basic needs of food/clothing/shelter. These needs are either met through your own savings during your life time, or your kids can provide for this, else the society takes care of you. This is your first taste of Moksha while you are still alive. And the joy one experiences after being relieved of all worldly desires and responsibilities strengthens your need for Moksha after you die.
You were created from vacuum by God and you yearn to go back to that vacuum.
The other dharmic religions - Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism also teach you the same with minor differences. However, the end goal of all the dharmic religions is Moksha and not a craving for after life. So, we dont yearn for rivers of wine or hoors or flowery gardens, or prophets praying for our sins. We are essentially responsible for our actions on earth and after death. And we believe that "Karma" is cyclical. What we do comes back to us in some or the other form either in this life or after you have been reincarnated. Moksha is not granted by god to everybody.
Very informative post. Thanks HB :)
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Peace honeybeez,
Will you please quote the above explanation with references i.e., verse(s) from your book (scripture). Thanx.
Peace honeybeez,
Will you please quote the above explanation with references i.e., verse(s) from your book (scripture). Thanx.
The "Yama Samhita", "Padma Purana", "Anushasana Parva" are some of the main sources which tell you what happens after a human being dies. Apart from these 3 main sources, the 4 Vedas and the 6 Upanishads talk about death and how your karma affects you at multiple places. Hinduism does not have a fixed curriculum in matters of scriptures like how the Muslims have the Quran or the Christians have the Bible. Ours is more like a PhD study where you have to consult multiple references across various eras and then conclude the path of righteousness.
No life has never been identical to another one. And our 4 Vedas, 6 Upanishads, and 18 Puranas give us examples of innumerable permutations and combinations of good and bad. However, the crux of all examples explained in our books talk about just one thing - "As you sow, so you reap". So, we are essentially taught only one thing and that is to follow Dharma or righteousness. Since we believe that a human has the most refined and sophisticated brain, we are expected to follow Dharma and in some certain cases decide what is right/wrong based on the examples quoted in our holy books. Any deviation from your Dharma affects your Karma. Thus, our religion is called as "Sanatana Dharma" which essentially means Eternal Dharma. Hinduism is rather a very recently coined term.