The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 439
Heaven and Hell 439 and the realities of the hereafter are seen as they are. The wrongdoers then suffer a torment of despair in addition to the physical torment. It is thus an agreed principle in. Islām that the torment or comfort of the grave is perceived through a body. Reason also demands this as experience has established that the spiritual faculties of man do not manifest themselves without a body. [Kitāb-ul-Bariyyah, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 13, pp. 70-71]. The Philosophy of Punishment in the Hereafter. There is a philosophy about punishment in the hereafter which is not set forth perfectly by any religion except. Islām. God Almighty says in the Holy Qur'ān: 214 مَنْ كَانَ في هذا أَعْلَى فَهُوَ فِي الأَخِرَةِ أَعْمَى وَأَضَلُّ سَبيلا 4. He who is blind in this world shall be blind in the hereafter and even more astray. . This shows that a person takes with him from this world the eyes with which to behold God Almighty and the senses with which to perceive Him. He who does not acquire these senses in this life will not enjoy them in the hereafter. This is a mystery which is not understood by the common people. If its meaning is not that which we have set forth, then it is entirely wrong that those who are blind in this world shall be blind in the hereafter. The truth is that to recognize God Almighty without any error and to acquire a true understanding of His attributes in this world is the key to all comforts and delights of the future. This verse clearly indicates that we carry a torment with us from this world and that the blind existence and foul actions of this world will appear in the 214 Bani Isrā'il, 17:73 [Publisher]