Pluralism in Salvation from the Viewpoint of the Quranic Verses and the Infallible Imam's Narrations

Paying attention to the deep roots of the discussion of salvation for the followers of the various religions and the existence of different views in this regard and its relation to Resurrection as well as the concerns of many individuals in this regard, it is necessary to determine the right and correct viewpoint in this regard by a comprehensive examination of the Quranic verses and the infallible Imam's narrations. According to the holy Quran and the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) narrations, the human beings, based on their own religious traditions, are divided to different groups in the Resurrection and, on the basis of faith, actions and other factors they are placed in different levels of salvation, happiness and/or misery. These levels in a hierarchal way includes from the lowest levels of misery to the highest levels of happiness and between these two types are those who neither enter the promised heaven nor the promised hell. Thus, the way to salvation is open for the most follower of different religions, although it is possible that the way of salvation to be closed to many.