You Are the Soul, Not the Body: Understanding Your True Existence and Life After Death The Journey from Earth to Barzakh, Judgment, Paradise or Hell — An Islamic Perspective
I corrected one point: in Islamic belief, you enter the physical body before birth, while developing in the womb , not at the moment of delivery. You are the soul. You are not the physical body you see in the mirror. That body is only the temporary form you use to live, move, speak, work, worship, love, learn, and make choices on Earth. Your arrival into this world did not create the real you. It only marked the beginning of your physical life. Before you were born, God placed you into a developing human body inside your mother’s womb. The baby was the physical form being prepared for you, and once you were joined with that body, your earthly journey began. So birth is not the beginning of your complete existence. It is simply your entrance into the visible world through a physical body. Long before your birth—perhaps millions or trillions of years before—you were already known completely by God. Your name, your body, your parents, your time on Earth, your choices, your death, and your...