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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Basic Beliefs of Islam Chapter 17 : Stages of Human Existence The spectum of human existence In the above sketch, human essence from womb to tomb and thereafter, has been drawn to explain the various events that happen one after the other. This precisely shows that our stay in this physical world is extremely shor t in comparison to the pre-birth and after-death existence.

We have lived millions of years somewhere in some form before we were conceived in mother 's womb and will live millions of years somewhere in some form when we will be thrown into the ear th's womb. From there, we will rise to proceed to the final destination which will be beyond the limits of time. The Holy Quran invites to think that, how this shor t stay in this physical world, is going to shape our endless and eternal life.

Womb to Tomb and thereafter The following chart has been prepared with the help of the Holy Quran which gives a precise record of events that occur from womb to tomb and thereafter. The Quran has described these stages in various places which are easily understandable to men of average intellect. It has been simply summarized in a map to show that these facts are in strict accordance with what has been discovered by scientists and what will be discovered much later on.

Science progresses by observation, experiments, and exploration. But Unfor tunately in many cases, these accurate modes of perceptions are flawed by wrong interpretation. An honest researcher in science can testify these clearly-defined stages of human existence. From this self-explanatory map, a man of rational thinking can easily arrive at the following conclusions. 1 - Allah Subhanahu taala has first created the souls and kept them in a specific place.

2 - The soul was introduced in an organic body after the process of fertilization. The body with soul stayed in the mother 's womb for 9 months from where it arrives in the physical world at the time of birth. 3 - The life in the physical world is an infinitesimal por tion of the actual life. 4 - Death is not the end of life but the beginning of the second phase of the eternal life. Death separates the body from the soul.

5 - After experiencing death, the departed soul of every man and woman continues to live in a place which is conditioned in accordance with his/her performance in the world.