Transcript “THIS WORLD AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HEREAFTER

TASAWWUR ISLAM
“THIS WORLD AND ITS
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
HEREAFTER”
AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE
ANNOUNCEMENT
TALK IN COLLABORATION WITH
MASJID KASSIM
In-house talk by:
USTAZ ZHULKEFLEE HJ
ISMAIL
Venue: Level 2, Wisma Indah
(Masjid Kassim Annex, Changi Road)
Date: 25 JULY 2009 (Saturday)
5 p.m – Before Maghrib
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CORRECTING A MISPERCEPTION
Muslims somehow know that they are to
somewhat strike a “balance” in their life.
Yet, what do we mean by “balanced”?
The following are some of the
misperceptions of what some people regard
this “balanced life” is, but very much
influenced by a secularized worldview – not
that of Islam. These are:
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
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CORRECTING A MISPERCEPTION
[1] COMPARTMENTALIZATION between
PRIVATE (for ‘RELIGION’) and PUBLIC
(Regarded as ‘SECULAR’ – Thus they accept
notion to remove all religious signs, any
religious determination of values and
influence to affect general public discourse).
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
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CORRECTING A MISPERCEPTION
[2] MECHANICAL ALLOCATION between “DEEN”
(Religious) AND the “DUNYA” (Worldly)
activities. Entertaining some kind of ratio
between these viz. perhaps 50:50 … !?
[3] REDUCTIONIST – tendency to disregard the
all-encompassing nature of Islam.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
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CORRECTING A MISPERCEPTION
[4] SECLUSION and false concept of “ZUHD” of
pseudo-sufi who misinterprets this concept
of “detachment from being affected by the
negativity of this world”, as though to mean,
we are to cloister ourselves physically – thus
falsely teaching to reject the every aspect of
this world including many favours and
bounties of Allah for us within it which Islam
view as positive.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
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WHAT IS THE MEANING
OF LIFE?
BRIEF SYNOPSIS ...
THE RESPONSE ....
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SEQUENCE OF OUR JOURNEY
BIRTH
LIFE
DEATH
ALAM BARZAKH
(INTERMEDIATE)
WORLD OF THE GRAVE
(ALL THE SOULS
AWAITING QIYAAMAH)
AFTER
LONG
WAIT
RESURRECTION
DAY
(Yaum al-Ba’ath)
THE JUDGEMENT
(Yaum al-Deen) BOOK &
SCALE
END OF THE WORLD
(DOOMSDAY)
ALL CREATIONS
DESTROYED
(YAUM AL-QIYAAMAH)
THE BRIDGE TO PARADISE
SPANNING OVER HELL
HELL-FIRE
THE WRETCHED REMAIN
ETERNALLY (FOREVER)
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PARADISE
SOME RECIEVE
INTERCESSION
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