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Reincarnation According to the Idea of Karma

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Reincarnation is a superstitious belief unconfirmed by any divine
source. However, there are people all over the world, apart from those
who follow Indian religions, who believe in reincarnation, or rather
would wish that the idea of reincarnation were true. The reason for
this is that people who do not believe in religion, who deny the exis-
tence of an afterlife and are afraid of either ceasing to exist or of living
in Hell forever after their death, see reincarnation as a way of over-
coming these fears. Belief in reincarnation necessitates believing that
one should not be afraid of death; it misleads one into thinking that he
will achieve his desires by means of rebirth.
However, the Qur’an tells us that death and resurrection occur
only once. Every one of us has only one life to live in this world; after
that life, we die, and after death we are brought to life again. Then we
stay in the Garden or in the Fire for eternity, depending on what we
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