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'''Taṭāyur al-kutub''' (Arabic: تطایر الکتب) is a stage of the [[resurrection]] in which one observes the book, or record, of his or her actions. This is an Islamic belief, emphasized by [[hadith]]s. | '''Taṭāyur al-kutub''' (Arabic: تطایر الکتب) is a stage of the [[resurrection]] in which one observes the book, or record, of his or her actions. This is an Islamic belief, emphasized by [[hadith]]s. | ||
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* First: the word “ta’ir” (Arabic: طائر) has its root in the word “tayr” (Arabic: طیر) which means bird. Arabs used to fly a bird in order to know whether what they sought to do was good or bad. Later the good and bad actions themselves came to be called “ta’ir”. | * First: the word “ta’ir” (Arabic: طائر) has its root in the word “tayr” (Arabic: طیر) which means bird. Arabs used to fly a bird in order to know whether what they sought to do was good or bad. Later the good and bad actions themselves came to be called “ta’ir”. | ||
* Second: according to [[Abu | * Second: according to [[Abu 'Ubayda]], by “ta'ir” Arabs meant fortune. In the verse immediately after the above verse, we read that the same “ta'ir” displays the book of people's actions to them on the [[Day of Resurrection]]. According to some [[hadiths]], this stage of the resurrection is called “tatayur al-kutub” or “tatayr al-suhuf”. According to a hadith narrated from [[the Prophet (s)]] by [['A'isha]], there are three stages of the resurrection in which one does not know or remember anyone: mizan (the measurement of one's good and bad actions), tatayur al-kutub or tatayur al-suhuf, and [[sirat]] (the bridge that everyone should pass in the resurrection). | ||
According to a hadith from [[Imam Baqir (a)]], | According to a hadith from [[Imam Baqir (a)]], “ta'ir” refers to the good and the evil that always accompany one until the Day of Resurrection when the book of one’s actions is given to him or her. | ||
Therefore, divine agents (angels) record one’s actions—good and bad—in this world, and they open the record—the book—to the person after the resurrection, at the stage of tatayur al-kutub. | Therefore, divine agents (angels) record one’s actions—good and bad—in this world, and they open the record—the book—to the person after the resurrection, at the stage of tatayur al-kutub. | ||
Theologians and [[ | Theologians and [[faqih]]s (Islamic jurisprudents) take it obligatory for a Muslim to believe in ‘tatayur al-kutub’ as a stage of the resurrection, because it was mentioned in the [[Qur'an]]. Thus faqihs maintain that it is one of the doctrines that should be mentioned to a dead person at the time of [[talqin]]. | ||
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* The material for writing this article has been mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/view/%D8%AA%D8%B7%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A8 تطایر کتب] in Farsi WikiShia. | |||
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