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Characteristics of Near-Death Experiences… R. Salariyan et al (161
effects arises from exposure The heaven of actions is the
to the truth of actions and lowest level of heaven and is
their reward and punishment. also known as the ‘bodily
heaven’ or the ‘folk heaven .’
The Levels of Heaven and Hell The heaven of attributes is
The truth of heaven and hell placed higher than the
is indeed the truth of the ‘heaven of actions and is
forms and the effects of one’s indeed the manifestation of
actions. The manifestation and humans ’ good deeds and
emergence of human behavior characteristics ingrained in
and characteristics have levels them. In the heaven of attributes,
including action, attribute, and all gifts and bodily pleasers
essence. Thus, three levels exist abundantly and perfectly.
can be identified for heaven Thus, it cannot be compared
and hell. The heavens and to the heaven of actions.
hells of actions, attributes, (Ibid: 364)
and essence. The heaven of attributes
The heaven of actions is the and names is also called the
innate and celestial manifestation ‘the intermediate heaven’ or
of one’s good deeds and the ‘heaven of ethics’.
contains the bodily purgatory The highest and most
and heaven. Human beings supreme level of heaven is
have a physical sort of heaven the heaven of the essence,
related to their actions and which refers to the transition
attain eschatological levels by from the heavens of actions
performing good deeds and and attributes, and fully
quitting the sinful ones. concentrating on the Divine
(Imam Khomeini, 2009: 360)
