In Islamic eschatology, Barzakh (Arabic: برزخ) is the intermediate state in which the soul of the deceased is transferred across the boundaries of the mortal realm into a kind of "cold sleep" where the soul will rest until the Qiyamah (Judgement Day). Barzakh is an Arabic word, which is compounded of Barra and Zakhkha, which means that the manner of earning through action has ended and has fallen into a hidden state.
Barzakh is a sequence that happens after death, in which the soul will separate from the body. Three main events make up Barzakh:
- The separation of the soul and the body, in which the soul separates and hovers over the body.
- Self-review of one's actions and deeds in one's life.
- The soul rests in an interspace in which one will experience a manifestation of one's soul resulting in a cold sleep state, awaiting the Day of Judgement.