Death and sleep

[muhammad]

This was taken from the Encyclopaedia Britannica about the Qur'an:

"Death is repeatedly compared with sleep, which is at times described as "the little death." God takes away people's souls "during their sleep" and "upon their death." He "retains those against whom he has decreed death, but returns the others to their bodies for an appointed term" (39:42-43). During death, the soul "rises into the throat" (56:83) before leaving the body. These are interesting passages in the light of modern medical knowledge. The study of sleep has identified the episodic occurrence of short periods during which the limbs are totally flaccid and without reflexes, as would be the limbs of the recently dead. Modern neurophysiology, moreover, stresses the role of structures in the upper part of the brain stem in the maintenance of the waking state. Lesions just a little higher (in the hypothalamus) cause excessively long
episodes of sleep. Irreversible damage at these sites is part of the modern concept of death. Finally, various types of breathing disturbance are characteristic of brain-stem lesions and could have been attributed, in former times, to occurrences in the throat. Nothing in these passages outrages the insights of modern neurology. The absence of any cardiological dimension is striking."

"From Death" (Islam) - Encyclopaedia Britannica.

[This message has been edited by muhammad (edited 11 July 2000).]

[Nur]

Salaam,
Excellent! You guys with the three heads what do you think of this - don't tell us the authors of Encyclopedia Britanicca are muslims....hehehehehe!

Faz and others please read this - just one of many confirmations about the Book of Allh, the One Unseen God, as preached by EVERY SINGLE PROPHET!

[Farhana_faz]

Salam brothers

Thats coool and scary....well anyways i am off to die...sorry i mean sleep!

take care
wassalam

[Wais_Islam]

great stuff. it makes me feel sorry for myself as i am not prepared for death. i wish i was a good Muslim. the Creator of Life and Death, Allah, isn't He the Greatest. i seek His forgiveness and ask him to save me and all the believers that Day.

My father is dead, I pray that Allah keeps his soul in peace. i read this book the soul'd journey after death but it wasn't enough as knowledge on death. Does anyone know what happens to the soul after death?

[Abdur_Rahman]

Muhammad bai More, more we want more please.
Excellent stuff!