ÂKHIRAH - الآخرة‎

Literally: It means the end, that which comes last, or the realm that follows.

As an Islamic Term: The everlasting hereafter and the eternal abode of ultimate justice, reward and punishment where mankind and all conscious beings will reside eternally following qiyâmah, after departing from this transitory world.

Yes, since this world is the realm of Hikmah while the âkhirah is the realm of Qoudrah, as necessitated by the numerous Names — such as Hakîm, Murattib, Mudabbir and Murabbî — the creation of things is, to a degree, gradual and in the course of time, occurring in accordance with the requirements of Rabbânî hikmah. In the âkhirah, however, for the manifestation of Qoudrah and Rahmah rather than Hikmah, things are brought into existence instantaneously without any need for physical matter, duration, time or waiting. Indicating that the works accomplished here in a day or in a year are brought into existence in the âkhirah in an instant or a single glance, the Qur'an of Miraculous Exposition decrees:

وَمَا اَمْرُ السَّاعَةِ اِلاَّ كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ اَوْ هُوَ اَقْرَبُ 1

The Conclusion of the Second Ray