BASIC QURANIC CONCEPT OF EMAAN ON YOUM AL AKHIRA
BASIC QURANIC CONCEPT OF EMAAN ON YOUM AL AKHIRA
Misconceptions: We as Muslims, will go to hell only to cleanse our sins, and once we pay for our sins, we will be transferred to heaven wherein we will abide forever!
The word Akhir is the opposite of Awwal– Awwal means the first and Akhir means the last. Akhartana in Ayah 4:77 as in the phrase “Why did you not Akhartana to a Qareeb Ajalan” is used here in the meanings of end or later. The word Akhira, basically means the last of a continuous series of events, things, people, generation etc. after which there is nothing further from the same series- the last of that particular series after which the next one will be different.
Akhira is the last of temporary life on the earth and start of the hereafter, wherein we will abide forever- Hiyaat-ud-Duniya is the life on this earth and Qayyam Akhira is the life hereafter
Emaan on Youme- Al Akhira– We have been given the freewill, the freedom to choose and decide our beliefs and each and every action. Once we have given this freedom to choose, and the Hidayah in the forms of the Kitaab, we are then free to choose our decisions and actions. However, whatever deeds and actions we do in this world, we will be held accountable for those deeds based on the scales of justice, on the day of judgment; this conviction and Emaan reflects in one’s conduct, behaviors and actions. As Momin, the requirement is to have firm conviction to the stage of certainty, not just being at Aman and Amanu, but certainty and firm / solid conviction. The Concept of Emaan on Akhira- Based on 4 interconnected aspects
- The freewill, the freedom of decisions and actions
- This temporary life as a test
- Perfect accountability and Recompense
- Akhira as confirmed and forever life, based on #3
Quran 2:4 “And who Amanu with what has been Anzela upon you, and what was Anzala before you, and of the Akhira they are certain
Emaan (آمَنَ) on the day of Akhira (الْآخِرِ) – The concept the gift of freewill, the resurrection, returning back to Allah for accountability are at the root of our Emaan on Akhira. Each and every one of us as a human being, the whole of mankind has been given the freewill, the freedom to choose and decide our beliefs and each and every action. It means, once humanity has been given this freedom to choose, and the Hidayah in the forms of Books of Revelations to identify the right and the wrong path, we are then free to choose either of these routes and deeds. Having a firm Emaan and conviction on the fact that whatever deeds and actions we do in this world, we will be held accountable for those deeds based on the scales of justice, on the day of judgment; this conviction and Emaan reflects in one’s conduct, behaviors and actions. This means that each and everything in this universe is based on these cause & effect laws that have been put in place by Allah and sooner or later we will be held accountable for our deeds (whether good or bad) whereby not even an atom weight of our deeds will be held unaccountable for on the day of judgment and we will be answerable for whatever we have done.
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