Near Death Experiences with Dr. Eben Alexander 

There are many cases of NDE that describe hell and heaven as described in Islam. Paul, you can reach out to Abbas Mozoon, he is a muslim researcher in NDE and very informed on the topic, he has created a TV series on this, he can also provide a comprehensive view.

Oooohhh MY GODDD!!!! 😱😱😱 I don't know if this Dr has become a Muslim... But the description he gave about the portal and butterflies and colours are soooo consistent with Quraan and Hadith!!! It reminded me of the verses 14-17 of Surah Annajm.... And Prophet's hadith of his description of the night journey.... The tree is surrounded with ‘golden butterflies’. [Tirmidhi] He further said: ‘many a colour had covered it which I do not know (i.e. the colours of this tree were indescribable)’. [Muslim] Subhankallahumma ya rabbana...

يا مُقَّلب القلوب ثبّت قلبي على دينك يارحمن يارحيم أشهد أن لا إله الله واشهد انا محمّد عبدُوه ورسوله.

Dear Paul, huge thanks for this episode, many thanks to your guest for sharing his experience. I was personally delighted to hear your follow-up question/commentary between ca. 48:00 and 50:00. God bless you, Paul, and your efforts. Keep striving, may you be rewarded abundantly for your intentions. You "scored" a prayer (دعوة) of a fellow Muslim brother in Fajr prayer 😉

It's important to put the realm of NDEs in it's rightful place: life after death but BEFORE JUDGEMENT DAY. This is called Barzakh. There should therefore be no comparisons with what scripture describes on that judgement day because that is a much bigger event where the world stands still and material life as we know it comes to a forced stop. With Barzakh, both worlds continue existing in parallel.

After Paul asks his very good question regarding existence of hell in major world religions, including Christianity and Islam, at 49:58, Dr Alexander says the prophet Jesus (pbuh) and Muhammed (pbuh) were people who were "handing out a lot of pain and suffering to others" and that's why they (pbuh) talked about hell... wow. And Paul, amazingly you just took that without challenge. Couple weeks ago you argued quite severely with Stephen Meyer on how he did not give due credit to Muslims contribution to science, yet hear, Dr Alexander accused prophets of God with such atrocity, and you just let it go. I'm guessing you missed it. This Dr Alexander is a good seller. He is clearly well prepared to questions like these, so he has answer ready to go, without taking a breath. This brings me to my other point. Dr Alexander says we should believe and trust him due to his experience which lasted a brief moment. And he is clearly trying to monetize it by selling books. Not to mention his partner also is in the business of making money. Let's see how prophets of God transact themselves. They do not sell books or charge money for their service or advice. They certainly don't have "partners" who have businesses selling meditation music... They provide guidance to their people, from their heart with compassion for free. Because, as mentioned in Qur'an, they will get their efforts worth from God Himself. My last point, this is not "theology", so I don't know why this interview is in Blogging Theology. Dr Alexander is clearly advertising "new age spiritualism" which is regarding as deviation of utmost severity by religious leaders from all people of the Book.

Fascinating and informative discussion. Makes me even more convinced of the wisdom and power of Allah the Eternal the Merciful,and the Kind.

I was literally collecting books for a research paper on this topic and my notification for this came 😂 wow

This was a great episode! You are a good host, engaging and asking good questions while not taking away attention from the guest.

Omg Paul thank you so so much!!!!!! After reading his book I was hoping he would have any sort of discussion with a muslim on the internet but I couldn't find anyone. I'm so glad is it you out of the muslims who get to have the discussion with him!

لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِي غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَاءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ الْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ (22)

Interesting. But leaves many unanswered questions that result in human speculation. Islam provides all the answers alhamdulillah

Watching this episode made me emotional and made me remember many many verses of the Holy Qura'an and many many Hadeeth by prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him when they describe the unseen world and the hearafter. For example, In minute 06:44 *Dr* . *Alexander explains how is the unseen the world or the hearafter is the Real life* , *and the holy Qura'an says* : "What is the life of this world but amusement and play? but verily the Home in the Hereafter,- that is life indeed, if they but knew." *Qura'an* 29:64 In minute 07:28, *Dr* . *Alexander speaks about millions of butterflies* , *and The messenger of Allah says in the Hadeeth of the night journey that he saw golden butterflies* / *moth covering Sidratul Almuntaha tree and an explained colors covering it* . It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah (b. Umar) that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was taken for the Night journey, he was taken to Sidrat-ul-Muntaha, which is situated on the sixth heaven, where terminates everything that ascends from the earth and is held there, and where terminates every- thing that descends from above it and is held there. (It is with reference to this) that Allah said in the (Qura'an) :" When that which covers covered the lote-tree" ( Qura'an 53:16 ). He (the narrator) said: (It was) *gold moths* ( has colors) . He (the narrator further) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was given three (things or orders): he was given five prayers, (he was given) the concluding verses of Sura al-Baqara, and remission of serious Sins for those among his Ummah who associate not anything with Allah. *Sahih Muslim* In minute 09:15, *Dr* . *Alexander speaks about the golden rule which is written in the fabric of the universe* . *He said that it is* " *treat others in the way you like to be treated* ". And The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No one of you becomes a true believer until he likes for his brother what he likes for himself". *Bukhari and Muslim* In minute 13:12 *Dr* . *Alexander speaks about awareness* , *which is the many part of our spirit* , *as something gifted from God* . *And Allah says* in the Qura'an *about the story of creating Adam* : "after I have shaped him (Adam) and breathed of My spirit (I created) into him, fall down prostrate before him." *Qura'an* 38:72 I think his interpretation of what happened to him by reincarnation needs to be clarified, because in my opinion what happened to him only explain that there is another unseen world or another life which is the hearafter, that's it. Also, his NDE experience was only on the heavenly experience. He did not experience the hellish experience while others have experienced it. Therefore, he cannot dismisses it because he did not experience it.

Damn Brother Paul's content just keeps getting better... didn't expect this topic and guest from you at all

What a remarkable experience, this is such an interesting topic.

Much awaited, especially after the subject matter was mentioned in the discussion with Dr. Lawrence Brown. Jzk!

Alhamdulillah for the Manhaj Salaf that has a strong foundation on the assessment of truth, compared to trusting the subjectivity of someone who needs to be tested for honesty..

Thank you Brother Paul for introducing Mr. Eben Alexander. Fascinating interview.

Really Fascinating listening to this chap. Obviously we as Muslims dont believe in Reincarnation as this is not the belief in the Quran or Sunnah. Its explicitly not an Islamic belief. . Anyway , thanks for having him on. JazakAllah khair. may Allah swt guide him to Islam. Ameen.

To those who are offended by this discussion - I'd love to hear your opinion on the following verses: Al-An'am 6:75 وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُرِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلِيَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُوقِنِينَ And thus did We show Abraham the realm of the heavens and the earth that he would be among the certain [in faith]. Al-Hijr 15:14 وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ and even if We opened a gateway into Heaven for them and they rose through it, higher and higher, Al-Hijr 15:15 لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ they would still say, ‘Our eyes are hallucinating. We are bewitched.’ Unfortunately the vast majority of are trained to "believe" in the Qur'an while simultaneously rejecting ideas that are clesrly presented within it as non reality.

I actually experienced something similar under anesthesia for an operation i had ...though without the visuals. Very interesting. I think some of it may be the result of the medication during the coma. Though....Having said that, ive read and heard a few accounts of similar events. It would be interesting to hear from someone whod been a crim all their life and what they experienced in NDE. Will definitely research more into this.

The day in which we are to be born and the day in which we will die had already been written. So these people who had near death experiences has never been visited by the angel of death. So we can never have a true account of an actual death experience other than what is stated in the Quran and the Hadith.

''Treat others the way you want to be treated'' sounds like ''Irhamu man fi al arde yarhamukum man fi assamaaa'' which I interpret as '' be merciful towards the creatures of the earth and the one who is in the heavens will be merciful towards you. It will be great if you discuss the phenomenon of the so-called ''Out of the body experiences''. Thank you, brother Paul, for bringing in Doctor Eben Alexander, and thank you for all your efforts.

Thank you again for this and your other stimulating talks. Although I can neither accept nor reject the truth (perhaps validity is a better word?) of his experience, the idea of time (and so much else) wasted on the debate and competition surrounding organized religions and simple universal righteousness of the Golden Rule ring true with me, personally. Logic, not NDE brings me to the conclusion that divinity must exist outside of space and time. And it makes sense to me that grace may be available without allegiance to any dogma, ancient or modern.

Great Guest & Great Host Keep it up Paul 👍🏻

Salaam alaikum brother Paul what an amazing interview this is‼️ brother have you considered bringing back Dr Lawrence Brown and team him up with Dr Alexander in a whole interview focusing on this huge topic? This is mind blowing‼️ we must keep in mind that Christians like the Jehovah witnesses picture paradise as another worldly experience with your Western family and your dog. We know that in paradise as the prophet Muhammad ﷺ described that the should of the martyrs rest in the chest of green birds. He ﷺ also said that it'll take the fastest horse rider 70 years to ride from one side of a tree to the other in paradise‼️ wow when he mentioned that there's no eternal hell he threw meet off ‼️ he needs to read the Qur'an ink order to get a clear and better understanding. When he said if we should call the God this, that, that .. Allah? Wow he's out of his wits already‼️ he's derailed from the main objective

Salam brother Paul, and thanks for this fresh topic with an interesting guest. About the guest, his doubts about the purpose of eternal punishment, which he said he find not understandable, is very well addressed by Jeffrey Lang his famous presentation The purpose of life. Mr. Lang said at one point of its presentation that despite its love for his dog, a funny lovely one, the dog would never stand comparison with his children. Because the dog has a limit between him and a human, whereas a child while growing can reach more and more the state of understanding of its adult parents. As well Mr. Lang emphasizes that men are growing, either closer to their creator, or to the opposite. So as well as a parent differentoates between a dog and a child (and I talk not of evil here), also we see not what sense it would make for the Supreme Being to draw next to him creatures that have proved unfit to moral growth. Anyway, I'm just summarising quickly. For me in conclusion, the guest seemingly assumes that human are complete beings ready at any time, in any shape or form, for meeting greater that him. Which I think wrong, like Mr. Lang (if I read him well enough of course).

wow! such an interesting topic! thanks again paul and our lovely guest👏🏻

So let’s list some of what is in common between Islam and NDEs: the soul (the human spiritual part) leaves the body It can see/hear/smell/sense everything The body is in fact a limitation (a filter), so your senses will be more developped after leaving it. Then you enter the ‘spiritual world’. This world is full of spiritual beings: angels (made of light), djinns or daemons, dead people, … You notice clearly that everything (including the physical world) is gouverned by God, who is one, in control of everything, and source of everything. God is far beyond anything humans can imagine You will be your own judge (the Quran for example says ‘there is no better judge for you than yourself’). Note that in most NDEs there is no judgement, but the reason may simply be that (real) judgement comes only after you finish all your life here. 8. There is an infinity of ‘destinations/places’ humans can go in the afterlife. 9. Light is very important in the spiritual world. In NDEs: people see light everywhere, encounter beings of light, … In Islamic teachings: God is the light of the heaven and earth, all angels are made of light, the rank of every human is related to his light (with the highly ranked ones having more intense light emanating from them), rooms, chairs and everything may be made of light, … 10. the happiness/ bliss/ love /possibilities /dimensions in the paradise world are beyond human imagination (and related to the person light). But the hell side is also very very awful. 11. In the spiritual world, concepts (like for instance: love, kindness, …) can become real as earth&sea in our physical world. 12. The soul seems to have a body-like envelope, visible to other souls. 13. Everything we do in this life is recorded in details, and we will see it in the afterlife. In NDEs people have in many cases a detailed review of their life. And the Quran said: So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it. There are a lot of other common points i noticed between islamic teaching and what is mostly reported in NDEs … Now the NDEs don’t tell exactly what are the criteria of going to heaven or hell. NDEs indicate only that both (kind of) places exist. Especially, that the experiencers forget a lot of their experiences.

I don't really think Eben Alexander is necessarily trustworthy, I mean, just check out this paragraph on his wiki page: "While practicing medicine in Lynchburg at the Lynchburg General Hospital, Alexander was reprimanded by the Virginia Board of Medicine for performing surgery at an incorrect surgical site, two times over the course of a month. In one instance, Alexander altered his operative report because he believed the surgery had diminished the patient's symptoms. He was sued by the patient for damages totaling $3 million in August 2008, but the case was dismissed by the plaintiff in 2009. As a result of the mishaps, Alexander lost his privileges at the hospital and was forced to pay a $3,500 fine to the Virginia Board of Medicine and complete ethics and professionalism training to maintain an unrestricted medical license in the state."

Good topic. This experiences are not limited to people with near death experience. The are people with similar experiences that are very conscious and awake at the time of this phenomenon. Most are afraid to talk about it. Any it is a gift of the unseen world if one can control themself. This things can’t be explained naturally.

In my opinion, the guest deliberately and quickly was injecting the anti religion idea to the viewers and creating doubt in their mind he was aware that most of them are religious viewers specially muslims , just transferring devils idea to the viewers even wouldn't give chance to Mr Paul to ask or reflect his idea in that.

I have only watched half of the episode but given the content so far and the comment section, i think some points needs to be cleared up: TLDR; our epistemology is not dependant upon experiences instead we have the knowledge first and use that knowledge to explain experiences, not the other way around. 1. this wasn't what i was expecting i.e. i was expecting more of scientific stats from different studies on these experiences rather than his own experience in so much details, he started describing the reality in new terms, it sounds like yet another new age religion and the guy was evangelizing a lot about his shallow beliefs. 2. the start was maybe good if what he said is correct i.e. scientific studies on such topics point towards a non-material reality (while we already believe it and no proof required but for dawah to materialists this maybe a good evidence) and probably the only take away from the whole presentation. which was i think the goal of Paul for bringing this guest. 3. people from all backgrounds have spiritual experiences and from what he described, it does seem like NDE are spiritual experiences than actually being near death. also his description also seemed close to how people feel with psychedelics etc. they describe similar stuff of entities, higher consciousness surreal experiences etc. 4. from Islamic point of view, we can't deny such experiences completely. but we also don't know what he says is true and what is not. but we do have a way of finding out what is true and what is not. i.e. whatever is clearly inline with Islamic teachings, we may affirm it with caveats but we are not required to believe in any such claims, whatever goes against Islam, we have to reject that and about other things, we should try to avoid affirming as we can't be sure about anything of unseen reality. 5. it is not a good idea to attack Paul, while the video clearly has a lot of kufr, Paul also does bring Christian scholars etc as well. at best this video isn't probably for many Muslims especially those who are not very well versed in deen.

I kind of find it strange that he wants everyone to acknowledge his experience but wants to deny the experience of those who may have seen "hell" in their NDE. I don't believe it is a good idea to base one's whole life, and gamble with one's afterlife, on others' NDEs. I'll stick to Quran and Sunnah. The most we can say of these NDEs is that there is something beyond just the physical.

Ahhh this is making me happy cry. I met a large masculine feminine glowing set of lights who emanated without words, that I am loved... on a Salvia Divinorum trip. 🥹❤️

Brings out the living from the dead and brings out the dead from the living.

Enjoy it Thnx Paul , blessing ur days amen 🤲🏻🌺

Regarding the permanency of Hell, there are some Islamic scholars who don't hold this idea that punishment in hellfire is permanent. Dr. Adnan Ibrahim has a khutba about this and even gives proofs from the Quran that punishment in hellfire is temporary. Anyhow, we should all protect ourselves from hellfire even for one fraction of a second.

'beautiful loving god' 'nothing to fear' (Christianity) 'incarnation'(hinduism) 'oneness with the divine' (clear shirk of the highest order, even Abu Lahab and the meccan polytheists didn't believe that they are one with god) 'No such thing as eternal hell' (outright atheism)

In a 2013 investigation of Alexander's story and medical background, Esquire magazine reported that before the publication of Proof of Heaven, Alexander had been terminated or suspended from multiple hospital positions, and had been the subject of several malpractice lawsuits, including at least two involving the alteration of medical records to cover up a medical error. He settled five malpractice suits in Virginia within a period of ten years. Esquire also found what it said were discrepancies with regard to Alexander's version of events in the book. Among the discrepancies, was that Alexander had written the cause of his coma was bacterial meningitis, despite his doctor telling the reporter that he had been conscious and hallucinating before being placed in a medically induced coma. In a statement responding to the criticism, Alexander maintained that his representation of the experience was truthful and that he believed in the message contained in his book. He also claimed that the Esquire article "cherry-picked" information about his past to discredit his accounts of the event.] Proof of Heaven was also criticized by scientists, including by neuroscientist Sam Harris, who described Alexander's near death experience a (NDE) account on his blog as "alarmingly unscientific", and that claims of experiencing visions while his cerebral cortex was shut down demonstrated a failure to acknowledge existing brain science. He noted that DMT, a neurotransmitter of the brain, as well as Ketamine, an anaesthetic commonly used in the management of neurological conditions, are common and more plausible means of such strong hallucinatory experiences. He added that while neurosurgeons need to understand its anatomy, they do not need to study how the brain functions, unlike neurologists. Neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks agreed with Harris, and argued that Alexander had failed to recognize that the experience could have been the result of his cortex returning to full function at the outset of his coma, rather than a supernatural experience. (wiki)

This guy is basicly promoting NEW AGE KUFR and muslims are watching it during the last days of the holy month of ramadan and praising him? Ya Allah guide us to the straight path and protect us from this falsehood.

While I can not question the authenticity of someone's own NDE, what I find really interesting is that how many of them explains everything as if they were actually talking about a real life scenario when they were physically in coma state. I believe it's possible but we can't simply verify it and that's where the problem is. Another interesting issue is I tend to hear all these NDE stories are "mostly" coming from the people of Christian faith. What possibly could go wrong with people from other faiths?! It would be interesting to listen to their stories as well. Hopefully to find a common ground perhaps. Interesting episode. Thank you Paul.

he lost me when he said we need to focus on kabbalah and sufisim and all of other things literally saying follow the devil by studying jewish magic , this the problem with the west science to the extreme.

Amazing discussion, i thoroughly enjoyed it , i definitely would like to see the islamic perspective on this issue too. If you can find someone that would be really interesting .

Make no mistake, there is no coming back once the Angel seizes your soul.

Mashallah, none of you will have faith unless you love one another

لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِي غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَاءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ الْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ (And unto the evil-doer it is said): Thou wast in heedlessness of this. Now We have removed from thee thy covering, and piercing is thy sight this day.

With all due respect to Dr Eben's experience; All NDE are reflections of the experiencers' perceptions regarding their understanding of existence it is a kind of their interpretations thus they are subjective and outcomes may bind them.The thing bothering me in NDE is the nearly never changing conclusion: unconditional love excluding the heavenly guidance as we define revelation.It is similar to this unholy new age teachings.No earthly responsibilities ,no guidelines, no punishment whatsoever.Then why all the messengers and banner bearers of the truth suffered,sacrificed everything they own, should everyting is simple as Dr Eben describes.Now the question is; Are these NDE really a divine occurance or the devil is in the detail..?

I'm an Arab and I don't understand English.... I hope my brother Paul will put the subtitles for the video

when is Shaykh Hamza Yusuf coming on the channel ?

18:00 If this person knows how Jin exists and how it works I think he will realize it's not reincarnation and probably conclude his experience with "Yep, this coma is a few snippets of what probably a hereafter is" 22:00 this reminds me of the figure of what a bad deed would look like after death. 😬 33:50 we need both. XD and this inline aswell with what Muslims call "Ghaib" and the material (i forgot what it is called. XD) 42:13 that's so profound with the knowledge of the after death in grave and hereafter in the hadith. 44:00 I think he just try a new standard for people calling GOD or Allah and other things. me? Nah, I stick with Allah. no, thanks sir. XD but one more thing, I think what he describes here are Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim. so I think I approve this. :D Overall this is good video sir and I wish he knew more about Islam from the right people. and realize that everything he said here is so in line with the knowledge we had in Islam.

Intriguing, however thinking along these lines of an afterlife experience which will be different and totally subjective from person to person is absolutely NOT the way to go as he asserts pertaining to leaving religiousity and leaning to this totally subjective experience. This is A human beings perspective of a glimpse into the afterlife which in all due fairness was a blip of understanding of its entirety and not to be taken literally and each person will have their own unique experience of it. Appreciate him for sharing his experience, it was fascinating and it was equally fascinating to listen to his experience as he goes through his "book of deeds" as explained in Quran and each soul will get to the adams weight of good they did and an adams weight of bad they did as per Quran and that all of our deeds are being recorded and will be played back to us like a movie as per Quran. These were fascinating to find out but not a shock because we know the book of Allah is true and final. May Allah give us good lives filled with good deeds ameen

Even as a Muslim, and curious about NDE, my gut feeling about him is to be very skeptical. Con using others’ interest in the topic. Very crossing over kind of a narrative.

Thanks and may i say polite as ever pointing out the "contradiction", brother Paul.

In reading the Holy Quran I'm struck by how all creatures and even physical objects clearly have sentience/consciousness

Fascinating! Just sneek peek into Barzakh? may be I presume. I had that experience upto the light part not to the valley as he explains in details as I lay on OT table, when they administered anesthesia for a procedure in the hospital when I was a child of 4 yrs old, my parents told they were panicking because after the procedure was over when docs were trying to get me regain my senses, I was way too late, which by then I should have regained my sense and I wasn't getting my sense back for a long time and they tried to administer sweets and glucose in my mouth and struggled it took almost 3 hrs. Finally I came out from the effect of anestehsia. Later when they asked me how I was feeling do I feel.any pain or sore and I told them I saw bright warm white light right above my chest when my eyes were closed, as I lay on the OT table. I still remember that moment I was around 4 yrs old then and even though I am 52 now still it is vivid to me. Ofcourse I had no clue what was going on then never thought seriously about it as such but when I hear people relating their episodes like this I takes me back to my little experience I had. So that was it.

I was going through the research on reincarnation which he quoted, and not one of the cases studied and noted passed a proper methodology rather there were confirmation bias, selection bias, and very bad scientific research methodology. A few scientists and researchers who were opened minded, designed a study with a sound methodology, and they stated that not one case passed the methodology.

Please post more nde videos. They are so relevant and womderful 🙏😍

Very refreshing indeed. But please keep in mind that these are *near* death experiences. Dont take this as some kind of ultimate truth, rather as something that opens your mind to the metaphysical world

When you go past the great barrier ( barzakh) there is no coming back...if you did come back you DIDN'T reach there!.

شكرا للدكتور ألكسندر أنا عندما بدأت أكتشف عن مواضيع الاقتراب من الموت وعن العالم الروحي و الملائكة والجن وكيف تؤثر على حياتنا اليومية وعلاقاتنا بل وأحساسينا وتفكيرنا، وعرفت أن الجسد الانساني له طاقة سلبية عن يمينه وطاقة إيجابية عن شماله وانه عندما تحب روحه وقلبه وعقله فعل الخير وحب الإنسانية فإنه يقترب كثيرا من خدام الخير الذين يسكنون هذا العالم من الملائكة الكرام وأرواح المؤمنين الصالحين والجن المؤمنين فيعيش في سلام روحي وجسدي عظيم ،وإذا ٱقترب من أفعال الشر فإن نفسه تفتح له بوابات الشر التي توجد في الكون أيضا وأرواحها تطوف أيضا من الجن والشياطين المعتدين فيعيش في عذاب وعناء نفسي كبير، هذا في الكون الذي نعيش فيه ولقد بلغنا أن الأمم القديمة كانت لها علوم بالارواح وٱتصلت بها وعملت معها في تناغم وبنت معها الحضارات العظمى وسافرت بها في الفضاء ومنهم الفراعنة الذين كانوا يستخدمون الاسقاط النجمي لينفصلوا عن أجسامهم ويسافروا عبر الكون وهو ماادعى فرعون ليعلن ألوهيته في الارض والسماء وأنه يمكنه أن يضع تلك الارواح في النعيم أو العذاب لأن ٱتصاله بالسحرة والشياطين جعله يدرك أن الارواح تطوف في السماء الدنيا ، فأجابه الله تعالى "وأنه هو رب الشعرى"ولا ننسى مملكة سليمان عليه السلام التي عمل فيها الجن والإنس والملائكة في الخير وكانت من أعظم الحضارات فهذا الاكتشاف الذي يذكره الطب اليوم ليس حديثا أبدا ،ولكنه في الاصل طريق مفيد لتفاهم الإنسانية جميعا لفعل الخير وان الكون نفسه خلق للناس ليفعلوا فيه ما يعبر عن السلام والتجانس والتفاهم ليس الشر والتخالف ،غير أنه خلف هذا الستار الروحي الجميل هناك عوالم ستنتهي إليها هذه الارواح لتستقر فيها وتجتمع فيها وتحاسب على أفعالها، ولا يمكن لعاقل حكيم أن يساويها في المكانة ولذلك فمستقر الارواح من الجنة أو النار هوحقيقة أيضا ووجود إله لهذا الكون تعود له هذه الارواح هو حقيقة أيضا لا يجب إنكارها بل يجب الاعتراف بها وشكرا لكما على الموضوع المهم .

How does this account of his experience fits with the Islamic paradigm? Is this discussion not syllogistically leading the viewers towards the argument or conclusion of unity of all religions or am I missing something here?

Interesting....but he is confusing.. is there a creator? If Yes, will he tell humans why did he create us? No ? ( My question was rhetorical, and was for the expert, now every Tom Dick and Harry are commenting as experts here below)

His experience of what he believes as death is perceived by the faith and religious experiences he has had in this world. This influence creates another realm of reality, despite the scientific point of view he had had previously. It’s all very subjective, but an interesting conversation.

Interesting topic, unfortunately there is a lot of rationalising away the idea of eternal hell in the afterlife, using the atheistic argument, why would a loving God put some people in hell for eternity for a finite of evil actions. God explains the reason why that is the case for some people in the Qur'an. Qur'an 6:27-31. 27.If you could only see, when they are made to stand before the Fire, how they will say, ‘If only we could be sent back, we would not reject the revelations of our Lord, but be among the believers.’ 28. No! The truth they used to hide will become all too clear to them. Even if they were brought back, they would only return to the very thing that was forbidden to them-they are such liars! 29. They say, ‘There is nothing beyond our life in this world: we shall not be raised from the dead.’ 30. If you could only see, when they are made to stand before their Lord, how He will say, ‘Is this not real?’ They will say, ‘Yes indeed, by our Lord.’ He will say, ‘Then taste the torment for having disbelieved.’ 31. Lost indeed are those who deny the meeting with their Lord until, when the Hour suddenly arrives, they say, ‘Alas for us that we paid no regard to this!’ They will bear their burdens on their backs. How terrible those burdens will be! 32. The life of this world is nothing but a game and a distraction; the Home in the Hereafter is best for those who are aware of God. Why will you [people] not understand?

Paul, this guy is taking our deen away. What is your conclusion?

NDEs were the reason I understood Islam is not the "true" religion, rather All thiests and who do good and spread love are on the right path.

Becareful of these NDE tell tale Paul, they still not dead yet, people still have their cultural bias and may interpret things differently. Would you put more trust to the testimony from Prophets or some commoner doctor or ordinary people? I've looked into these exp. from different religion & cultures; the details differ, e.g, some saw heaven & hell, etc. But similarities that they felt the presence of God and other realm. So, they're not in the realm of Barzah yet. People wanted to be seen virtous, yet only God knows the full story. Wallahualam

OMG, was he not informed of the 'naseyah' (the Orbitofrontal Cortex) of the brain mention in QS 96: 15-16 and QS 55: 41 ? "Every soul will taste DEATH. You will be paid full recompense on the Day of Resurrection. Anyone who is distanced from the HellFire and admitted to the Paradise, has indeed triumphed. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of delusion.” (QS 3: 185) "When their specified time arrives, they cannot delay it for a single hour nor can they bring it forward.” (QS 16: 61)

I also had an nde but not same conclusion. It took me closer to Islam so to me it seems difficult to make general conclusions except that we are not just a sum of our atoms...

Your guest should read the islamic literature regarding barzakh, jannah and so on, it might just be enough match to what he experienced to convince him of truthfulness of Islam. اللهم ادخلنا جنة الفردوس

Also, the video on merciful servant is talking about the Islamic Point of view on the journey of the soul. Providing the link for those not aware of Islamic POV only so that nobody get's confused.

Such a great experience this brother had, that’s the real believe . SubhanAllah

Thank you for the video Paul and Dr Alexander, what a lovely conversation! I wonder if the concept of hellfire or jannah occur after the point which Dr Alexander experienced. The concept of punishment within the grave also exists in Islam, between death and Judgement. I wonder if that's the situation he describes? Since the day of judgement has not occurred yet. Allah knows best what is correct! :D

You know what, taken the right way, the hellish NDE's are probably a blessing in disguise

I reverted to Islam a year ago and the topic of what happens after death still confuses me. Do we go to heaven straight away? Or do our souls sit in the grave and wait until the day of judgment after which we all go to heaven? Any recommendations on this topic is greatly appreciated.

Dr. I have some questions, so i hope you read this. - how did you conclude a form pantheism from your experience? I didnt get that from your speech. - Kids are afraid of dogs in the east. In your NDE, you experienced children playing with dogs. How did this reference of western children/dogs relations get into your NDE? I ask this because you said in the NDE, there was no remenance of your worldly life.

When that angelic figure ‘girl’ told him to not ‘fear’ , then it suggest that there’s some place/can be a situation where one can be in fear while being in those realms i.e - hell, punishment valley🙂

Many thanks Dr. Alexander for sharing such intimate experience with us. It's been a joy listening to you. Thanks Paul. I'd love to see hundreds of people having undergone NDE experience meeting together, mmm. Valiant topic to choose. I feel there's lots more to this. 👍🏽😘

Quran Chapter 15:14-15 ❤️ Quran 50:22 See: The Barzakh I will add to this as I watch more! NDEs are amazing SubhanALLAH!

Great Interview

Also i noticed on many occasion the guest either mentions too many times number ‘6’ or some number which in total comes to ‘6’ , like six faces, six days in coma, 42 weeks 4+2=6 …something is going on here 🧐🧐

I wonder if that experience was real, would the natural response to it manifest through writing books and composing meditation music (coming up with a new religion) in conflict with what billions of people believe, or perhaps the natural response should have been manifested through contemplating about what religions teach about the subject... especially that the experience itself as reported provides no concrete information about the unseen other than it exists, wouldn't one be curious to learn about it after believing in it? I don't think anyone should waste time listening to non-trustworthy reports about the unseen... definitely not support such new religions through buying books. Just because most people nowadays don't believe in the unseen is not a good enough reason to resonate with just about anyone who does, no matter how silly their argument/belief is, we have better sources that are REVEALED to us through trustworthy PROPHETS, which is enough.

I experienced what they call near death experience and it's not like what he described.

well its possible that their is a type of soul that no matter how many chances choose to be destructive and in return recieve destruction.

*_Dr is just promoting his books._*

This was beautiful, thank you paul. May allah reward you

So he should have explain the purpose of life, and how justice would be done to the tyrants like fero, hitler and so on..and even if there is helish experience by the soul would it be equall to the physical and spiritual torture in this world and many more cases

Again this is a personal perspective. Believing an experience as such does not make it true nor that it is consistent with what real death and the after life are about. There isn't a proof that what he had experienced is "Kashaf" or Visual detection at death.

Paul let Eben on to his platform to rant for nearly an hour about unprovalable ideas that oppose Islam and that could easily mislead young Muslims or those with weak Iman, without seriously challenging him even once. This is unjustifiable except to those who are blinded by following personalities rather than the guidance of Islam. Our prophet Muhammad (sulallahu alayhi wa salam) did not behave like this. He even prevented the Sahaabah (ra) from reading the Christian scriptures for a time so as to save them from false information and potential confusion.

I wonder about the extent to which NDEs are similar to psychedelic experiences

Thank you both .👏

Hey Paul... Dr Eben Alexander said "In fact, what a Near Death Experience shows us is this world, in these bodies, that's vague, murky, dreamlike..." I find that very interesting but I wonder why would God have created our life in such a way? Maybe it's some kind of test that seems vague to us. Maybe that's why we "see through a glass darkly" as the New Testament says. Thanks so much for this discussion. Peace to you....

The question is: is this in accordance with Islam?

May Allah almighty guide us all to the truth.

Viewers. Even though his experience is intriguing. It is just that. It's his experience. What ever he saw our felt does not give intricate guidance on how to live your life.

The prophet Muhammad pbuh was given explicit details by the arch angel jibrael what happens after death and the function of when the angel of death comes to collect...no other human being except the prophet Muhammad pbuh was given details of the unseen.....' We created death to walk amongst you. We will not be undone..

What if both are correct … the life review is not eternal and souls come back but then at some point that cycle will end and that’s when the permanent heaven and hell will exist that the religions speak of

هذه هي مواضع ذكر رسول اللَّـهِ صلى الله عليه و آله و أئمة أهل البيت عليهم السلام في التوراة و الإنجيل و القرآن ؛ بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ؛ قال الله العظيم ؛ >سورة الأعراف آية 157 و قال تعالى>سورة البقرة آية 127 مورد التبشير بمحمد صلى الله عليه و على آله في سفر التثنية؛ آية 18:- "أُقِيمُ لَهُمْ نَبِيًّا مِنْ وَسَطِ إِخْوَتِهِمْ مِثْلَكَ، وَأَجْعَلُ كَلاَمِي فِي فَمِهِ، فَيُكَلِّمُهُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا أُوصِيهِ بِهِ."سفر التثنية الآن سؤال من هم( الإخوة ) بني إسرائيل أم بني إسماعيل؟ الجواب ؛ أدعي اليهود و النصارى أن الأخوة هنا هم بني إسرائيل أنفسهم وهذا باطل من عدة أوجه أولها أن لا أحد من أنبياء بني إسرائيل صرح أنه ذلك النبي ثانيها أن من يتمعن في الإنجيل يجد النبي عيسي عليه السلام بين أنه من أمة أخرى غير بني إسرائيل حيث قال في إنجيل مت 21 :43(( لذلك أقول لكم ان ملكوت الله ينزع منكم و يعطى لامة تعمل اثماره)) و ثالثا ما يجلي قوله هذا و يثبته قول الله في سفر التكوين ؛(( و اما اسماعيل فقد سمعت لك فيه ها أنا اباركه و اثمره و اكثره كثيرا جدا اثني عشر رئيسا يلد و اجعله امة كبيرة)) 17 :20 لاحظ قوله تعالى ( اثني عشر رئيسا يلد ) نعم هذا و الحمد لله مما يبطل قول سنة الخلاف (أهل السنة) أن الله لم يجعل بعد النبي الأعظم صلى الله عليه و على آله خلفاء من نسله يهدون بهديه، ثم نعم بعد نعم محمد صلى الله عليه و آله هو النبي الأمي الذي جعل الله كلامه في فمه فهو يتكلم بسم الله رب السماوات و الأرض و أبناءه الأئمة الإثني عشر عليهم السلام هم رؤساء هذه الأمة ، ثم يأتي المخالفون السنة ويتهموا الشيعة بالشرك لجعلهم أئمتهم عليهم السلام سببا ووساطة بينهم و بين الله كما أمرهم الله ، فسبحان الله ألم يكن محمد النبي الأعظم صلوات الله عليه و على آله وسيطا وسببا بينهم و بين الله يعرفونه به ، فقبلوها للنبي ورفضوها للوصي عدوا بغير علم ،و أنكروا شاهدا عظيما في قوله الله تعالى ( أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ) فجعلوا مقصود الطاعة في الآية الحكام الظلمة و الولاة الفجرة و إستنكروها للأوصياء البررة العارفين بحكم الله متؤولينه بغير علم و لا سلطان أتاهم الله ، ألم يعلمهم رسول الله صلى الله عليه و على آله أن تأويل القرآن مع علي عليه السلام حين قال يُقاتِلُ على تَأْويلِه، كما قاتَلتُ على تَنزيلِه أولم يخبرهم أنه هو مدينة العلم و علي بابها ألم ينصحهم حبيبنا حين قال ((تَركتُ فِيكم الثَّقلين، ما إن تمسَّكتُم بهما، لن تضلُّوا: كِتابَ اللهِ، وعِترتي أهلَ بيتي) ألم يشر لهم في قوله ( اللَّهمَّ من كنتُ مَولاهُ فعليٌّ مَولاهُ اللَّهمَّ والِ من والاهُ وعادِ من عاداهُ وانصُر من نصرَهُ وأعِن من أعانَهُ) ألم يفصل لهم حين أكد في حق علي عليه السلام ( أَنْتَ مِنِّي بمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِن مُوسَى، إِلَّا أنَّهُ لا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي.) فسبحان الله العظيم و الحمد لله رب العالمين و السلام على من إتبع الهدى. الرابط ؛ facebook.com/115609357796441/photos/a.115704137786963/115698071120903

Riveting topic. Not sure about the butterfly wings and the reincarnation component!