TASAWWUR ISLAM “THIS WORLD AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HEREAFTER” AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE ANNOUNCEMENT TALK IN COLLABORATION WITH MASJID KASSIM In-house talk by: USTAZ ZHULKEFLEE HJ ISMAIL Venue: Level 2, Wisma Indah (Masjid Kassim Annex, Changi Road) Date: 25 JULY 2009 (Saturday) 5 p. m – Before Maghrib 1 All Rights Reserved©Zhulkeflee 2009
CORRECTING A MISPERCEPTION q. Muslims somehow know that they are to somewhat strike a “balance” in their life. q. Yet, what do we mean by “balanced”? q. The following are some of the misperceptions of what some people regard this “balanced life” is, but very much influenced by a secularized worldview – not that of Islam. These are: BRIEF SYNOPSIS 2 All Rights Reserved©Zhulkeflee 2009
CORRECTING A MISPERCEPTION [1] COMPARTMENTALIZATION between PRIVATE (for ‘RELIGION’) and PUBLIC (Regarded as ‘SECULAR’ – Thus they accept notion to remove all religious signs, any religious determination of values and influence to affect general public discourse). BRIEF SYNOPSIS 3 All Rights Reserved©Zhulkeflee 2009
CORRECTING A MISPERCEPTION [2] MECHANICAL ALLOCATION between “DEEN” (Religious) AND the “DUNYA” (Worldly) activities. Entertaining some kind of ratio between these viz. perhaps 50: 50 … !? [3] REDUCTIONIST – tendency to disregard the all-encompassing nature of Islam. BRIEF SYNOPSIS All Rights Reserved©Zhulkeflee 2009 4
CORRECTING A MISPERCEPTION [4] SECLUSION and false concept of “ZUHD” of pseudo-sufi who misinterprets this concept of “detachment from being affected by the negativity of this world”, as though to mean, we are to cloister ourselves physically – thus falsely teaching to reject the every aspect of this world including many favours and bounties of Allah for us within it which Islam view as positive. BRIEF SYNOPSIS 5 All Rights Reserved©Zhulkeflee 2009
TASAWWUR ISLAM WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE? BRIEF SYNOPSIS. . . THE RESPONSE. . 6 All Rights Reserved©Zhulkeflee 2009
SEQUENCE OF OUR JOURNEY BIRTH LIFE DEATH ALAM BARZAKH (INTERMEDIATE) WORLD OF THE GRAVE (ALL THE SOULS AWAITING QIYAAMAH) AFTER LONG WAIT RESURRECTION DAY (Yaum al-Ba’ath) THE JUDGEMENT (Yaum al-Deen)BOOK & SCALE END OF THE WORLD (DOOMSDAY) ALL CREATIONS DESTROYED (YAUM AL-QIYAAMAH) THE BRIDGE TO PARADISE SPANNING OVER HELL-FIRE THE WRETCHED REMAIN ETERNALLY (FOREVER) All Rights Reserved©Zhulkeflee 2009 PARADISE SOME RECIEVE INTERCESSION 7