Download or read book The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection written by Jane Idelman Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-21 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a thorough and accessible guide to belief about the afterlife in the Sunni Muslim tradition. Drawing on the Qur'an, traditions, creeds, and theological commentaries, as well as interviews with Muslim clerics, the authors offer an overview of the Islamic eschatological narrative, describing the understanding of events beginning with the death of the individual and ending with habitation in the final abodes of recompense.