{"product_id":"life-after-life","title":"Life after life","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is death? Where does the soul go when it leaves the body? What happens in the grave? Will we return to life? And what will judgement, intercession, Paradise and Hell actually mean?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese are questions that have occupied philosophers, theologians and ordinary human beings for centuries. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife After Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e approaches them from within the Islamic intellectual tradition, taking readers on a structured journey from this world to the world beyond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book unfolds across three stages—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Interim House, The Waiting House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, and The Eternal House\u003c\/strong\u003e—examining death itself, the intermediate realm of Barzakh, and, finally,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e resurrection and eternal life. Along the way, Mohammad Javad Norouzi and Dr Amir Rastin address more than thirty questions, including the fear and agonies of death, who takes the soul, reincarnation, the connection between souls, deeds that continue after death, visiting graves and seeking blessings at sacred sites, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003erajʿah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, bodily resurrection, the Scale (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMīzān\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), reckoning, intercession, the embodiment of deeds, Hell and the resurrection of animals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecognising that the unseen cannot simply be subjected to empirical observation, the authors draw principally upon rational argument, the Holy Qur'an and the teachings of the Infallibles (a) to illuminate what Islamic revelation tells us about the journey ahead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAccessible yet substantial, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife After Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e transforms the discussion of death from something to be feared or avoided into an invitation to understand the purpose of our present life and prepare consciously for what follows it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astan Quds Radawi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51741888610582,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1201\/7404\/files\/FrontCover.png?v=1787288531","url":"https:\/\/www.shiabookscanada.com\/products\/life-after-life","provider":"Shia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}