Classes on Theology

1. Classes on Theology Sheikh Jaffer H. Jaffer Masumeen Islamic Centre June 5th, 2012 Week Sixteen

2. Ma’ad – Day of Resurrection • Last week: • Idea of Resurrection depends on the Spirit • Proving Resurrection through: • Wisdom of God • Justice • Qur’an • Phenomena resembling Resurrection • Intellectual Arguments regarding Resurrection • This week: • Specifics about the next life

3. Ma’ad – Day of Resurrection • Intellectually deducing the characteristics of the next life: • The next life must be eternal • Those individuals who have reached and attained the purpose of their creation, will be bestowed with absolute felicities unlike those found in this life • A division will be made between the oppressors and righteous • This has to do with manifestation of Justice • The next life must be based on recompense (jazā) as opposed to responsibility and duty (taklīf).

4. Ma’ad – Day of Resurrection • From Death till Resurrection: • All Human beings will die • “Every soul shall taste death”(Āl-‘Imrān:185) • The One who takes the soul at Death • “Allah takes the souls at the time of their death.” (al-Zumar:42) • ‘Say, ‘You will be taken away by the angel of death, who has been charged with you. Then you will be brought back to your Lord’”(al-Sajdah:11) • “When death approaches any one of you, our messengers take him away and they do not neglect [their duty]” (al-An’ām:61)

5. Ma’ad – Day of Resurrection • From Death till Resurrection: • Dying with Difficulty or Ease • “Those whom the angels take away while they are pure. They say to them, ‘Peace be to you!” (al-Nahl:32) • “Were you to see when the angels take away the faithless, striking their faces and their backs, [saying],‘Taste the punishment of the burning.”(al-Anfāl:50) • The Value of Returning back to the World • “When death comes to one of them, he says, ‘My Lord! Take me back, that I may act righteously in what I have left behind’. ‘By no means! These are mere words that he says.’” (al-Mu’minūn:99-100) • “They shall cry therein for help: ‘Our Lord! Bring us out, so that we may act righteously –different from what we used to do!’” (Fātir:37)

6. Ma’ad – Day of Resurrection • From Death till Resurrection: • The Intermediate World (Barzakh) • When death comes to one of them, he says," My Lord! Take me back; that I may act righteously in what I have left behind."" By no means! These are mere words that he says." And ahead of them is a barrier until the day they will be resurrected (Mominoon 99&100) • In that world, he/she experiences relativepleasure/pain • While a terrible punishment besieged Pharaoh's clan; the Fire, to which they are exposed morning and evening. And on the day when the Hour sets in Pharaoh's clan will enter the severest punishment (Ghafir 45-46)

7. Ma’ad – Day of Resurrection • The Image of Resurrection in the Qur’an: (Refer to the PDF) • The conditions of the Earth, Seas and Mountains • The conditions of the Sky and Stars • The Trumpet of Death • The Trumpet of Life and the Beginning of the Resurrection • The Divine Court of Justice • Towards the Eternal Abode • Paradise • Hell

8. Ma’ad – Day of Resurrection • Next week: • Comparison between this world and the hereafter • Relationship between this world and the hereafter • Inter-relationship between faith and deeds • Privileges of the believers • Intercession

9. Questions?