We, as living people, are not able to look into the world beyond and see what happens or will happen after death. To have a clear picture of the afterlife, we need the religious doctrine of the afterlife. This essay deals with an important present and fu-ture problem/topic of humanity, namely the hereafter in gen-eral and the relationship between the hereafter and this world in particular. This study shows what ideas Shia Islam has about this and what information this religion can give us about the next life and the position of human beings in it. In addition, the solutions that Shia Islam offers for preparing for the afterlife and the opportunities it holds for Muslims are dealt with here. Unlike other truths of faith, the doctrine of the hereafter is an area where one can only rely on the indications of the prophets, Imams and revelation, as no one has come back from the here-after to notify us of what the situation there is.weiterlesen