How should we understand the hadith, Mankind is in sleep, they wake up when they die?
Submitted by on Mon, 12/04/2010 - 11:50
Dear Brother / Sister,
Man sees good dreams during his/her sleep, visits various places and eats different foods. However, all of them are just like shadows when compared to the real places and real foods of the awakened world. Those that were seen in dreams do not satisfy or bring anything to us. After waking up, we have only what we have and what we grasp in our hands.
The world is like a shadow or even a shadow of the shadow when compared to the life of the hereafter. The realm of grave is like a shadow compared to the hereafter and world life to the realm of grave.
We will wake up from the sleep of the world life by death and see our true wealth there. There will be nothing other than our deeds. Our Haram and Halal deeds will be personified as either good or bad. They shall be our friends till the Judgment day.
The realm of shadow will end with resurrection and we will arrive in the realm of truth that we call as the hereafter; we will have the real existence and true happiness there.
Alaaddin Başar (Prof.Dr.)
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