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The Three Worlds Before the Hereafter -Thar World,
Dunya World and Raj'a World
By: HussainTheShortcomer
Salam alaykum readers,
I will attempt to put the points together about the
three Worlds: Thar (Atom), Dunya (World/Earth)
and Raj'a (Return).
The first one is the Thar World, the one we have
come out of, and have all been in it. We did not
have bodies, but rather souls, and as Imam a.s calls
it "the World of Souls".
The Imam a.s explains in Q:63 Mutashabihat Vo
olume 2, that the Thar World is inside the Sky of the
Dunya (the Worldly Sky).
In the Thar World, we were tested and it was a
world of tests, some passed the test and some
failed. We were tested whether we would submit
and follow the Guardian that Allah (swt) sent as a
guidance.
In that world everyone had a Guardian, who they
either followed sincerely or did not. The Prophets
and Messengers (pbuta) remember who their
Guardian was inside the Thar World, while the rest
of us forgot. They can also recognize them in the
Dunya (this world).
We can not remember because these senses and
desires we have obtained (a soul inside a physical
body) has tempted and seduced us into many sins
and situations where we disobey Allah (swt) and
His Messengers (as).
So after being tested in the Thar World, we were
sent into the Dunya World (Earth), and this is also a
test to follow the Imam and Hujjah (a.s) of the
current time and how much good we can achieve
and evil we can reject/abstain from.
The ones who have passed in the Thar World will
also pass again in the Dunya, and the ones who
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failed in the Thar World will also fail again in the
Dunya. The transition from the Thar World to the
Dunya consists of a soul and a seed/sperm. So the
seed/sperm descends down from the Thar World
(located in the Worldly Sky) and it descends from
the soul. And it enters into its container, then the
bodily image is created.
After this the soul follows the seed and merges into
that same bodily imag K