The Qur'an's eschatological flow — death throes, barzakh, trumpet, gathering, scales, basin & intercession, bridge, paradise & hell, vision of God — in 11 chronological stages, grounded in the Qur'anic core with classical tafsir plurality.
“The stupor of death will bring the Truth: 'This is what you were trying to escape.'”
— Sūrat Qāf 50:19
The Qur'an paints death not as an event but as a moment of transition. This atlas maps that transition across 11 stages — grounded in the Qur'anic core, framed with classical tafsir plurality.
ESCHATOLOGICAL ATLAS · CHRONOLOGICAL FLOW HUB
The Afterlife Journey Atlas
Death throes → Barzakh → Trumpet → Gathering → Scales → Basin & Intercession → Bridge → Paradise · Hell → Vision of God
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Classical Sources
er-Râzî
Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb
1149–1209 · Rey
Classical kalām–philosophical grand tafsir. Most detailed defense of the Sunni-Ash'ari position on barzakh, mīzān, and ru'yatullāh. (It is widely accepted in the classical tradition that portions after Sūrat Fuṣṣilat were completed by his students Shihāb al-Dīn al-Ḥūbī and Najm al-Dīn al-Kamūlī after his death; modern scholarship, however, does not settle which volume was completed by whom — Ayman Shihadeh, 2006.)
el-Kurtubî
al-Jāmi' li-Aḥkām al-Qur'ān + al-Tadhkirah
1214–1273 · Kurtuba/Kahire
Ahkām-heavy Māliki tafsir + al-Tadhkirah, his dedicated eschatology work — the most detailed classical reference on hereafter scenes.
İbn Kesîr
Tafsīr al-Qur'ān al-'Aẓīm
1300–1373 · Şam
Salafi-narration methodology. Hadith-collecting approach on grave punishment, intercession, and the ṣirāṭ.
Gazâlî
Iḥyā' 'Ulūm al-Dīn (Book of Remembering Death) + al-Durrah al-Fākhirah
1058–1111 · Tûs/Nişâbûr
Classical work covering all stages from death to Paradise through the Sufi-ethical perspective. (The attribution of al-Durrah to Ghazālī is contested in modern scholarship — see William McKane's critical edition.)
İbn Kayyim el-Cevziyye
Kitāb al-Rūḥ
1292–1350 · Şam
Deep Q&A-format study of soul, barzakh, and grave questioning. The Ibn Taymiyya school's most systematic work on eschatology. (Note: Some views in the work stand in tension with Ibn al-Qayyim's positions in his other works; its attribution has been questioned by some Salafi and modern academic circles — Livnat Holtzman, Caterina Bori; the classical tradition, however, ascribes the work to Ibn al-Qayyim.)
es-Suyûtî
al-Budūr al-Sāfirah fī Umūr al-Ākhirah
1445–1505 · Kahire
Encyclopedic narration-collecting work covering all stages from pre-resurrection signs to Paradise.