Barzakh

Description Of Reward And Punishment In Barzakh

In The Holy Quran 'An naaru…azaab' (Surah Mominun 40:46) meaning:

They will be thrown in fire in the morning and in the evening and when Qiyamat will occur (it will be ordered) “Inflict the severest punishment on Aale Firon.”

This is one of those verses of Quran which testify to punishment in Barzakh.

The above ayat refers to those people of the Pharoah who died of drowning in the Nile.

Ever since that day, they are regularly brought near fire every morning and every evening.

This will continue till the Day of Judgement where after they will be given the severest chastisement.

Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s) says that there is no morning or evening in the Hereafter, that the said punishment in morning and evening refers to the realm of Barzakh.

Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said: If the dead person is one of the people of hell, his place in hell is shown to him every morning and every evening in his grave (Barzakh period). If he or she is of the people of paradise, he or she is shown his or her palace in paradise and told that this will be your station in the Hereafter.

(Ref : Ma'ad The Hereafter by Ayatullah Dastaghaib Shirazi, pg 106)