The righteous do not really die; martyrs include not only those who die in battle but all who die believing in God and His messengers, and Paradise awaits them.1, 2, 3, 4
Dead bodies are utterly unaware, while the real persons exist elsewhere with sharp consciousness.1, 2, 3
Disbelievers are shown hell every day and night after death but do not enter it until the Day of Resurrection, since hell does not exist yet.1, 2, 3
The departed prophets are not aware of what happens on earth, so informing them that their messages will be unified is a favor to them.1, 2, 3
The interim state after death is wonderful for believers and awful for disbelievers.1
Verse 3:169 says those killed in God's cause are alive at their Lord; this applies generally to all the righteous and believers, who should not be thought of as dead.1, 2, 3, 4
After death, the time until resurrection passes as if one opens one's eyes the next morning, even if one was dead for millions of years.1, 2
For people who died long ago, the time between death and resurrection passes like a single night.1, 2, 3
Like a caterpillar in its cocoon, people go into the grave and come out either as beautiful butterflies, the believers, or as ugly moths or locusts, depending on what they did here.1, 2, 3, 4
After death the righteous enter a new stage that is very conscious and very busy and carry on an active life, which Dr. Khalifa says he knows from his own experience.1, 2, 3
All the righteous, not only the martyrs, are alive after death at their Lord, being provided for and aware.1, 2, 3, 4
At the end of the world the last person on earth goes to the purgatory, then the horn is blown and every human being goes back to the world of souls.1, 2, 3
In the world of souls there is activity, consciousness, knowledge, and communication, with souls meeting each other and exchanging news, though we know very little about that existence.1, 2, 3, 4
The souls in the world of souls are kept updated, for example being told in 1971 that God's messenger of the covenant had been placed on earth.1, 2, 3, 4
The unrighteous exist after death in a miserable state that cannot be called alive and aware; they are shown hell, but there is no hell until the resurrection.1, 2, 3, 4
When we sleep the soul goes out and can travel in time, so a person may see a glimpse of a future event that later comes true.1, 2, 3, 4
He reads verses 19:71 and 72 as saying every one of us goes to this world as hell, then God saves the righteous and leaves the transgressors.1, 2
This is a mild hell because God still provides here, while in the eternal hell of the Hereafter there are no provisions, which according to 7:32 belong exclusively to the righteous.1, 2, 3
This world is a temporary hell, a halfway house between heaven and hell that may be called a purgatory, and the hell starting on the Day of Resurrection is far worse.1, 2, 3
Disbelievers pass through a period of death that is a continuous nightmare, seeing hell every day but not entering it until the Day of Resurrection.1, 2, 3