of the
Authorized
English translation of the Quran by
Dr.
Rashad Khalifa
The day of
Resurrection
[39:68] The horn will be blown,
whereupon everyone in the heavens and the earth will be struck
unconscious, except those who will be spared by GOD. Then it will be
blown another time, whereupon they will all rise up, looking.*
All generations of humans and jinns will be resurrected on this earth;about
150 billion of them. But we will not be earthbound. God teaches us through
the example of the caterpillar; it turns into a pupa in the cocoon (grave), then exits the cocoon as an airborne butterfly. Similarly,
we live here on earth, and when we exit the grave on the Day of Resurrection
we will not be earthbound; like the butterfly
(101:4).
The earth will shine with the light of God
(39:69) as He
comes to our universe, together with the angels
(89:22). Since
our universe is a temporary dominion for Satan, it cannot stand the physical
presence of God (7:143).
As the Almighty approaches, the stars will crash into one another
(77:8,
81:2), and the
earth will shatter under our feet
(69:14,
89:21). These
horrors will not worry the believers
(21:103).
The High Heaven
Upon arrival of Almighty God, all the humans and jinns will be automatically
stratified according to their degree of growth and development. Those who
nourished their souls through worshiping God alone, believing in the Hereafter,
and leading a righteous life will be strong enough to stay close to God;
they will occupy the highest ranks (see Appendix
5 ).
The Lower Heaven
Those who developed their souls to a lesser degree, as well as those who
die before the age of forty, will move downward to the Lower Heaven. They
will go to the location where they can be as close to God as their degree
of growth and development permits them to be.
The Purgatory
There will be people who nourished their souls just enough to spare them
Hell, but not enough to enter the Lower Heaven. They are neither in Hell,
nor in Heaven. They will implore God to admit them into the Lower Heaven
(7:46-50). God
will have mercy on them, and will merge the Purgatory into the Lower
Heaven.
Hell
A new, eighth universe will be created to house
those who run away from God due to their weakness; they failed to nourish
and develop their souls
(69:17). God
does not put a single being in Hell; theygo to it on their own volition
(Appendix
5
).
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