charmer

In the name of GOD all mighty....


Please explain me the concept of hell and heaven according to bahaism.

tonyfish58

Basically - Heaven is nearness to God - Hell is remoteness from God - will post some quotes after

BruceDLimber

And as such, they exist here and now as well as after death; and every one of us is in one or the other at each moment as a function of "where our heads are at!"

Peace, :-)

Bruce

InvestigateTruth

In Baha'i Belief, The Life after death is spiritual not physical and it starts immidiately after death.

The Resurrection Day, or Judgement Day (Ghiyameh) has nothing to do with life after death.


When Quran talks about the Day of Resurrection, it was talking about the Day when God promised to send 2 new Messengers for guiding humanity to give spiritual guidance which is "Life". this was described as the 2 Trumpet-Blast of God.

Quran has many verses that are symbolic (Muteshabehat). The verses describing the Hell, Heaven, Day of Judgement are Symbolic verses according to the Baha'i Scriptures.

charmer

so it means according to bahai religion earth is not gonna end as it is described in holy Quraan.

arthra

It means that some people who take Qur'an literally believe that.

Here's what our Writings say:

Hence, it is clear and manifest that by the words "the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven" is intended the waywardness of the divines, and the annulment of laws firmly established by divine Revelation, all of which, in symbolic language, have been foreshadowed by the Manifestation of God.

~ Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 41

tonyfish58

And I am more often than not in the second state - God help me

Cheers Tony

tonyfish58

Here is a link to a discussion on this subject

Heaven

Regards Tony