Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

Allah Most Gracious. The disbelievers are also alive in their graves though
they are tormented with punishment and are living an uneasy life as Allah
most High says in the Qur’an:
1. 071.025 Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter
a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.
This verse talks at how the nation of Sayyidina Nuh (peace be upon him)
was cast into a fire. This fire is the fire of the grave which proves even the
deceased disbelievers are alive in their graves, receiving punishment.
2. 040.045 So Allah warded off from him the evils which they plotted,
while a dreadful doom encompassed Pharaoh's folk,
040.046 The Fire; they are exposed to it morning and evening; and on
the day when the Hour upriseth (it is said): Cause Pharaoh's folk to
enter the most awful doom.
From this verse we can understand that the Pharaoh and his people are alive
in their graves and they are exposed to the fire morning and night.
3. 066.010 Allah citeth an example for those who disbelieve: the wife of
Noah and the wife of Lot, who were under two of Our righteous slaves
yet betrayed them so that they (the husbands) availed them naught
against Allah and it was said (unto them): Enter the Fire along with
those who enter.
This verse tells us of how these two disbelieving women were ordered to
enter the fire. This was the fire of the grave which again proves that they will
be alive in their graves as they will be receiving their punishment.
4. 009.101 And among those around you of the wandering Arabs there
are hypocrites, and among the townspeople of Al-Madinah (there are
some who) persist in hypocrisy whom thou (O Muhammad) knowest
not. We, We know them, and We shall chastise them twice; then they
will be relegated to a painful doom
Allah has told us that He will punish the disbeliever and hypocrites twice;
the first occurs in their graves and the second occurs after the Day of
Resurrection. This proves they will be alive in their graves since they will be
bearing punishment.
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