A comment about the program “Life After Life”/ Liali: Heaven and Hell can be seen in this world

According to the correspondent of Fars News Agency’s Thought Department, a program called “Life After Life” has been aired for several years in the month of Ramadan, in which people talk about their experiences of seeing the supernatural world and the supernatural worlds such as resurrection, heaven, hell, reckoning, etc. They narrate books and… We spoke with Hojjatul-Islam Mohammad Ali Liyali, a professor of religious studies, about how to see other worlds in the material world and before death.

Mohammad Ali Liali

What is the world? What is the hereafter?

At the beginning, Lyali said: One of the important topics that are discussed in Quranic, exegesis and narrative issues on various occasions is the vision of heaven and hell and basically everything that refers to the supernatural worlds in this world and the hereafter. The meaning of “world” is the world that humans deal with during the day, the material world in which we are born one day and eventually we die and leave this world. In front of the mundane world, there is “Akher” or “Hereafter”. The hereafter is either heaven or hell, these worlds and places are the result of human work in this world, and in a sense, we create our hereafter with our behavior and actions.

He added: Heaven, whose Persian translation is Firdos or green gardens, is one of the most used words in the Quran. So that 250 to 300 verses of the Qur’an have expressions such as Jannah, Janan, or Gennat. In the Shia and Sunni traditions, many references have been made to this issue. Heaven has special levels, each level is specific to a certain group of believers. به طور مثال بالاترین مرتبه بهشت، «قرب الهی» یا «رضوان» یا «جناتٍ عدن» است که قرآن هم در این‌باره می‌فرماید: «وَعَدَاللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِی مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِینَ فِیهَا وَمَسَاکِنَ طَیِّبَةً فِی جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ ۚ وَرِضْوَانٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ أَکْبَرُ ۚ That is the great victory.” That is, God has promised the people of faith, men and women, that they will live in eternal paradise under whose trees rivers flow and give them a home in the good and pure buildings of Eden, and higher and greater than any blessing is the position of God’s pleasure and satisfaction, and that is the truth. Turquoise is big. According to the hadiths, this rank is only reserved for those close to God, i.e. prophets, imams, saints, martyrs, and saints.

He continued: In front of heaven, there is hell, which in the Persian translation we mean hell; A place for punishment, revenge, torture and accountability of infidels, polytheists and hypocrites. Hell has been mentioned more than 80 times in the Qur’an, and serious warnings have been given in the hadiths of the Prophet and the infallibles, peace and blessings of God be upon them all.

The world of the hereafter is already prepared and created

This religious expert said: The important point is that although heaven and hell are the result of our work, these two are God’s creations, and this means that both heaven and hell have been created and exist now. This is one of the essentials of the Shiites’ faith, which has been discussed in theological, philosophical and mystical matters. For example, the Qur’an says about Paradise: “And you will find forgiveness from your Lord, and Paradise will cover the heavens and the earth will be prepared for the pious.” Regarding Hell, we also read: “Watātَّقوا النَّارَ الَّتِي عُعدَّتْ للْكافرينَ.” Therefore, in the first place, this notion that heaven and hell will be newly created on the day of resurrection must be corrected.

Before death, one can see the transcendental worlds

At the end, Lyali said: One of the most important issues about heaven and hell is the possibility of seeing them in the world. In other words, is it possible for us to see heaven or hell before death and the resurrection? This question has caused a lot of differences among the scholars, and each of them addressed it from their own point of view. In this case, it should be said that because heaven and hell are the result of human work, it is possible for all people to see it at some point. With God’s permission, we can witness the results of our actions in this world. Of course, it should be added that people with a healthy and insightful heart and soul can witness such a favor from their God that He will reveal to them on the occasions of the Hereafter.

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