The first destination of human soul is ‘aalm-e-arwah’/oola; the second destination of human soul is human body/earthly life; the third destination of human soul is ‘uqba’; the fourth destination is ‘ukhra’.
‘Oola’ means first one; ‘uqba’ means coming, immediately or not, after the first ; ukhra means coming in the end. In Quranic terminology, worldly life consists of this earthly life (human body’s life) and ‘uqba’ life. The second destination of human soul is human body; the third destination is ‘uqba’. Worldly life consists of two parts- this human body’s life/earthlylife and uqba life.when worldly life (human body's life and 'uqba' life) would come to an end, 'ukhra' will start.
After trial of this earthly life/ human body’s life, when human body expires, human soul moves into ‘uqba’. ‘Uqba’ is actually part of this world. This world consists of seven skies. Both earthly life (human body’s life) and ‘uqba’ life are to be spent in this world i.e. in these seven skies; when ‘ukhra’ starts these seven skies will be changed into some other forms (Ibrahim-48). In other words, earthly life and uqba life belong to this world, and when this worldly life will come to its end, ‘ukhra’ will start.
Quran says:
“Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments - We fully repay them for their (compensable good) deeds therein (in this world), and they therein will not be deprived. Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do” (hud-15-16).
“And whoever desires the reward of this world - We will give him thereof (for compensable deeds); and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter - We will give him thereof [for compensable deeds] (al-imran-145). Similar theme is described in some other verses also.
The addressee of all such verses is whole mankind- Muslims as well as non-Muslims. These Verses convey the theme that good deeds of those who prefer worldly life to ‘ukhra’ will be compensated in this world. We know that it is not in this earthly life (human body’s life) that good deeds of everyone’s (who prefers this worldly life) are fully compensated; actually it is in ‘uqba’ life that such compensation is fully paid. Al-baqra-62 and al-maidah-69 also state about reward for non-Muslims' pious deeds; this reward also is to be given in 'uqba'. As mentioned above, uqba is part of this worldly life; uqba is an extension of this earthly life. In other words, reward to be given to non-Muslims is given in this world. In ‘uqba’, only those good deeds which are compensable are compensated; some good deeds which are rendered worthless in worldly life are not compensated.
“…..those whose deeds have become worthless in this world and in the Hereafter, and it is they who are the losers” (al-taubah-69).
Similarly those who renounce their faith (emaan)-which are 'murtadeen'; who disbelieve in Allah’s signs and kill prophets and upholders of justice; and who are engaged in vanities, good deeds of all such people are rendered worthless in this world and as such are not compensated in ‘uqba’ life (al-baqra-217; al-imran-22; al-tawba-69). It means in ‘uqba’ life, there would be some/many people who would not have compensable good deeds; such people would get no reward but some punishment for some of their bad deeds; another category of such people are 'mushrakeen'. “and the uqba for the disbelievers is the Fire” (raad-35). (In Quran different categories of disbelievers have been described at different places; the disbelievers described in raad-35 are 'mushrakeen'; it may be noted that all people not having faith in our Nabi (saw) as the last prophet are disbelievers in terms of Quran [al-nisa-151]).
Similarly those who renounce their faith (emaan)-which are 'murtadeen'; who disbelieve in Allah’s signs and kill prophets and upholders of justice; and who are engaged in vanities, good deeds of all such people are rendered worthless in this world and as such are not compensated in ‘uqba’ life (al-baqra-217; al-imran-22; al-tawba-69). It means in ‘uqba’ life, there would be some/many people who would not have compensable good deeds; such people would get no reward but some punishment for some of their bad deeds; another category of such people are 'mushrakeen'. “and the uqba for the disbelievers is the Fire” (raad-35). (In Quran different categories of disbelievers have been described at different places; the disbelievers described in raad-35 are 'mushrakeen'; it may be noted that all people not having faith in our Nabi (saw) as the last prophet are disbelievers in terms of Quran [al-nisa-151]).
However such people would be fully punished for their bad deeds in ‘ukhra’ life.
It is not that only the people preferring wordly life to ‘ukhra’ life are compensated in uqba life; the people preferring ‘ukhra’ life to worldly life are also compensated in ‘uqba’ life; all non-Muslims having pious deeds ( done for Allah's sake, not for world's sake) are compensated fully (al-baqra-62;al-maidah-69) in uqba life because in ukhra life their all good deeds are rendered worthless. Similarly Muslims' pious deeds (done for Allah's sake) are also compensated in uqba life; they are compensated in 'ukhra' life too, if they have good deeds heavier than bad ones. The first category of people (preferring worldly life to ukhra life; regardless of their religion) do not have any reward in ‘ukhra’ life. “Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do” (hud-16). All good deeds of this category of people are rendered worthless in ‘ukhra’ life.
Whereas second category of people (preferring ukhra life to worldly life) may be of two types- Muslims and non-Muslims. The Muslims do have a permanent reward in ‘ukhra’ life too, apart from having compensation in uqba for their good deeds. “and (those who) prevent evil with good - those will have the good uqba home” (raad-22). “The example of garden, which the righteous have been promised, is [that] beneath it rivers flow. Its fruit is lasting, and its shade. That is the uqba for the righteous, and the uqba for the disbelievers is the Fire” (raad-35).
The non-Muslims belonging to this second category (preferring ukhra to worldly life) are not rewarded in ukhra life, because their deeds are rendered worthless in ukhra life.
"And whoever denies the faith - his work has become worthless, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers" (al-maidah-5).
"And whoever denies the faith - his work has become worthless, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers" (al-maidah-5).
The fourth destination of human soul is ‘ukhra’.
This is the final stage of journey of human soul. As Sura hud-16 states, all those people (preferring wordly life to ukhra life) are fully compensated in ‘uqba’ life and are consigned to Hell in ukhra life because they have left with no more good deeds to be compensated for in ukhra; in other words, all non-believers and Muslims who prefer worldly life to ‘ukhra’ life are to be sent to Hell in ukhra life; whereas other Muslims who prefer ‘ukhra’ life to worldly life are consigned to Paradise, if their good deeds are heavier than their bad deeds.
We may conclude that journey of human soul consists of four destinations; the first one is oola(aalm-e-arwah); the second one is human body (earthly life); the third one is uqba- both human body’s life and uqba life constitute worldly life. The fourth one is ‘ukhra’. Good deeds of all such people –both muslims and non-muslims- who prefer worldly life to ukhra life are fully compensated in uqba life; such people do not have any reward in ukhra life but punishment for their bad deeds. The people preferring ukhra life to worldly life are also compensated for their good deeds in uqba, but they have reward for their good deeds in ukhra life too, if they are muslims and if their good deeds are heavier than their bad deeds. It may be noted that all good deeds of non-believers are compensated in uqba life. Uqba is actually paradise for the non-believers; there is no reward for them in ukhra life; because in ukhra life all good deeds of non-believers are rendered worthless.
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