Life After Death Flashcards

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What does predestination mean?

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The idea everything that happens in our life is already known by Allah

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What do Muslims believe they should acepte as rhe will of god

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Whatever happens to them

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What does be believing in the supremacy of God mean?

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Muslims have to accept that even bad things that happen are meant to be

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What does the word Muslim mean?

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One who is submitted to God

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What does Inshallah mean?

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God willing

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Predestination for Sunni Muslims

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God has already determined everything that will happen in the universe (qadar), Allah has written everything that will happen in a ” book of decrees,”, God created all things so they must act according to his will and humans don’t have freedom to change their destiny but only their actions

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Quotes on predestination

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“ Misfortunes can only happen with God‘s permission,” “ only what God has decreed will happen to us,”

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Predestination for shi’a Muslims

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I believe God knows everything that is going to happen, but this doesn’t mean to decide what is going to happen, people have free will and I can see our choices before we make them

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What do Muslims believe will happen on the day of judgement?

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Isla will resurrect all people who have died and everyone will be judged according to their actions. Those who are good will go to paradise and those who have lived bad lives to hell.

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Islamic word for heaven

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Jannah

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Islamic word for hell

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Jahannam

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What is the day of judgement called in Islam

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Yawn ad-din (judgement) or yawm al-qiyamah (resurrection)

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What does the Quran and the Hadith say about the day of judgement?

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Only allah knows when rhe day of judgement will come

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Akhirah

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Life after death

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Barzach

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A barrier- waiting period between dying and the day of judgement

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What do Muslims believe will happen in the grave?

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The person will still have a conscious existence in the grave. Here they will enter a state of waiting and no one can cross this waiting period to change things that I’ve done wrong or warn the living. They have to wait for the day of judgement. Two angels will question them about their Faith and if they answer a question correctly, they will see rewards but if they reject God they will see the punishment they will have to suffer.

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What will people be given at the day of judgement

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New bodies and the book of their life (book of deeds)

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What does receiving the book of deeds in your right hand mean?

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You will go to heaven

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What does receiving the book of deeds in your left hand mean?

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They will go to hell

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How does God sort souls?

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He makes them cross the narrow “sirat bridge” that crosses the fires of hell

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What is the heights?

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It is four people who are too good to go to hell but not ready for entry to heaven

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What is heaven described to be like in the Quran?

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Overflowing with delicious food and for flowing rivers, including two of milk and honey. People who live in a state of joy and that a single day in paradise at the same as 1000 years on earth. Everything is white and of Jules and pressure stones and reassurance that people will be rewarded with everything that they wish for an earth. The greatest joy of those who go to heaven is a vision of Allah. They will be welcomed to their “final home” by angels

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What is hell like?

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A place of suffering were suffering is physical and spiritual. Hell is a place of burning fire and boiling water. There is a disagreement about whether those who have sent to how can be forgiven by Allah and allowed to enter heaven or punishment and hell is forever. Someone say there are seven levels of held depending on the seriousness of a persons sin

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What is the impact on the belief of life after death on Muslims?

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This life is preparation for the eternal life to come, or humans will be judged on how they live and the afterlife satisfies our need for justice