The Grave and the Questioning

At the point at which it enters into the grave, the next stage is the grave. It enters into what is called a barzakh, which is an inner space; and now it is no longer in the time-space continuum that we are in. And the soul is reunited with the body. It is not coming back to life — if you dig up the grave, there is going to be a dead person there — but the soul is reunited with the body, and consciousness is there.

And then the grave is either a place in which a window is open to the garden, or a window is open to the fire, depending on the individual. And then there is a questioning in the grave: there are two angels, Munkar and Nakīr, who come to the grave and question the people. The first question is: who is your Lord? And the second question is: who is your prophet? And the third question is: what is your religion?