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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 198
Allah says: "Before the Fire they shall be exposed morning and
evening, and when the Last Day comes, (it will be said):)
'Admit the people of Pharaoh in the most terrible chastisement"'!
(Ch.40:46 Koran.)
It was also well known that the Prophet - the praise and peace
be upon him - and the good, early generation were wont to
seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of the Grave.
This punishment of the grave is possible and the fact that the
corpse may be dismembered and scattered in the bellies of
lions and the gizzards of fowls does not prevent the belief
in it, because the bodily members which feel the pain of punishment
are those particular members to which Allah had ordained
evening, and when the Last Day comes, (it will be said):)
'Admit the people of Pharaoh in the most terrible chastisement"'!
(Ch.40:46 Koran.)
It was also well known that the Prophet - the praise and peace
be upon him - and the good, early generation were wont to
seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of the Grave.
This punishment of the grave is possible and the fact that the
corpse may be dismembered and scattered in the bellies of
lions and the gizzards of fowls does not prevent the belief
in it, because the bodily members which feel the pain of punishment
are those particular members to which Allah had ordained