Punishment of the Grave
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Punishment of the Grave (
The punishment of the grave is not mentioned in the
A similar concept can be found in the Jewish narrative in which the wicked are punished by
Religions
Islam
The Quran itself gives very brief references about the period between death and the resurrection. It makes no mention of any kind of reward or punishment being given to the deceased/dead in the grave. However it mentions that certain individuals such as martyrs are alive and not dead in 2:154 and also indicates, that some are already in hell in 71:25.[3] The term Barzakh indicates that the deceased and the living are entirely separated and can not interact with each other.[3] Otherwise Barzakh refers to the whole period between the Day of Resurrection and death and is used synonymously for "grave".[4] Others regard barzakh as a world dividing and simultaneously connecting the realm of the dead and the living.[5] Therefore, some Muslim traditions argue about possibilities to contact the dead by sleeping on graveyards.[6] Despite the non-existent or at max, the brief mentionings in the Quran, Islamic tradition discusses elaborately, almost in graphic detail, as to what exactly happens before, during and after death, based on certain hadithic narrations.
After the burial each person is interrogated in the grave by two angels, called
Judaism
Rabbinic literature offers many traditions about angels chastising the dead.[11] In Jewish religious books, the souls of the wicked are punished in the hereafter by Dumah and three subordinate angels of destruction. They are only released from their suffering on Shabbat (the Jewish sabbath).[12] Dutch Orientalist Arent Jan Wensinck (1882-1939) said that the Jewish belief in punishment in the grave comes from a period after Islam, and that it influenced Judaism rather than Judaism influencing Islam.[13]
See also
- Barzakh
- Islamic view of death
- Sheol (Judaism)
- Siahat-e Gharb
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b J. A. C. Brown, Misquoting Muhammad, 2014: p. 46
- ISBN 978-0191650390.
- ^ ISBN 978-0873955072p. 32
- Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri(1994). What Happens After Death. p. 2.
- ISBN 978-0-521-50637-3p. 122
- ISBN 9783447050838p. 116
- ISBN 978-1-61530-060-0.
- ISBN 0-253-21627-3.
- ^ Muhammad Shafi Usmani. Karachi. Chapter 83.
- ^ "Feuer".
- ^ Eichler, Paul Arno, 1889 Die Dschinn, Teufel und Engel in Koran [microform] pp. 105–106 (German)
- ISBN 978-0195327137p. 236
- ^ Sara Kuehn Stefan Leder Hans-Peter Pökel The Intermediate Worlds of Angels Islamic Representations of Celestial Beings in Transcultural Contexts Beiruter Texte und Studien 114 2019 isbn ISBN 978-3-95650-623-9 p. 318
Books, etc.
- ISBN 978-1780744209. Retrieved 4 June 2018.