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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Lessons From Qur'an The Day of Resurrection Every man out of his natural disposition has some conception of the Day of Resurrection because there is no one who would not like to know the ultimate future of man and of this world, where the life's struggle of man ends and what the real purpose of life is?

We have two answers to this question as follows: (i) All the Divine religions according to the arguments, we shall advance at a later stage, have an optimistic view of the future of man and this world. The Holy Qur'an says: To your Lord will all things eventually return. (Surah an-Najm, 53:42) (ii) The materialistic views consider that this world and the man will ultimately be annihilated.

This is a very dangerous and disappointing view and besides those who hold such a view do not have any convincing argument. In this context, the Holy Qur'an says: They say, 'The only life is this worldly life and here we shall live and die. It is only time which annihilates us'. They have no knowledge about this. It is only their speculations.

(Surah al-Jathiyah, 45:24) Natural Arguments There are some people who do not admit by their tongue the Resurrection Day but subconsciously they feel man's eternal existence. Sometimes they themselves give out indications to show that despite death and the physical destruction of the body they do not consider that man would ultimately perish. We give below some examples of these indications: (i) All those who do not believe in Resurrection hold in reverence the graves of their ancestors.

(ii) These people name their roads, institutions, universities and schools after the names of their dead ones. (iii) These people wish that after their death they should be remembered with a good name. (iv) These people name their children after the names of their ancestors. (v) These people mummify the dead bodies of their dear ones so as to protect them from putrefaction. If those who deny Resurrection and think that death annihilates man what is then the argument with them for such thinking?

When they mean death to be annihilation why then do they erect mausoleums for their dead and lay wreaths on their graves? Obviously such things point to the fact that those who do not believe in Resurrection do have some taint belief in their heart of hearts about the eternal existence of man's soul by which it is meant that by death man's being is not destroyed. We elaborate this point a little more.