| 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 earth’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 short 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. WOMB TO TOMB
MAN-----------
NATURAL AFFINITY--------- WOMAN
30:21
Marriage
24:32, 25:74
Coupling
2:187,
2:223
Fertilization
75:37, 76:2, 23:13, 32:8
Conception
86:6, 71:14
Fetal
Processing
40:67, 23:13, 22:5
Embryo
22:5, 96:2
BIRTH
53:45, 32:9,
54:49
Breast Feeding
2 Years
2:233, 31:14
Weaning
46:15, 31:14,
82:7
Physical and Mental Development,
Crawling and Learning
87:2
Nursery
Anatomical
Development
76:2
Prime Youth Age
22:5, 23:12-14
Development of Skills,
YOUTH
AGE
40:67
Marriage
25:54, 4:3
University Education,
Age of Reason
76:3
Age
of Production,
Intellectual Specialization & Reproduction
OLD AGE
36::68
Climacteric-Senile
Psychosis,
Mental or Organic Disorders
36:68
DEATH
21:35, 23:15, 29:57
Purgatory
36:52
DAY
OF JUDGMENT AND INFINITE LIFE
Paradise Hell
77:38, 6:31, 23:15-16, 36:63,
41:28 36:55-56, 2:25, 2:39, 2:81,
From this self-explanatory
map, a man of rational thinking can easily arrive at the following conclusions.
Allah Subhanahu taala has first created the souls and kept them in a specific
place. 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.
The life in the physical world is an infinitesimal por tion of the actual life.
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. 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. This intermediate
place which is a bridge between the first physical world and the second meta-physical
world is known as the Barzakh. The stay in Barzakh may be pretty
long but definitely not permanent. The soul will remain at this station from the
time of the death until the end of the world / beginning of the new world, i.e.,
the day of Qiyamath / the resurrection day. The world will end
at a definite time which only Allah knows. The entire universe and everything
in it will be annihilated. Thereafter i.e., after the execution of the Qiyamah
and total annihilation of the universe, Allah will then resurrect the entire human
race that has ever existed anywhere and at any time for final judgment. This will
be the most important day for every soul. 
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