Islam As It Is
man, know theyself!
~ 21 ~
very same way, man will be brought back to life
after his death.
Let’s look at the matter from another angle. If
doubts occur concerning life after death, it is
because what we imagine is based on what happens
in our present physical existence. We consider the
solid, moving body that we can see to be the
essential human being, and wonder how something
which takes this shape can be re-made and raised
up again once it has rotted away and mingled with
the earth. We observe that when death strikes, the
once articulate human being falls forever silent; the
once mobile human being comes to a standstill. In
fact, all his faculties cease to function. Shortly
afterwards, he is buried, cremated or thrown into a
river depending upon the customs of the people
concerned. A few days later, the body is reduced to
tiny particles and mingles with the earth or water in
such a way as to be no longer detectable by normal
human vision. We witness this process every so
often, yet find it hard to understand how once alive
human beings, who now have no physical substance
to them, can be revived in any manner whatsoever.
