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kâfir, as if he disbelieved in Allahu ta’âlâ.
There is torment in the grave and there is squeezing in the
grave. He who disbelieves it does not become a kâfir, but he
becomes Ahl-i bid’ât since he has not believed the hadîths that
are well known. [Such people disbelieve the torment in the
grave because they doubt that those hadîths are true ones. If
they accepted them as hadîths, they would believe it. For this
reason, they do not become disbelievers, but they stray from
the Ahl-i sunnat. But, he who says, “I do not believe in the
torment of the grave, whether it is written in hadîths or not. Mind
and experiments do not confirm it,” becomes a kâfîr. Now those
who disbelieve it in this manner become disbelievers.] Since the
grave is a pass between this and the next worlds, the torment in
the grave is transient like worldly torments but resembles the
torments of the next world. That is, in one respect, it is like
worldly torments, while in another respect, it is like those of the
next world. The torment in the grave will be mostly done to
those who fouled their clothes while urinating and to those who
spread gossip among Muslims while they are in the world. Two
angels named Munkar and Nakîr will ask questions in the
grave. It is difficult to answer their questions. [Munkar and Nakîr
mean that which is unacknowledged. See the explanations after
Jum’a salât in the 4th fascicle.]
There is the day when the world will end. That day will surely
come. On that day, the skies will be torn into pieces, the stars
will disperse, the earth and mountains will break into pieces and
will be annihilated. The Qur’ân communicates this fact and all
groups of Muslims believe it. He who disbelieves it becomes a
kâfir. Even if he misrepresents his obstinacy well by means of
some fantastic stories, or if he deceives the ignorant by pushing
knowledge and science on them, he is still a kâfir. At the end of
the world, after all creatures are annihilated, they will then be
recreated, and everybody will be resurrected from his grave.
Allahu ta’âlâ will resurrect the bones that have rotted and turned
into dust. That day a pair of scales will be set up; the accountbooks
of all humans will fly to their owners, to the righteous
ones from their right and to the evil ones from their left. The
bridge of Sirât, which is set over Hell, will be passed, the pious
ones will pass over it and will go into Paradise, but those who
are for Hell will fall down into Hell. These things which we
communicate are not impossible. Since the Mukhbîr-i sâdiq
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