Death and the life in the hereafter – The Quranic Perspective by Ejaz Rasool 23 May 2021

Our death is a fact of life – we question it and try to find some plausible reason to justify its existence – various religions try to address it by providing various explanations which end up as our beliefs. The Quran also deals with this issue by appealing to the human intellect and reasoning. It addresses the issue at a very fundamental level of the existence of our ‘I’, its consciousness, our attributes of choice and intent, the functioning of the Law of Requital and by providing the evidence of the creation of the universe and then relating all these to the creation of Adam.
The Quran states that since man possesses choice and intent which he gets through ‘Divine Energy’ (23:14) and this gives him his strong sense of identity through his ‘I’. He is provided with a physical body which has an expiry date while his ‘I’ remains ageless. Being physical he is placed on this planet with a view to participate in further creation in this worldly life.
In this presentation following is covered:
1. Two concepts of life
2. Why do we need to know about the hereafter?
3. The question of human death
4. Is immortality for ever?
5. Consciousness, sleep and death
6. Evidence for the hereafter – its built within our ‘I’
7. How much we know about the hereafter?
8. How to remain creative till our last day in this world?

For this presentation the help has been taken from the following books:
a. The Life in the Hereafter: What does the Quran say? by G. A. Parwez
b. What is Islam? G. A. Parwez

Followings videos will help to understand other related aspects of the Quran:

The Law of Requital – how our self is affected by our thoughts and deeds in this life?

Science and the Quran:

Question and Answer Session:

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