74 God Most High has been very patient with the people of this world for a long time, but it has not been for their sake. He has done it for the sake of the age to come.”
75 Then I said, “Sir, may I ask you, please, to explain to me what happens when we die, when we must give back our soul? Will we be kept at rest until the time when you begin to make your new creation, or will our torment begin immediately?”
76 “I will answer that question also,” he replied, “but do not include yourself among those who will be tormented because they have no use for religion.
77 After all, you have a treasure of good works stored up with God Most High, which will not be shown to you until the last days.
78 But to answer your question about death: When God Most High has pronounced the final decree that a person shall die, the soul leaves the body to return to the one who gave it. Immediately it praises the glory of God Most High.
79 Let me explain first about people who had no use for the ways of God Most High and hated those who worshipped him.
80 There is no place where their souls can go for rest; they must wander about for ever in torment, grief, and sorrow. Their torment will progress in seven stages.