THE CONCEPT OF THE AFTERLIFE AS AN IMPERATIVE

Argument for the Life Hereafter ~ 228 ~ the attributes of the power behind it ever being known—all this seems quite unimaginable and certainly deficient in logic. Our hearts cry out that truly a day of resurrection is bound to come—like an unborn child that is impatient to enter the world. A rational approach, will likewise, lead us to the view that the Day of Resurrection is imminent and may burst upon the world at any moment. “They ask you about the Hour (of Doom) and when it is to come. ‘None Knows except my Lord. He alone will reveal it at the appointed time. A fateful hour it shall be both in the heavens and on earth. It will come without warning.”17 EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE: To conclude this discussion, we must ask ourselves what empirical evidence there is to support the concept of a life hereafter. In actual fact, the greatest proof of the life hereafter is our present life, in which we must obviously believe, even if we do not accept that there is an afterlife. But then why should we not accept it? It should be obvious that if life is