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The word Barzakh is ‘barrier between two things’ |
The literal meaning of the word Barzakh is ‘barrier between two things’. From a religious point of view, Barzakh is the period that intervenes between this world and life. Hereafter commencing immediately after the death of a man and ending on the Day of Resurrection. As soon as a man dies, he enters Barzakh.
God by His Divine Power and Sound Judgement, created Adam (blessings of Allah be upon him) from dust and taught him the name of everything, glorified his position by enjoining upon the angels to fall down before him in prostration and He made his abode in paradise, caused him to fall down on the earth to fulfil the purpose for which He had created him. In this way, his first. lodging was paradise, the second was the world, the third was Barzakh, and the fourth was paradise.
The first dwelling place of his offspring is the belly of the mother, the second is the world, the third is Barzakh and the fourth is either paradise or hell. God allotted appropriate functions for each abode and called the world a field for practical work and a cultivation ground for the Hereafter. He bestowed a great favour upon man by sending prophets for guidance in order to enable humanity to discriminate between right and wrong.
Those who. followed the teachings of the prophets and were known as believers and those who went astray were called disbelievers. The interval between Death and Resurrection is called Barzakh. During this period a believer feels happy whereas a disbeliever suffers torment. The real reward or punishment will be given on the Day of Judgement after due reckoning.
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