AboutAbdalla Mohamed Ali Expertise General questions regarding Arab culture & Islam I can help in some translation issues as well. I've lived and been to many arab countries.
Question How come you say ALI R.A is Dead as a shaheed is alive for ever
Answer When said in Quraan and Sunna that Shaheeds "martyrs" are alive does not mean physically alive
"Think not of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead. Nay they live finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord. (Surat Alee-e-Imran 3:169)"
"Do not say about those who are slain in the cause of Allah, that they are dead. Nay, they are alive, but you do not perceive it". (Surat Al-Baqarah 2:154)
"In the presence of their Lord" not in this material world for there is a barrier between us and them.
Look at this verse from Quraan
"These people will never refrain from wrongdoing until when death comes to anyone of them, he will say: "O Rabb! Send me back, so that I may do good deeds in the world that I have left behind." Never! This is just a statement which carries no value, it will be too late because there will be a barrier between them and the world they have just left till the Day they are raised to life again". (Surat Al-Muminoon 23:99-100)
In islam no one is immortal everyone shall die someday
"O Muhammad, We have not granted immortality to any human before you: so if you are to die, will these unbelievers live forever? Every soul is bound to have the taste of death. We are putting all of you to a test by passing you through bad and good conditions, and finally you shall return to Us.(Surat Al-Anbiyaa 21:34-35)"
