limbo, a place that is between life and the true afterlife. In this place, people await their final judgment, much like some definitions of Barzakh. The Quranic idea of aʿrāf (“the heights”) is closer to that of Christian purgatory. Aʿrāf is also thought of as a place where souls go whose good and bad deeds are too evenly matched to go directly to Paradise or the Fire. See also Araf Bardo Intermediate state Malakut Matarta in Mandaeism Punishment of the Grave Sheol Siahat-e Gharb References 25. http://www.alim.org/library/quran/AlQuran-tafsir/MDD/47/26 Further reading Archer, George (2017). A Place Between Two Places: The Qurʾānic Barzakh. Gorgias Press: Piscataway, NJ. . Corbin, Henry (1977). Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran. Princeton University Press. Islamic eschatology Afterlife places Islamic cosmology Islamic terminology Limbo