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Characteristics of Near-Death Experiences… R. Salariyan et al (159

                  In addition, Imam Khomeini          In  his  interpretation  of  the
               says:                                  Holy  Quran,  Sadr  ul-Din
                      Human beings observe            Shirazi wrote that:

                      the  effects  and  forms               There is no doubt that
                      of their actions during                the      reward      and
                      the moribund and hear                  punishment of the Day
                      the  annunciation  of                  of Judgment are related
                      heaven  and  hell  from                to  the  nature  of  the
                      the death angel; moreover,             good  and  bad  deed

                      the  effects  of  their                and     nothing     else.
                      actions and deeds-from                 (Sadr  ul-Din  Shirazi,
                      luminosity, comfort, ease              1987, Vol. 5: 187)
                      to their opposites including
                      turbidity, discomfort, and         Moreover, Suhrawardi considered
                      uneasiness.       (Imam         the punishment of the doomsday
                      Khomeini, 2009: 41)             the result of moral vices, and
                                                      argued that:
               The Union of Action with                      The  punishment  of  the

               Reward and Punishment                         doomsday  arises  from
               This  viewpoint  is  confirmed                the vices and darkness
               according  to  the  Islamic                   of the soul and has no
               philosophy; particularly transcendent         relationship     to   an
               wisdom  where  reward  and                    external      vindictive.
               punishment are the developmental              (Suhrawardi, 1996: 473)

               contingents  of  the  humans’
               actions.                                  In addition, concerning the
                                                      relationship  with  objectivity
                                                      and  the  union  of  action  and
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