Is there life after death?

Yes. Belief in life after death is a firm part of Islam. Without it no one would have to answer for their life, and justice would remain incomplete.

Belief in life after death is not an extra in faith but its foundation. Whoever does not believe in it has little reason to improve here on earth. Death would then be an escape for every criminal, because afterwards he would answer to no one.

A simple example makes this clear. Someone who kills a thousand innocent people with a bomb can be punished on earth only once at most. For the immeasurable suffering he caused there would be no balance. That is why all religions revealed by God place great weight on the hereafter. Some people wish that the consequences of their deeds would last only a short time. But God does not follow human wishes.

What will that life be like? For a person who is not forgiven, it is a continuation of his life here. In life on earth everyone receives many chances to turn back. Again and again the voice of conscience speaks up. Whoever ignores it constantly and never returns to good carries that attitude onward. Whom God forgives, He alone knows.

Death itself is part of this order. God knows whether a person would change even if he lived forever. By ending life here, He lets the reward or the consequence begin. The verses above answer the age-old doubt very simply. He who created man the first time can bring him to life again. If there were no life after death, religion would have no meaning.