aalam-e-barzakh

[adnan.ali]

Does any body have information about aalam-e-barzakh?

[kmaherali]

Does any body have information about aalam-e-barzakh?

Cyril Glasse in The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam explains the concept as:

Barzakh (Ar. "a barrier", "an obstruction" between two things or places; specifically, "an isthmus"). A point of transition where entities similar yet different come together. The word has many applications in metaphysics. The Koran in 25:55 states:

And it is He who let forth the two seas, this one grateful to taste, and this salt, bitter to the tongue, and He set between them a barrier, and a ban forbidden.

and in 55:20:

He let forth the two seas that meet together, between them a barrier they do not overpass.

Thus the isthmus, or barzakh between the salt and sweet seas (metaphors for this world and the next) beyond which one cannot cross without permission, is a barrier (also barzakh) at death which prevents return, or reincarnation, to this world (23:100):

Till, when death comes to one of them, he says,
'My Lord, return me; haply I shall do righteousness in that I forsook.' Nay, it is but a word he speaks; and there, behind them, is a barrier until the day that they shall be raised up.

A Saint who spans the chasm of human and Divine knowledge may also be called a barzakh. Indeed man in general, in view of his conjunction of body and soul, matter and intellect, and above all individual and Divine consciousness, is also a barzakh. Because the barzakh touches the two worlds it is not only a separation, but also a bridge; thus it is very similar to the concept of man as pontifex

[adnan.ali]

the aalam-e-barzakh sound to be the world or the time period a soul spent after his death till the day of judgement as according to ismaili encyclopedia by Mumtaz Tajuddin. he refers to that period as the period of peace and rest of a soul. i want to ask if every soul passed through that period (aalam-e-barzakh) including all the souls of previous ages. if yes than they must be waiting for their final account o­n the day of judgement. now we find in the ginan that the souls of previous ages are either sent to deep detension(ghor andhari) or tend to take rebirth in this world may be in other form(avagaman). why does these souls are not led in aalam-e-barzakh till the final day i.e. day of judgement.

[AmeenKhwaja]

What i understand by day of judgment is, its different for every one. after we die we have to go for this judgment.

[AlwaizaRashida]

yam <BR>Yes Ameen my belive is also the same.In my opioion as when ever v die the time of Death i mean the duration of death is vvvvv imp.as Imam SMS farman gunahgar ke liye ik ghenta ik hzaar saal ke beraber lege ga----v r thinking that he or she dies within 5 min but he or she had done all the bad things so how can it possible .so people like these type 1 hrs = 1000 year o&shy;n that time the prosses starts Hisab kitab---- 3 1/2 crore rogte {hairs of our body]bits like needles.---Nav bar negre ma bawen bezar----- the souls goes out of the body from o&shy;ne of the 9 doors [2 eyes.2 nostels,1 mouth, 2ears,n 2 excretrey orgens]<BR>Then the souls do there assingments in space n then wesal-e-haq<BR>so when the person is diying that day is the day of judgement.<BR>Quran says o&shy;n the day of judgement "us din aakhe chundiya jaege,pehad reza reza ho-----<BR>It means the whole world is in our body As mowla Ali said kiya tum apne aap ko chota zera semejte ho? halake tumhare ander sare kaainaat semai hue hai<BR>so-- our body aanki --pehad--cells,vains,artries eyes r like sun-----so got it.i cant explain sorry i can explain but i cant write easily-- sorry<BR>regards