Judgement (afterlife)

Judgement in an afterlife, in which one's deeds and characteristics in life determine either punishment or reward, is a central theme of many religions.

[citation needed] In Ancient Egypt, it was believed that upon death, one's fate in the afterlife was determined by the weighing of one's heart.

Upon death, one entered the underworld (Duat), where Anubis, the God of the dead, weighed the person's heart on a scale against the feather of Ma’at, the goddess of order, truth, and righteousness.

Depending on one's actions in life, an individual would be sent to one of three different planes: Elysium, the Asphodel Fields, or Tartarus.

[3] In Elysium people relax and enjoy a life of everlasting joy in a beautiful and comfortable field with trees and sun.

In some there is no God that passes down judgement on individuals to either determine their future life or to reward or punish them for their current one.

However, Karma and the Caste system is not employed; thus reincarnation, as well as rewards and punishment between lives and in Diyu, are based solely on good or bad deeds in life.

Gehenna was a fiery place similar to common conceptions of Hell, where the wicked would be tortured for a maximum of one year's time in order to purify them for Olam Ha-Ba.

[citation needed] Catholics believe that all men, women, and children whether just or unjust will be resurrected, and shall come to The Day of Judgment both in body and soul.

[28] When the world ends all of the dead will come back to life for their permanent judgement and placed in a new Heaven, Earth and Hell.

God will call every person into Judgement individually, speak to them directly without a translator, and weigh their deeds on the scale.

One's assignment to Jannah or Jahannam are determined by two things: their monotheistic belief in God without partners, and one's deeds in life.

Jannah is described in the Quran as a garden of perpetual bliss with rivers flowing underneath; it is bigger than the heavens and the earth of the current life.

It is in the shape of a hill, with the center of it as the highest rank, where the Prophets will reside, right underneath the Throne of God, and where the springs of all the rivers of Jannah flow.

Meanwhile, those in Jahannam are tortured, primarily by methods relating to scolding fire or freezing ice, for eternity, or until Allah wills for some of them to be saved.