Appendix 11
The
Day of Resurrection
The horn is blown,
whereupon everyone in the heavens
and the earth
is struck unconscious, |
except those
spared by God.
Then it is blown a second time,
whereupon they rise up. [39:68] |
All generations of humans and jinns will be resurrected on this earth; about
150 billion of them. But we will not be earthbound. God teaches us through the example of the caterpillar; it turns
into a pupa in the cocoon (grave), then exits the cocoon as an airborne
butterfly. Similarly, we live here on earth, and when we exit
the grave on the Day of Resurrection we will not be earthbound; like the butterfly (101:4).
The earth will shine with the light of God (39:69) as He comes to our universe,
together with the angels (89:22).
Since our universe
is a temporary dominion for Satan, it cannot
stand
the
physical
presence
of
God
(7:143).
As
the
Almighty
approaches, the stars will crash into one another (77:8, 81:2), and the earth will
shatter under our feet (69:14,
89:21). These horrors
will not worry the believers (21:103).
The High Heaven
Upon arrival of Almighty God, all the humans and jinns will be automatically stratified according
to their degree of growth and development. Those who nourished
their souls through
worshiping God alone, believing in the Hereafter, and leading a righteous life will be strong enough to stay close to God; they will occupy the highest
ranks (see Appendix
5).
The Lower Heaven
Those who developed
their souls to a lesser degree, as well as those who die
before the age of forty, will move downward to the Lower Heaven. They will go
to the location where they can be as close to God as their degree of growth and development permits them to be.
The Purgatory
There will be people who nourished their souls just enough to spare them Hell,
but not enough to enter the Lower Heaven. They are neither
in Hell, nor in Heaven. They will implore God to admit them into the Lower Heaven (7:46-50). God will have mercy on them, and will merge the Purgatory into the Lower Heaven.
A new, eighth universe
will be created to house those who run away from God due
to their weakness;
they failed to nourish and develop their souls (69:17).
God does not put a single being in Hell; they go to it on their own volition (Appendix 5).
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