from one form to the other; it is more of a fluid process in which consciousness continues from one life to the next depending on previous deeds.
Islam believes in continuation of the soul after death and a transformation in physical existence. There would be a day of judgment when the eternal destinations of Paradise and Hell would be determined for all. A cardinal principle of the Qur’an is the Last Daywhen the world will come to an end and Allah will judge all people and the jinn raising them from the dead. The Last Day is also known as the Day of Separation, Day of Standing, The Encompassing Day, Day of Awakening, Day of Judgment or The Hour. Till such time the dead remain in their graves waiting, but they have an idea of their impending destiny. The hell-bound will continue to suffer, while others will be at peace. The final destination is determined by balancing good deeds in life with the bad. Those granted admission to paradise will enjoy physical and spiritual pleasures forever, while grief and torment for eternity will be the lot of the condemned. The Hour is described as a passage on a narrow bridge to enter Paradise. Those who are heavy with bad deeds will fall and stay in Hell forever. There are two exceptions : those who die fighting for God are at once called into God’s presence, but “enemies of Islam” are despatched immediately to Hell upon death.
Sheol is the name given to afterlife, subsequently incorporated in the Hebrew Bible, a bleak and gloomy place where all the dead are destined to go. Actually, in the Book of Numbers, sheol literally means underground. It is so stated in the Biblical account of the destruction of a rebel named Korah and his followers. The God here is merciless and
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