the purgatory life...

the purgatory life, is not allocated to martyrs alone, though the verse 21 is about them, but it envelops all people, because stating something does not mean that the unstated, but applicable, instances are not involved. For example, when we say ' this man is just ', it does not mean that justice belongs to him exclusively and there is not any other just person; while there may be thousands of people who are just. Thus, this verse, here, confirms the purgatorial life for the martyrs.

This life, the intermediate state, according to many verses of the Qur'an and abundant Islamic traditions, exists for all believers and nonbelievers both, with a distinction. The soul of a…