The Meaning of Allah the Exalted’s Saying: “They will not taste death therein except the first death”
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: In the statement of Allah the Exalted,[Ad-Dukhan 44:56], what is the meaning of this verse? And is this world connected to the Hereafter, with nothing separating them except the first death?
The Shaykh:
Yes, the Hereafter is connected to this world. Whoever dies transitions from this world to the Hereafter, and the grave is the first station of the stations of the Hereafter. The Hereafter begins for a person with his death and his transition from this world, and the questioning in the grave.
The questioner:
What is the meaning of this verse, and is this world connected to the Hereafter?
The Shaykh:
The verse.
The questioner:
“They will not taste death therein.”
The Shaykh:
“They will not taste death therein” means in Paradise, except for the first death that they tasted in this world. So they will not taste any death other than the death they tasted in this world.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, he says:
The Shaykh:
Because the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the martyrs are alive in their graves, with a life of the barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection),
Honorable Shaykh, he says: In the statement of Allah the Exalted,
They will not taste death therein except the first death
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتَ إِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْأُولَىٰThe Shaykh:
Yes, the Hereafter is connected to this world. Whoever dies transitions from this world to the Hereafter, and the grave is the first station of the stations of the Hereafter. The Hereafter begins for a person with his death and his transition from this world, and the questioning in the grave.
The questioner:
What is the meaning of this verse, and is this world connected to the Hereafter?
The Shaykh:
The verse.
The questioner:
“They will not taste death therein.”
The Shaykh:
“They will not taste death therein” means in Paradise, except for the first death that they tasted in this world. So they will not taste any death other than the death they tasted in this world.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, he says:
The Shaykh:
Because the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the martyrs are alive in their graves, with a life of the barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection),
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، فصل : في كلام الرب - جل جلاله - مع أهل الجنة — islamhouse.com (1:06:33)
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