The dead man is not in his grave

[إبن سينا]

The grave includes only the decayed corpse, while the soul had departed from the body by the death.
Man is comprised of a material body and an ethereal or spiritual soul.

Most people think that the dead man is in his grave; so they go to visit him: in case he is one of their family members or a dear friend, and they speak to him as if he is in his grave, and some, specially the Western peoples, put some flowers on the grave.

The ancient had such idea that the dead is in his grave, so they put with him in the grave his wealth: of gold and silver ..etc.

But some spirits are imprisoned in the graves following the death.
Quran 35: 22
{God makes to hear whomsoever He will h, but you cannot make those in the graves to hear i.}
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h i.e. He guides, to the Islam religion, the one who is worthy of the guidance.

i God – be glorified – likened the stubborn associaters to the spirits imprisoned in the graves; as such are the associaters bound with the traditions of their fathers.

[إبن سينا]

Quran 27: 80, which means:
{Truly you [Mohammed] cannot cause the dead to heard, nor can you cause the deaf to hear the call [especially] when they turn back [away from youe.]}
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d It means: These associaters are like the dead: they cannot hear what you say to them.

e God – be glorified – said as in the interpretation of the aya: (when they turn back [away from you]), because one may hope that the deaf may hear the speaking, but when he goes away, one will lose hope in letting him hear his words.

Therefore, God – be glorified – likened the one insisting on ignorance like the deaf who has gone away from you and has not heard your words.

The interpretation is by Mohammed-Ali Hassan Al-Hilly.


www.quran-ayat.com/man/index.htm#What_Is_Man_

[إبن سينا]

Some people think that the dead man will be revived in his grave and will also be taken to account and judged in his grave, but this is wrong, and the Judgment will not be in the grave, but the Judgment will be on Doomsday.

And the souls of the dead will go to the world of souls that is the Afterlife, and will live in prosperity or in misery according to his belief and work.

Then when Doomsday will come, the believers will be judged and go to Paradise or may be punished in Hell for some period of time, while the idolaters and atheists will not be judged but will go to Hell without judgment.

http://www.quran-ayat.com/man/index.htm#The_Soul_