Rawdah denotes a garden, while hufrah is a pit. The expressions convey two very different states of the grave: one of mercy and comfort, and the other of punishment and distress.
These conditions belong to the intermediate life before Resurrection. Outward soil and the physical shape of a grave do not disclose the unseen state of its occupant.
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The Grave and the Life of the Prophets in Barzakh
Rawdah denotes a garden, while hufrah is a pit. The expressions convey two very different states of the grave: one of mercy and comfort, and the other of punishment and distress.
These conditions belong to the intermediate life before Resurrection. Outward soil and the physical shape of a grave do not disclose the unseen state of its occupant.