Death, Cremation and Resurrection
I was watching television a few months ago and the news story gave
accounts that Islam did not sanction cremation. I was quite concerned
about this as I had my wife cremated about three years earlier.
Also I intend to be cremated upon my death.
To set my mind at ease, I took out my Quran, the Final Testament.
As I read the Quran, my mind was set at ease. I read in the Introduction
on Animals, these creatures are redeemed back to God’s eternal
kingdom.
In 5:48, …to God is your final destiny- all of you-then He
will inform you of everything you had disputed. Then in 6:36 …God
resurrects the dead; they ultimately return to Him. In 2:45 …God
is the One who provides and withholds, and to Him you will be returned.
Then in 10:56 …He controls life and death, and to Him you
will be returned.
As I continued to looking for answers, I ran across the Crucial
Advice in 17:36.
[17:36] You shall not accept any information, unless
you verify it for yourself. I have given you the hearing, the eyesight,
and the brain, and you are responsible for using them.
Now that I know that I am responsible for using my brain. I was
even more concerned about the people who get cremated, the people
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that get vaporized by a large explosion,
and also the people who die when no one is around. I got the answer
in the following verses.
[17:49-51] They said, “After we turn into bones
and fragments, we get resurrected anew?!” Say, “Even
if you turn into rocks or iron. Even if you turn into any kind of
creation that you deem impossible.” They will then say, “Who
will bring us back?” Say, “The One who created you in
the first place.” They will then shake their heads and say,
“When will that be?” Say, “It may be closer than
you think.”
I now have a good feeling about cremation. I now know that the
seven astronauts that got vaporized in the space shuttle accident
were returned back to God.
[19:93-95] Every single one in the heavens and the
earth is a servant of the Most Gracious. He has encompassed them,
and has counted them one by one. All of them will come before Him
on the Day of Resurrection as individuals.
On the Day of Resurrection, everyone will be accounted for without
the slightest injustice.
[21:47] We will establish the scales of justice on
the Day of Resurrection. No soul will suffer the least injustice.
Even the equivalent of a mustard seed will be accounted for. We
are the most efficient reckoners.
[21:104] On that day, we will fold the heaven, like
the folding of a book. Just as we initiated the first creation,
we will repeat it. This is our
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promise; we will certainly
carry it out.
As stated in 26:81, “the One who puts me to death, then brings
me back to life.” And in 28:88 “we will all be returned
to Him.”
[28:88] You shall not worship beside GOD any other
god. There is no other god beside Him. Everything perishes except
His presence. To Him belongs all sovereignty, and to Him you will
be returned.
We all know that there is nothing hidden from God.
[34:3] Those who disbelieve have said, “The
Hour will never come to pass!” Say, “Absolutely - by
my Lord - it will most certainly come to you. He is the Knower of
the future. Not even the equivalent of an atom’s weight is
hidden from Him, be it in the heavens or the earth. Not even smaller
than that, or larger (is hidden). All are in a profound record.”
In conclusion, God says in the Quran:
[57:4] He is the One who created the heavens and
the earth in six days, then assumed all authority. He knows everything
that enters into the earth, and everything that comes out of it,
and everything that comes down from the sky, and everything that
climbs into it. He is with you wherever you may be. GOD is Seer
of everything you do.
Glory be to God.
Lou - USA
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