In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Age of 40
We enjoined the human being to honor his parents.
His mother bore him arduously, gave birth to him arduously,
and took intimate care of him for thirty months.
When he reaches maturity, and reaches the age of forty,
he should say,
"My Lord, direct me to appreciate the blessings
You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents,
and to do the righteous works that please You.
Let my children be righteous as well.
I have repented to You; I am a submitter." [46:15]
What is the age of responsibility? If a child dies at the age of 12, without even hearing about God, does this child go to Heaven or Hell? What if the child is 15 years old, or 21, or 25? At what age will the human being be held responsible for his or her beliefs? This question has puzzled researchers of all religions for a long time.
The Quran sets the age of responsibility at 40; anyone who dies before this age goes to Heaven (46:15). If the person believed in God and benefitted from belief by nourishing and developing the soul, he or she goes to the High Heaven. Otherwise, the person goes to the Lower Heaven.
Your first reaction to this piece of information is objection: "What if the person was really bad, evil, and an atheist, will he go to Heaven if he died before the age of 40?" This is because you are mean, while God is the Most Merciful. Our tendency is to "put them all in Hell."
People who objected strongly to this Divine mercy cannot come up with a cut-off age of responsibility. They ask questions like, "What if the person was really wicked?" The answer is, "Does God know that this person was wicked?" "Yes." "Does God know that this person does not deserve to go to Heaven?" "Yes." "Therefore, this person will not die before the age of 40." As simple as that. God is the only one who terminates our lives on this earth. He knows exactly who deserves to go Heaven and who deserves to go to Hell.
Delivering this important piece of information is one of the responsibilities given to me as God's Messenger of the Covenant. It is not my personal opinion.
It is noteworthy that both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were assassinated
just a couple of months before their 40th birthdays.
(Quoted from Appendix 32, Authorized translation of Quran by Dr Khalifa).
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