Qiyamat Sughra
Al-Qiyamah al-Ṣughra (the Lesser Resurrection) (Arabic: القیامة الصغری) refers to the period between death and al-Qiyamah al-Kubra (the greater Resurrection).
Referring to this hadith of the Prophet (s) saying, "When a person dies, his resurrection will begin"[1], some scholars of theology believe that every person has two resurrections: A lesser resurrection and a greater resurrection.[2] The lesser resurrection of a person begins with his death and continues until the greater resurrection.[3] Some theological books use the expression "al-Qiayamah al-Sughra" to refer to Barzakh.[4]
According to verses of the noble Qur'an, the time of the greater resurrection is unknown and only God knows about it.[5] Fayd Kashani said that as soon as all humans die, the lesser resurrection will end and the greater resurrection will begin; but, the time when all people would die is known only by God.[6] According to hadiths, the lesser resurrection is peculiar to humans, while in the greater resurrection, all beings will be present.[7]
In some hadiths and Shi'a books, Raj'a is referred to as the lesser resurrection.[8] In the terminology of Islamic mysticism, the volitional death is referred to as the lesser resurrection.[9]
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Notes
- ↑ Daylamī, Irshād al-Qulūb, vol. 1, p. 18.
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i Nimūna, vol. 12, p. 155; Fayḍ al-Kāshānī, ʿIlm al-yaqīn, vol. 2, p. 1033; Sabziwārī, Asrār al-ḥikam, p. 428.
- ↑ Fayḍ al-Kāshānī, ʿIlm al-yaqīn, vol. 2, p. 1033; Sabziwārī, Asrār al-ḥikam, p. 428.
- ↑ Farhang-i Shīʿa, vol. 1, p. 410; Sajjādī, Farhang-i maʿārif-i Islāmī, vol. 1, p. 483.
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i Nimūna, vol. 12, p. 155.
- ↑ Fayḍ al-Kāshānī, ʿIlm al-yaqīn, vol. 2, p. 308.
- ↑ Farhang-i Shīʿa, vol. 1, p. 483.
- ↑ Namāzī Shāhrūdī, Uṣūl al-Dīn, p. 127; Ṭāhirī, "Rajʿat yā qīyāmat-i ṣughrā", p. 30-33.
- ↑ Sajjādī, Farhang-i maʿārif-i Islāmī, vol. 3, p. 1555.
References
- Daylamī, Ḥasan b. Muḥamamd al-. Irshād al-Qulūb. Qom: Intishārāt-i Sharīf al-Raḍī, 1412 AH.
- Farhang-i Shīʿa. Group of Authors. Qom: Intishārāt-i Zamzam, 1385 Sh.
- Fayḍ al-Kāshānī, Muḥammad. ʿIlm al-yaqīn. Qom: Nashr-i Bīdār, 1418 AH.
- Makārim Shīrāzī, Nāṣir. Tafsīr-i Nimūna. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmīyya, 1374 Sh.
- Namāzī Shāhrūdī, ʿAlī. Uṣūl al-Dīn wa wasīlat al-nijāt. Mashhad: Nashr-i wilāyat, 1394 Sh.
- Sabziwārī, Muḥammad Bāqir. Asrār al-ḥikam. Edited by Karīm Fayḍī. Qom: Maṭbūʿāt-i Dīnī, 1383 Sh.
- Sajjādī, Jaʿfar. Farhang-i maʿārif-i Islāmī. Tehran: Nashr-i Kūmash, 1373 Sh.
- Ṭāhirī, Ḥabīb Allāh. 1377 Sh. "Rajʿat yā qīyāmat-i ṣughrā". Majalay-i Rushd-i Muʿallim 136:30-33.