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Salaam all
Looking for some more reasoning on this verse.
Is Allah the Almighty saying

1) we are to do nothing else but worship and devote our whole life to him. (I. E not marrying, no children no career, no past times).
2) carry on as normal  ONLY WORSHIP HIM If you do decide to worship a God
3) or both options are OK but one earns a higher rank with option 1.

Peace and Thanks

Salaam Hamzeh
I agree with your view on. 23:98-100 and brother Joseph's article on punishment in the grave.

Peace, Thanks and Godwilling we receive the best of this and the hereafter.

Thank you Hamzeh and Sardar Miyan
I guess my point was what would classify fear. Fear of physical harm,  fear of attracting attention, embarrassment, etc? It's a very personal matter and given times and places not everyone is able to comfortably keep a calm mind and pray in the middle of a bustling street, workplace, aeroplane, bus etc.

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Salaam All
Not all of us have been gifted with the ability to keep form during salah whilst travelling. I have seen some performing sujood against a wall at a railway station, heard of some keeping form salah at the back of a bus and watched videos of some keeping form salah on a plane.
Given that someone has the ability/opportunity to keep a form during prayer whilst travelling, with no immediate fear for his/her life and they do not.  Is this a hypocritical act that might also be perceived as lacking in faith?
Would appreciate personal views.

Peace and thanks

[16:32The ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do."]

Salaam Brother Hamzeh
Sorry for the delayed reply. Do forgive me.
Thank you for your replies. They all make sense, still Allah knows best.

I am not convinced upon death one is given any information/experience to indicate judgement has been passed.
However since a soul in its state of rest is outside Time-space and the time between death and judgement will seem like a short moment, it matters not as they all might come to pass in quick succession anyway.

But to those in the Duniya who still have to endure the reality of time, the below verse sheds more light.
16:32
The ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do."

I now understand this as one statement with two separate time lines. 

Maybe this is overanalysing and irrelevant and may God forgive me. My aim was to use the quran for evidence of heaven/hell indication upon death.

Salaam and Thanks brother

Walaikum Salaam Brother Hamzeh

Thank you for your reply

From your reply, would it be safe to assume that there is an indication at death or right after the soul is removed whether one's soul is bound for heaven or hell based on the greeting they receive?
I was have always understood that all matters would be decided on judgement day.

JZK for your reply
Salaam

Peace to all

Would someone please explain verse 16:28 and 16:32

16:28
Those whose lives the angels take while they are wronging themselves will show submission: 'We were doing no evil.' 'Yes you were: God knows fully everything that you have done,

16:32
those whose lives the angels take in a state of goodness. They will say to them, 'Peace be upon you. Enter the Garden as a reward for what you have done.'

The context of the surrounding verses would suggest this to occur on the last day but is not clear.

If it is not an occurrence on the last day would it be fair to say these two verses are suggestive of a pre judgement when someone passes away?

May God bless you all.

Thanks for the reply. Yes I see no relevance with verse 19:39 I just thought I'd put it out there because some traditionalists will use it to leverage the idea that the "the day of regret" is such because we have lost our good deeds to those we wronged.
More importantly I was looking for Quran support on whether the idea about losing your good deeds to those that you had wronged was true or not.

Salaam/Peace May God bless you all
I am interested in understanding whether or not the quran offers any support or against the traditionalist view that on judgement day, Soul A's good deeds will be taken from it and given away to soul B or soul C as recompense for soul A either oppressing, mocking, abusing, back biting etc of soul B and C whilst in the duniya.
Surah 19:39 is usually quoted along with this view.
I have had a look through the forum and cannot seem to find much info.

Peace and Thank You