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Harun Yahya 43

41. Is death a disappearance?

Death is not a disappearance for man. It is a transfer to
the abode of the hereafter, which is the real truth. Death dis-
connects one’s relation to the setting of this world and the
body present in this setting. When the connection between
the body and the soul is cut off and the soul starts to come in
contact with the images of the hereafter, that is when man
dies; the curtain in front of his eyes is lifted and he realizes
that death is not a disappearance as he thought. Just as he
starts the day every morning waking up from sleep, so does
he start living in the hereafter, resurrected after his death. It is
as proclaimed in the verse: “It is He Who gives life and caus-
es to die. When He decides on something, He just says to it,
‘Be!’ and it is.” (Surah Ghafir: 68) The transfer of man to the
hereafter happens with a single command of this type uttered
by Allah.

42. What does one experience at the moment
of death?

Or do those who perpetrate evil deeds suppose that We
will make them like those who believe and do right
actions, so that their lives and deaths will be the same?
How bad their judgement is! (Surat al-Jathiyah)
How the spiritual death of man takes place has been
described in detail in the Qur’an, in which it is made clear that
it is different from the clinical death of the body. It is stated
that certain events take place at the moment of death which
are seen by the dying person but not by others.

Adnan Oktar