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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Question & Answer Question 10 : What Is 'al-rajah' and Why Do You Believe in It? ANSWER: 'Al-Rajah' in the Arabic language means 'return' and referring it technically, it means: 'return of a group of people after death and before resurrection.' This is known to take place concurrently with the appraisal of the awaited Mahdi (p). This is one of the realities with no disagreement regarding reason or revelation.

According to the Islamic point of view, and other divine religions, the essence of a human being is constituted by his incorporeal soul which is also expressed as 'self', and this remains intact even after the death of his body, continuing it's eternal life. The Almighty Lord, who is the absolute omnipotent with no impediment limiting His ability, mentions in His divine book concerning the reality to this matter.

With this brief introduction, it is quite clear that 'Rajah' is possible a matter from the logical point of view; because when considering it, it becomes clear that the return of this group of people is much easier than their creation in the first place. Thus the Lord who created them at the beginning, is undoubtedly able to bring them back to life again.

According to the revelation, examples of 'Rajah' can be clearly observed in the previous nations: As the Holy Quran says: "And when you said: O Musa, we will not believe in you until we see Allah manifestly, so the punishment overtook you whilst you turned your backs over them.

Then we raised you up after your death that you might give thanks." And in yet another instance, regarding prophet Jesus (p) states: .., and bring the dead to life with Allah's permission" The Holy Quran not only approves the possibility of 'Rajaah', but also confirms to the mass return of all the humans after their death.

The Holy Quran in the following two verses points to the return of a group of people after death and before resurrection: "And when the word shall come to pass against them, We shall bring forth to them a creature from the earth that shall warn them and show them of their disbelief, because people did not believe in our communications.