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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

The False Belief in Reincarnation

One of the common irrational beliefs people hold about death is
that "reincarnation" is a possibility. Reincarnation means that on the
physical death of the body, the soul transmigrates to or is born again
in another body with a separate identity in a different time and loca-
tion. Recently, it has become a perverted movement attracting many
adherents among unbelievers and followers of superstitious beliefs.
In technical terms, the reasons why such superstitious beliefs
receive support—on the basis of no concrete evidence whatsoever—
are the concerns disbelieving people subconsciously harbor. Having

no faith in the hereafter, people are afraid of being reduced to in-
significance after death. Those of poor faith, on the other hand, feel
uneasy about the thought of being sent to hell since they are aware,
or at least, consider it a probability, that Allah's justice entails their
punishment. For both, however, the idea of the rebirth of the soul in
other bodies at various times sounds extremely alluring. Thus, par-
ticular circles who exploit this distorted belief succeed in making
people believe in this fallacy with the help of a little window-dress-
ing. That their followers do not demand any further evidence en-
courages the efforts of these opportunists.
Such a perverted belief also finds adherents in Muslim circles.
These are mostly the type of Muslims who are anxious to project an
intellectual and liberal self-image. There is another serious dimen-
sion to this issue that deserves mention; such people strive to con-
firm their views with the help of verses in the Qur'an. To this end,
they distort the explicit meanings of the verses and fabricate their
own interpretations. Our intention here is to emphasize that this per-
verted belief is totally at variance with the Qur'an and Islam and

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