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back to life. Can any of your partner-gods do any of that? Glory be to
Him and may He be exalted above anything they associate with Him!”
(Surat ar-Rum: 40)

Our Lord reveals in the 28th verses of the Surat al-Baqara that to be-
gin with man was dead, or in other words that before His creation, he
was dead matter like soil, water and mud. Then Allah gave this lifeless
mass life: “He Who created you and formed you and proportioned
you” (Surat al-Infitar: 7). Then, after a certain amount of time has passed
since his creation, man is made to die and returned to soil where he de-
composes into soil himself. This is his second death and his final creation
is awaiting him, which is in the hereafter. Every human being will be
resurrected in the hereafter, realize that there is no way back to earth and
be held accountable for all his actions in his life there. Allah reveals in
the verses that there is only one death once life on earth has begun:

They will not taste any death there – except for the first one. He will
safeguard them from the punishment of the Blazing Fire. A favor
from your Lord. That is the Great Victory. (Surat ad-Dukhan: 56-57)

The above verses very clearly state that death is only once irrespec-
tive of how much some people try to make themselves foolishly believe
in karma and reincarnation in order to defeat their fear of death and the
hereafter and to deceive themselves, the truth is they will never return
to earth. Every person will die just once and then his eternal life in the
hereafter will begin as determined by Allah, Who will either reward him
for his good actions on earth with paradise or punish him with hell for
his evil. Allah is infinitely just, compassionate, and merciful and every-
body will receive his fair due. It is no doubt a great loss to seek salvation
in false beliefs in the hope of escaping death and the probability of hell.
Allah warns people who believe that their lives will never end thus dis-
regard the reality of the hereafter:

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)