Page 72 - The Pains of the False World

THE PAINS OF THE FALSE WORLD

The sufferings the unbelievers will experience in the He-
reafter will be incomparably greater than those in this world.
Unbelievers will be punished with a torment they have never
imagined and the like of which they have not previously ex-
perienced. The expression "blazing fire" is used in several
verses of the Qur'an in order to describe the fierceness of the
flames of Hell. In other verses, that fierceness is described as
follows:

But no! It is a Raging Blaze. Stripping away the limbs
and scalp. (Surat al-Ma'arij, 15-16)
Unlike this fierce torment in Hell, a very happy and pe-
aceful environment has been prepared for the people of Para-
dise. Allah, in His mercy, has created Paradise for His faithful
servants in the best and most perfect manner. Allah is pleased
with them and will re w a rd them with eternal joy. In the
Qur'an, the following is stated:

Allah has promised the men and women of the beli-
evers Gardens with rivers flowing under them, rema-
ining in them timelessly, for ever, and fine dwellings in
the Gardens of Eden. And Allah's good pleasure is even
greater. That is the great victory. (Surat at-Tawba, 72)
Allah has revealed the diff e rence between Paradise and
Hell in another verse:
An image of the Garden which is promised to those who
guard against evil: in it there are rivers of water which
will never spoil and rivers of milk whose taste will ne -
ver change and rivers of wine, delightful to all who
drink it, and rivers of honey of undiluted purity; in it

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