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given by Allah, the Creator of the universe, of all human be-
ings, death, the Day of Judgment, of Hell and Paradise, the fu-
ture, the past, and the hereafter. Allah created the universe and
all living beings from nothingness and continues to create them
moment by moment. Allah also creates time, one of the dimen-

sions of the universe, by which all living beings are bound.
Allah, however, is not bound by time; He is surely unfettered
by the concepts of time and space. Allah created everything in
the dimension of timelessness. Allah knows and creates every-
thing we regard as past and present in a single moment. (For
further details, please refer to the book, Timelessness and the
Reality of Fate and Eternity Has Already Begun by the same au-
thor).
Including the future, everything imperceptible to our

senses is referred to as the "Unseen." The hereafter also remains
to be a part of the "unseen" for people so long as they live. The
Qur'an informs man about the existence of the hereafter and
gives a detailed account of it. In every age, philosophers have
set forth many assumptions regarding the life after death,
along with the various cultures which abound in superstitious
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beliefs about the next life. However, the most accurate infor-
mation regarding the hereafter is provided by the religion of
truth.
Only the religion of truth informs man about the tempo-
rary nature of this world and the eternal life, the hereafter,
awaiting man. That a day will come, when everyone will be re-
warded or punished by Allah according to one's good or evil
deeds, is also revealed by in the Qur'an. The Qur'an is the
unique source from which we gather information about the

moment of death, the Day of Judgment, Paradise, and Hell. In

HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)