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The Concept of Punishment in the Qur'an 201

The Walls of Hell Encompass Disbelievers
Say: 'It is the truth from your Lord; so let whoever wishes believe
and whoever wishes be disbelievers.' We have prepared for the
wrongdoers a Fire whose billowing walls of smoke will hem them in.
If they call for help, they will be helped with water like seething
molten brass, frying their faces. What a noxious drink! What an evil re-
pose! (Surat al-Kahf, 29)
The Terrible Roaring of Hell Will be Heard
Those who reject their Lord will have the punishment of Hell. What
an evil destination! When they are flung into it they will hear it gasp-
ing harshly as it seethes. (Surat al-Mulk, 6-7)

Allah will not Speak to Disbelievers
Those who sell Allah's contract and their own oaths for a paltry
price, such people will have no portion in the hereafter and on the Day
of Rising Allah will not speak to them or look at them or purify them.
They will have a painful punishment. (Surah Al 'Imran, 77)
Its Terrible Raging and Roaring
Will be Heard From a Long Way Off
When it shall come into their sight from a distant place, they shall
hear its vehement raging and roaring. (Surat al-Furqan, 12)

They Will be Disgraced
Our Lord, those You cast into the Fire, You have indeed disgraced.
The wrongdoers will have no helpers. (Surah Al 'Imran, 192)
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated. (Surat al-Ghashiyya, 2)
There They Will Acknowledge Their Wrongdoing
It all but bursts with rage. Each time a group is flung into it its custo-
dians will question them: 'Did no warner come to you?' They will say,
'Yes indeed, a warner did come to us but we denied him and said,
"Allah has sent nothing down. You are just greatly misguided."' They
will say, 'If only we had really listened and used our intellect, we
would not have been Companions of the Blaze.' Then they will ac-
knowledge their wrong actions. Away with the Companions of the
Blaze! (Surat al-Mulk, 8-11)