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Life after Death

Life after Death

t was December 6, 2013. I switched on my radio to listen to
Ithe morning news. Suddenly appeared the breaking news that
Nelson Mandela had passed away. Then after a moment, that
speech was broadcast which Mandela had delivered as President
in the South African parliament on May 10, 1994. The speaker
was physically no more, but his voice could be heard by all
without the slightest alteration.
I had the same experience last month on November 12, 2013.
I heard the voice of Mahatma Gandhi on radio, although he had
died sixty-five years ago in 1948. Gandhiji had gone to the studio
of All India Radio on November 12, 1947 to give a live address
to over two lakh refugees from Pakistan who had gathered at a
camp in Haryana. This speech is aired every year on November
12 on All India Radio.

Death is like a door through which we go from
the present world into the next world.

Experiences of this kind are very common. They remind us
of the fact that when a person dies, he still lives on through his
voice. Voice is part of the human personality. And, if a part of our
personality is alive after death, why cannot the whole personality
be alive after death?
According to dictionary, death is the permanent end of life.
However, the Quran maintains that the human being is an eternal
being, and death is only a phase in its eternal journey. Apart
from other reasoning it offers for life after death, the Quran also

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