LIFE AFTER DEATH

In another case, a doctor relates an instance when he was treating an old woman suffering from bone cancer. Her cancer had metastasized all over the body and her condition was critical. All efforts at relieving her pain and suffering were in vain. During her treatment, she suddenly lost consciousness. After a while, when she regained consciousness, she looked peaceful and her pain had alleviated considerably. When the attending doctor asked her the reason for this change in her condition, she said that just a few moments ago her dead mother had come to meet her and had told her that very soon they would be together again. After this conversation with her mother she felt at peace. A little while later she died. This case shows that the old woman’s mother was fully conscious even after her death, else it wouldn’t be possible for her to meet her daughter. The fact the patient died soon after her mother’s visit proves that the experience was real and not an illusion. In Chapter 56, the Quran says: Why, then, when the soul of the dying man reaches the throat, and you are [at that moment] looking on [helplessly]—and We are nearer to him than you, although you cannot see Us. (56: 83-85) This verse explains that when a man is close to death and before the soul leaves the body, windows into the other side of death are opened up for him. To a certain extent, the veil covering the other world is lifted. Whilst alive in the present world, he is able to see some of the things of the world hereafter. The most commonly reported sightings of the Hereafter are of their dear departed souls. Such observations are reported when the person is very close to death. They call out to their dead relatives and friends as if they are right there close to them. One patient said, ‘There is definitely something there after death—I don’t care what anybody else says.’ o A conscious being that remains even after separation from the body is evidence of the fact that man is an eternal creature that continues to exist completely even after separation from the body.