The Stages of
the Journey of Death

The concept of death gives a new revolutionary meaning to life. Death is not simply the end of life, it is the beginning of new eternal life. This realization revolutionizes one’s thinking.  Death becomes a great reformer in the life of a person who remembers death often.

Man inhabits the planet called earth. This planet earth is continuously in motion. At all times it is moving at the speed of a thousand miles per hour. It is as if man is also on a journey at every moment. Man is thus a traveller, who is on an unceasing journey, whether he wants it to or not.

Where is man heading to on this journey? According to the Quran, everyone who is born on this planet earth is going from life to death, from death to the day of resurrection, from resurrection to be judged in the divine court. After judgement in the divine court, he has to head towards his final destination. This final destination will be either eternal Paradise or eternal Hell.

On this journey, man has the power to face either to the east or the west, the north or the south. He has the power to change his direction, but as for the stages of his journey, or the final destination of the journey he has no power to change these. The stages of the journey and the final destination of the journey have been laid down by the Lord of the Worlds.

The concept of death invests a man with a new revolutionary sense. It also gives a new revolutionary meaning to life. Death is not simply the end of life. It is the beginning of a new eternal life. The concept of death resembles an intellectual earthquake. This concept of death thus enables man to become serious to the ultimate extent about how his life will end. It is as if death has a reforming role. In this respect, death is without doubt a great reformer for every man.