For believers in a resurrection of the body, there arises the question of what happens after death but before the Last Day: the intermediate state. For most Muslims, the intermediate state is the barzakh. It is a fantastical and frightening time in the grave. The present study will examine where the belief in the barzakh comes from through a study of the Qur'an.
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Table of contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONVENTIONS
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION, OR “THAT SECOND KINGDOM”
- CHAPTER II. METHOD, OR “THE BARRIER BETWEEN US AND OUR ANCESTORS”
- CHAPTER III. AN EXCAVATION OF THE CAVE
- CHAPTER IV. SLEEP CYCLES: THE INTRA-QURʾĀNIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BARZAKH
- CHAPTER V. DREAMS OF MUḤAMMAD: THE MEDIEVAL BARZAKH
- CHAPTER VI. ORALITY TRANSLATION, SOUL-SLEEP, AND THE MONOTHEISTIC IMAGINATION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WORKS CITED
- INDEX
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