Islam - The FAQ - Answering the Issues

existence here is miraculous: we did not exist and now we do. From a
lifeless non-entity to be now a living, breathing creature, able to see
and hear and feel happiness and sorrow – from nothing to a
magnificent something, that truly is something amazing! If that was
possible, why should it be impossible for life to be restored to us after
death, especially when it is for a reason without which our existence
here would be meaningless?
“Has man not seen that We created him from a drop of seed?
Yet lo! he becomes an open opponent (of Ours)!
And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own creation.
He says: Who will give life to these bones once they are rotten?
Say: He will give life to them Who brought them into existence the
first time, and He is well-Knowledgeable of every kind of creation!
...Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create
the like of them? Yes indeed!
And He is the Magnificent Creator, All-Knowing!
His command, when He intends a thing, is but to say to it:
Be! and it is.
So glory to Him in Whose hands is the dominion of all things:
and to Him shall you be all brought back.” (77:83)
Therefore we find all religions teach of an afterlife. The Abrahamic
traditions, Judaism, Christianity, and Isl\m, agree on a final Day of
Judgement when all scores will be settled and good and evil will be
rewarded justly with Heaven or Paradise as a reward for good, and
Hell the punishment for wrong.
If God is Loving, Why Hell?
God is indeed loving, which is why in addition to providing us with
everything that we have ever had, and things that we are not even
conscious of, He sent throughout time messengers and prophets to
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