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The Other Side: Barzakh and Beyond | Omar Suleiman ramadan present The Carpet follows a dayPeople sometimes say, I will see you on the other side. But how certain can one be of this other plane of existence? Where exactly is that other side, and how can you be sure you will reach it? Everything begins with a fundamental truth: those whom we have buried from our loved ones are not truly dead. They have merely passed into a special realm known as the Barzakh, a stage of existence between this life and the Hereafter. In that world, the souls