Al-Qadr & human freedom

What do you remember from

last week?

What do Muslims

believe happens

when someone dies?

Islam and the afterlife

04 January 2021

My views on the afterlife

Remember to give

reasons for your view!

Akhirah

Yaw

muddin

Al-Jannah

Jahannam

life after death

Judgement Day; a trumpet will

sound, everything will stop and

the dead will rise

Heaven, a place of paradise

Hell, a place of suffering

Barzakh A state of waiting between death and Yaw muddin

Resurrection ‘coming back to life’; the dead will be given new bodies

Akhirah

Yaw

muddin

Al-Jannah

Jahannam

life after death

Judgement Day; a trumpet will

sound, everything will stop and

the dead will rise

Heaven, a place of paradise

Hell, a place of suffering

Barzakh

A state of waiting between

death and yaw muddin

Resurrection

‘coming back to life’; the dead

will be given new bodies

Akhirah

Yaw

muddin

Al-Jannah

Jahannam

life after death

Judgement Day; a trumpet will

sound, everything will stop and

the dead will rise

Heaven, a place of paradise

Hell, a place of suffering

Barzakh A state of waiting between death and Yaw muddin

Resurrection ‘coming back to life’; the dead will be given new bodies

ISLAM & THE AFTERLIFE

QUICK TEST

What word refers to the Muslim

belief in life after death?1

Akhirah

What word means

‘state of waiting’?2

Barzakh

To what does the word

Yawmuddin refer?3Judgement

Day

What does Al’Jannan

mean?4

Heaven

If Al’Jannan is not a

real place, what is it?5

A symbol of

life with

God

Heaven is…

• Persian word, Paradise, meaning ‘garden’

• Images of trees, plants, water

• True nature of afterlife beyond human understanding

Key terms

• Heaven – the place of ___________ in the

afterlife – known as Janna

• Hell – the place of ___________ in the

afterlife – known as Jahannam

Hell is described as a

• Terrible – which means…

• Scorching – which means…

• A place of torment – which means…

• A place of sorrow – which means…

1. "The parable of the Garden which

the righteous are promised! Beneath it

flow rivers. Perpetual is the fruits

thereof and the shade therein. Such is

the End of the Righteous; and the end

of the unbelievers is the Fire."

2. And those who believe and

do good deeds, they are

dwellers of Paradise, they dwell

therein forever.

Surah (2:82)

3. Whoever seeks a religion

other than Islam, it will not be

accepted from him and he will

be one of the losers in the

Hereafter.

Surah 3:85

4. Those who have disbelieved and died in

disbelief, the earth full of gold would not be

accepted from any of them if it were offered

as a ransom. They will have a painful

punishment, and they will have no helpers.

Surah 3:91

5. Those who believe (in the Qur’an),

those who follow the Jewish scriptures,

and the Sabians and the Christians –

any who believe in Allah and the last

day, and work righteousness – on them

shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

Surah 5:69

1. Design a information leaflet about Islamic beliefs in the

afterlife

2. Use the worksheets to add some new info!