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during their lives, "I'll serve my time and come out," and deceive
themselves with their own arrogant and erroneous mentality, is de-
scribed by Allah in the following verses:
… He will say, "The Fire is your home. You will be in it time-
lessly, for ever, except as Allah wills. Your Lord is All-Wise,
All-Knowing." (Surat al-An'am: 128)
But as for those who are deviators, their refuge is the Fire.
Every time that they want to get out, they are put straight
back into it again and they are told, "Taste the punishment of

the Fire, which you denied." (Surat as-Sajda: 20)
They will want to get out of the Fire but they will not be able
to. They will have an everlasting punishment. (Surat al-
Ma'ida: 37)
If you do not want to be one of the people referred to in the above
verses, think again about this subject and whatever you do, do not
give way to the unfounded belief that you will go to Paradise what-
ever happens or that you will serve out your punishment and be re-
leased from Hell. Judge yourself not according to groundless criteria
but according to the verses of the Qur'an. In the Qur'an, Allah tells us
in detail what kind of person you should be in order to deserve
Paradise. Do not forget that nobody's entry into Paradise is guaran-
teed. On the contrary, everybody is being tested in the life of the world
and everyone is in danger of going to Hell. The Qur'an points out to us

that even Allah's most sincere and conscientious prophets prayed to
Him on this matter:
[Yusuf said,] "My Lord, You have granted power to me on
Earth and taught me the true meaning of events. Originator
of the heavens and Earth, You are my friend in this world and
the next. So take me as a Muslim at my death and join me to