Death occurs when the body can no longer maintain its vital functions. This process often begins with organ failure, a gradual shutdown that can be prolonged in some cases, such as terminal illness. The heart stops beating, which cuts off blood flow to the brain, lungs, and other organs.

Without oxygen, the brain begins to die, and within minutes, brain cells are irreparably damaged. When the brain is deprived of oxygen, other organs and systems in the brain begin to die rapidly.

Once the body is clinically dead and resuscitation is no longer possible, the next stage is biological death. This marks the beginning of decomposition, a natural process that breaks down body tissues.

In the first stage of decomposition, known as autolysis, cells begin to break down due to the accumulation of carbon dioxide, which creates an acidic environment inside the cells. Enzymes that were once responsible for maintaining cell function now begin to digest cells from the inside out. This process usually begins within minutes to hours after death.

After autolysis, putrefaction begins. This is when bacteria that were previously controlled by the immune system begin to break down tissues, producing gases that cause the body to swell and emit strong odors. The body turns green because the bacteria break down the hemoglobin in the blood and release sulfur compounds.

Rigor mortis, or stiffening of the muscles, usually begins within two to six hours after death and peaks around 12 hours. This occurs because the body’s energy stores needed to keep the muscles relaxed are depleted.

After about 48 hours, the body’s muscles begin to relax again as the tissues further break down.

In the days and weeks following death, the body continues to decompose, eventually turning into a skeleton. This process is influenced by a variety of factors, including temperature, humidity, and the presence of insects or scavengers.

While clinical death, defined as the cessation of heartbeat and breathing, is instantaneous, the end of the brain and body is not.

When a person dies, his soul is completely separated from his body, and at this moment, certain events happen to him, and at the time of death, he realizes the end of his life by seeing some things.

What happens to a person at the time of death?

Many of us have heard stories about the moment of death and dying, and we are afraid of that moment and the events that are going to happen to us. At the moment of death, some of the realities that were hidden from a person during his life become clear to him; because at that time, when a person crosses the border of this world, he sees the angel of death and stands on the threshold of the unseen world. In this section of Namnak, we will introduce you to the events that happen at the moment of death.

What does a person see at the moment of death?

At the moment of death, a person's relationship with those around him and those around him are severed; The dying person cannot tell them his observations and explain what is happening to him, nor can those around him understand the information and observations of the dying person and become aware of his condition. Some realities are hidden from man during his lifetime and become clear to him at the moment of death.

The manifestations of believers and disbelievers at the moment of death depend on their actions; believers and righteous people benefit from the miracles of God Almighty and see pleasant and pleasant sights, but disbelievers and hypocrites see the effects of God's wrath and anger in proportion to their fortune and what they have earned in this world.

Angel of Death

At the time of death, humans represent certain things to them, such as Satan and angels. The moment the dying person sees the Angel of Death and the unfamiliar world after death, he realizes that his worldly life has ended, and at this time, he becomes very worried and anxious, and a lot of spiritual pressure is put on him.

A virtuous person sees the angels taking the soul in a good manner, with good news, greetings, and greetings. However, if he is an unbeliever, oppressor, and wrongdoer, he sees the angels as threatening and with frightening faces.

Angels of Recording Deeds

After death, every human being sees the angels of recording deeds and immediately becomes aware of his condition and understands whether he is in Paradise and a person of happiness or in Hell and a person of punishment. Another thing that the dying person sees in the first stages of transition is the angels in charge of sustenance and livelihood.

Imams and Prophets

There is no one whose death approaches, but the Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him and his family) and the infallible Imams (peace be upon them) all materialize and are present to him (with exemplary bodies), in such a way that he sees them. If the dying person is a believer, when he sees them, he becomes interested in them and loves them, and if he is not a believer, when he sees them, he considers them enemies and has no interest in meeting them.

Paradise and its high levels

A believer sees Paradise and its high levels after death, while he feels great sorrow and longing due to separation from his wife and life. The angel of death shows him Paradise and says: This is your home and your permanent blessings, your wealth, family and relatives are here. Any of your relatives and family who are righteous will be with you here. Are you satisfied to receive these blessings instead of the wealth and property of this world? He says: I swear by God, I am eager and ready.

Satan

It has been stated in some narrations that at the time of death, Satan with his children and companions come to the bedside of a person to tempt him and make him doubt his religion and lead him to disbelief. However, if the dying person is a true believer, Satan cannot overcome him and take away his religion and faith.

Wealth, children and possessions

A person's wealth, children and deeds are other things that are embodied for the dying person as an example of themselves.

Imam Ali (a.s.) has said that when a person looks at his wealth and says:

(O wealth)! By God, I was greedy for you and stingy (I spent my days and nights to acquire you and did not separate anything from you), so what benefit is there for me from you? Wealth says: Take your shroud from me (meaning that your use of me in this state is nothing more than a shroud).

Then he looks at his children and says: By God! I was a kind and protective father to you, so what benefit is there for me from you? They say: We will take you to the grave and the pit that is your resting place and hide you in it.

He looks at his actions and says: By God! I had no desire for you, and you were heavy and burdensome to me, so what benefit is there to me from you? He will say: I will be your companion in your grave and on the Day of Resurrection, until you and I are presented before your Lord.

The Ups and Downs of Life

The world of Barzakh and the world of this world are different from each other and every movement in the world requires time but this is not the case in the world of Barzakh. The world of Barzakh is like the world of dreams and sleep. When we dream, we see dreams and scenes that sometimes take days to be seen, but when we wake up, we see that we have not been asleep for more than an hour.

So a person can see the angel of death in a second and can also see all the ups and downs of his 70 years of life at that moment. The dying person is deeply overwhelmed with indescribable joy from his spiritual and luminous ups and is deeply saddened by his dark and gloomy ups, but this joy and sadness may last for a second or less.

Conditions of a person who has a stroke

There is no difference between those who have a stroke and die in an instant and those who are in a state of dying and struggling for life for a while. According to Islamic law, a person dies when the soul is completely separated from his body, meaning that a specialist says he is dead.

Therefore, if you think that a person who has had a stroke is not dead, do not bury him until you are sure that he is dead. Death occurs when the human soul is taken by divine angels and there is no return.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared an intensification of deadly assaults on Gaza, warning that the recent airstrikes, which killed at least 174 children, are just the beginning of a larger act of aggression against Palestinians.

In a televised address on Tuesday, Netanyahu said that Israeli forces would strike Gaza with “increasing force” and the recent attacks are just the initial phase of a broader offensive against the Palestinian resistance group Hamas and Gaza residents.

“Hamas has already felt the weight of our force in the last 24 hours, and I want to assure you – and them – this is only the beginning,” Netanyahu said, emphasizing that future ceasefire negotiations would occur “only under fire.”

Netanyahu's comments come in the wake of a renewed wave of airstrikes that have shattered an already fragile ceasefire, which had been in place since January 19.

He outlined the regime’s objectives in the current offensive, which include the release of all captives held by Hamas, fully dismantling the resistance group, and eliminating any alleged threat from Gaza to Israel.

These objectives have been reiterated over the last 17 months, yet the only outcomes have been the devastation of Gaza and the displacement of its residents.

He placed the blame for the breakdown of ceasefire negotiations squarely on Hamas, claiming that while Israel accepted an offer from US envoy Steve Witkoff, Hamas refused to engage, which led to the decision to resume military operations.

In response to Netanyahu's aggressive rhetoric, Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif al-Qanou said “Hamas remained committed to the agreement until the last moment, prioritizing its continuation, while Netanyahu, seeking to resolve his internal crises, chose to reignite the war at the expense of our people’s blood.”

As the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, the humanitarian situation has rapidly deteriorated. The Palestinian Health Ministry reports that over 400 civilians have been killed since the escalation, including more than 174 children.

The strikes have left more than 560 others injured, raising alarms about the scale of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the territory.

The United Nations agency for children, UNICEF, has described the situation as “beyond horrifying,” with reports indicating that many strikes have targeted makeshift shelters where families sought refuge.

The UN agency urged Israel to reinstate the ceasefire and allow for the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid, warning that Gaza’s one million children are now trapped in even greater fear and danger.

Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at Defense for Children International-Palestine(DCIP), lamented, “Today marks one of the largest one-day child death tolls in Gaza in history,” labeling the ongoing violence as a “death warrant for Palestinian children.”

More than 18,000 Palestinian children have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, according to the Ministry of Health.

“The true death toll is likely to be much higher, and children continue to suffer from serious communicable and preventable conditions like hypothermia, malnutrition, dehydration, and scabies,” the DCIP official said.

The humanitarian crisis has been exacerbated by the blockade of lifesaving aid, with essential supplies running dangerously low. The main desalination plant in Gaza has also lost electricity, curtailing access to clean drinking water for the already beleaguered population.

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The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced the successful targeting of Israel’s Nevatim Airbase, from which the attacks on Gaza are being carried out, using a hypersonic ballistic missile named “Palestine-2.”

The operation was conducted in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in response to "the criminal massacres by the Zionist enemy" in Gaza, according to a statement by the Yemeni Armed Forces on Tuesday

Yahya Saree, the spokesman for the Yemeni forces, said the operation "achieved its objective."

Earlier in the day, the Israeli regime claimed it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen after air raid sirens sounded in several areas in the southern parts of the occupied territories.

The Yemeni statement warned that Yemen would expand its list of targets within occupied Palestine in the coming hours and days if the Israeli assault on Gaza does not cease.

The Yemeni Armed Forces said the Arab nation would not stand idly by while witnessing massacres against Palestinians in Gaza.

They pledged to utilize all available capabilities to defend and support the oppressed in Palestine.

“Yemen’s leadership, people, and military will not remain silent while witnessing these massacres against our brothers in Gaza.”

“With God’s help, the Yemeni Armed Forces will dedicate all their resources to defending and supporting the oppressed in Palestine until these crimes against our brothers in Gaza cease,” the statement said.

It also highlighted Yemen’s continued opposition to US policies in the region and its commitment to disrupting Israeli maritime activities until the blockade on Gaza is lifted and humanitarian aid is allowed into the besieged territory.

This strike marks Yemen's first direct attack on the Israeli-occupied territories since the Gaza ceasefire deal took effect in January.

The ceasefire had largely contained the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza, but the regime's Tuesday attacks on the Strip, which killed over 400 Gazans and injured hundreds more, marked a resumption of hostilities.

Yemen had previously issued Israel a four-day ultimatum to lift the total blockade of Gaza, which it said violated the ceasefire agreement, or face retaliation.

Israel's defiance led Yemen to announce the resumption of its naval operations against Israeli-linked ships in the region.

The US and Britain have carried out a series of deadly attacks on Yemen in recent days in support of Israel.

Yemen has responded with several operations targeting American warships in the Red Sea.

Yemen had launched scores of drone and missile attacks on passing ships and Israeli territory during the Gaza genocide in solidarity with the Palestinians.

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Yemen’s Armed Forces have announced carrying out a preemptive strike against a United States aircraft carrier deployed off the Arab Peninsula country’s coastline as part of Washington’s continued support for the Israeli regime, besides confirming escalation of their operations against Israeli targets.

Spokesman Yahya Saree announced the developments in a statement on Wednesday, saying the forces had, for the fourth time within 72 hours, conducted a “joint operation” against USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea.

The operation came after the troops “monitored hostile military movements in the Red Sea in preparation for a large-scale aerial attack against Yemen,” he said, adding that several other warships had also been targeted during the strike.

The troops deployed “a number of cruise missiles and drones” against the vessels during the strike, Saree noted.

On Saturday, US President Donald Trump announced issuing an executive order that had mandated deployment of “overwhelming lethal force” against the already impoverished nation that had recently resumed a ban on Israeli ships from crossing key maritime regions.

Subsequently, American warplanes conducted extensive raids against purely civilian targets throughout Yemen, claiming the lives of scores of non-combatants.

‘Yemen to stay unbowed’

Adding to his remarks, Saree underscored that “the American aggression will not deter Yemen from fulfilling its religious, moral, and humanitarian duties towards the Palestinian people.”

He, meanwhile, confirmed that the Armed Forces had initiated “escalation of military operations against the Zionist enemy unless the brutal aggression on Gaza stops and the siege is lifted.”

The remarks came after the forces said they had carried out a successful operation against the Israeli regime’s Nevatim Airbase, from which the attacks on Gaza are being carried out, using a hypersonic ballistic missile codenamed “Palestine-2.”

Announcing that development on Tuesday, Saree said the strike had "achieved its objective."

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The Baha’i Faith’s Lost Order Cooperation with American Institutions in Developing Human Rights Activities Against Iran

?The Baha’i Public Affairs Office of the United States and the Aspen Institute’s Office of Religion and Society Program in the United States have begun a new collaboration and launched a joint project entitled “Exploring Spiritual Insights into America’s Evolving Story.”

?The first step in this project is the publication of a collection of articles entitled “Religious Perspectives on American Narratives.”

♦️The Baha’i Office in the United States is expanding its activities in constructing “Narratives of America,” which it began with the American Narratives Institute before Aspen, and the collaboration with Aspen is another part of this project.

?The main goal of this project is to answer the question, “How can diverse communities move beyond fragmented narratives of the past to create a shared vision of the future that fosters unity and respects truth?”

?The American Narratives Project documents the real lives of people in different parts of the United States, often by collecting written stories, audio interviews, and video documentaries. These efforts are particularly aimed at creating a space for the voices of people who are often ignored in mainstream historical narratives to be heard.

?The project works to make the voices of minorities and those who are usually less considered in official and media narratives heard. The institution seeks to record and share the stories and experiences of different groups in American society, including racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural minorities.

?The reason for the Baha’is’ participation in this project can be traced to learning about the processes of strengthening minority voices in the international arena. The lost Baha'i sect can explore the potential of this project to expand it to sectarian communities in Iran.

♦️Sect groups such as Baha'i, Ahmad al-Hassan, Erfan Halgheh, etc. can use the potential of this narrative analysis and inflict new blows on Iran's international image in the field of human rights.

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah popular resistance movement warns that the Israeli regime will start attacking other countries if it manages to defeat the Palestinian cause of liberation from its occupation and aggression, recommending military action by the world’s Arab and Muslim countries against the regime.

“If Israel succeeds in liquidating the Palestinian cause, it would undoubtedly extend its aggression to other countries unrestrained,” Abdul-Malik al-Houthi cautioned during a televised address on Tuesday.

“Those relying on agreements with Israel should recognize that Israel disregards commitments, even when guaranteed by the US,” he added.

The Yemeni leader was referring to the regional Arab states that had either entered United States-facilitated rapprochement agreements with the regime or contemplating the prospect, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia.

The remarks came after the regime resumed its intensified deadly aggression against Gaza earlier in the day, despite a standing ceasefire agreement that took effect in January with the aim of ending more than 15 months of a war of genocide against the coastal sliver by Tel Aviv.

According to Palestinian health officials, 424 people were killed in the attacks on Tuesday alone, including 174 children and 89 women. More than 600 others were wounded as Israeli forces targeted homes, mosques, and shelters.

The bombardments have exacerbated an already dire humanitarian crisis, with medical supplies running out and border crossings remaining closed for the 17th consecutive day.

The escalation is aimed at forcing the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas into releasing those of the regime’s captives, who remain in Gaza in one batch, without Tel Aviv’s keeping its side of the bargain by letting the ceasefire deal transit into its second phase, releasing thousands of Palestinian prisoners, ceasing its bloodletting in the Palestinian territory, and enacting a complete withdrawal from it.

Amid the situation, al-Houthi said, “Military action by Arab and Islamic regimes [against the occupied Palestinian territories] is ideal.”

Such operation, however, was “unlikely,” he added.

Arm Palestinian resistance; boycott Israel’

The Yemeni leader, meanwhile, asked, while refusing to strike the regime, “why don’t they (the world’s Arab and Muslim countries) provide military support to Palestinian fighters?”

He advised the countries to supply weapons to Palestinian resistance movements as a counterweight to substantial military support for the regime on the part of the West, especially the US.

“Palestinian resistance needs financial and military support; Arab and Muslim states are responsible for providing this.”

Among the Arab and Muslim states, al-Houthi urged Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE to impose economic boycotts on Tel Aviv to deprive it economically.

He lamented Arab states’ refusing to “make any serious effort—even minimally—to oppose its (the regime’s) aggression.”

This is while ”watching genocide in Gaza without action is disgraceful, shameful, and a stain on humanity. No one will escape shame and divine punishment for standing by while Gaza’s genocide occurs,” the Yemeni leader stated, describing the fresh Israeli escalation as Tel Aviv’s resuming the genocidal warfare.

He condemned the US for lavishing billions of dollars in terms of financial and military aid on the regime and its markedly stepping up the support during the genocide.

“Israel’s heinous crimes and genocidal campaign rely heavily on American support and complicity,” al-Houthi said.

The Yemeni official also reminded that the regime had consulted Washington before resuming the genocide -- as announced by the White House earlier -- saying the intensified Israeli raids have “occurred with American advice, as openly admitted by American officials.”

Sana’a, though, would keep up and escalate its pro-Palestinian strikes amid the circumstances, besides continuing to stand up to the US’s deadly aggression towards Yemen that has notably increased since Saturday in an attempt to force the Arab Peninsula nation into stopping its operations against Israeli targets.

'Hamas not to cower'

Elsewhere in his remarks, al-Houthi put it past the Israeli regime to be capable of forcing Hamas into accepting its demands through either the escalation towards Gaza or its siege of the territory.

“Hamas will never compromise on obligations regarding the second phase, nor bargain to avoid war.”

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Activities of the Baha'i Sect in India under the title of "Developing Talents" by the Mona Foundation

?The Persian Media Service aired a conversation with the founder and one of the board members of the Mona Foundation on the 2nd of Aban program on the "Journagar" program about the activities of this institution in India.

?In this program, which was broadcast under the title "Documentary of Light and Air", Mahnaz Javed (founder and director of the Mona Foundation) described the activities of this institution in India, and stated that the development of talents, vocational training and skills, and creating a new perspective on individual and social identity are among its programs, especially for girls.

♦️The country of India, due to its abundant missionary capacities and the lack of centralized unified cultural system, along with the economic and cultural poverty of the people, especially the villagers, has provided a suitable environment for the activities of the misguided Baha'i sect under the guise of charitable institutions and foundations.

?The Mona Foundation is an institution established in memory of Mona Mahmoud Nejad (a Baha'i who was executed for her organizational work in Iran at the beginning of the revolution) and has been active in various countries. It propagates the Baha'i teachings under the guise of educational assistance to children and adolescents in other countries and spreads hatred against Iran.

?The New Horizon School in Haiti, the Association for the Integrated Development of the Amazon (ADCAM) in Brazil, the Anis Zenozi School in Haiti, the Badi School in Panama, the Barley Institute in India, the Badi Foundation in China, the Mongolian Development Center, the Sunflower Schools in Vietnam, and the TKP Institutes, Rancho Sespe, Tarzana, in the United States, are among the institutions affiliated with this foundation.

?The foundation claims that it carries out its activities solely with public donations, but the volume of its projects and the geographical scope of its activities indicate a special financial source.

Development of Education: The Imam addressed Qutham ibn Abbas, the ruler of Mecca, and said: "Sit for them in the morning and evening, give fatwas to those who seek advice, teach the ignorant, and negotiate with the learned." Historical sources also state that whenever the Imam found time during the war, he would educate the people and judge among them.

Preventing the disruption of good traditions and conflicting with bad traditions;

Paying attention to criticism and ignoring the praise of others.

Development of cities: Imam Ali (a.s.) said to his rulers: “The superiority of a ruler lies in the development of cities.”

Agricultural development: It is narrated from Imam Baqir (a.s.) that Ali (a.s.) wrote to the commanders of the army, “I swear by God that you should not oppress the farmers.” It is also narrated from the Imam that: “God Almighty has commanded His servants to develop the earth so that they may earn a living from what grows from the earth, from seeds, fruits, and the like, from the things that God has made the servants’ livelihood.”

Development of industry and trade: The Imam (a.s.) said to the people: “Engage in trade, for trade will make you free from the need for what is in the hands of others.” Or he said: “A person’s profession is a treasure.”

Direct inspection of the market and prevention of hoarding;

Equal distribution of public wealth and not delaying its distribution;

Supporting the lower classes of society;