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Afterlife & Unseen

Heaven, hell, the grave, angels, jinn and what Islam teaches about life after death. Short, honest answers for new Muslims.

Can people in Jannah see people in hell?

Yes, the Quran describes people in Jannah seeing and speaking to people in hell, yet their joy isn't spoiled. Here's what Quran 7:44 and 37:55 say.

In Jannah we will wear green garments of silk and brocade with bracelets of gold, silver and pearls, and clothes never wear out. What the Quran says.

Yes, non-Muslims' good deeds count in Islam: rewarded in this world, and kept in full by anyone who becomes Muslim. Faith is key for the Hereafter.

Animals will be gathered on the Day of Judgement and wrongs between them settled, but they aren't judged like humans; many say they become dust.

In Jannah, believers will eat fruit, bird meat and whatever they desire, and drink from rivers of water, milk, honey and non-intoxicating wine.

Yes, Muslims believe Jannah is a real place, not a symbol. It already exists and believers will live there in body and soul, forever.

The people of al-A'raf wait on a high wall between Paradise and Hell; the best-known view is that their good and bad deeds were exactly equal.

A shaheed is a martyr: a Muslim who dies a death Allah honours, from defending others to plague, drowning or childbirth. Here is what it means.

Islam doesn't mention near-death experiences directly. The person didn't truly die, so what they saw isn't a reliable view of the afterlife.

Yes, good deeds can erase bad deeds in Islam, especially minor sins (Quran 11:114). Major sins also need repentance, and wrongs need putting right.

The book of deeds is the angels' record of everything you did and said, given in the right or left hand on the Day of Judgement.

The trumpet (as-Sur) is a horn an angel, commonly named Israfil, will blow to end the world and then raise everyone for the Day of Judgement.