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likewise be equipped with various types of torment.
Disbelievers will be punished for all the immoral conduct in which
they engaged in this life. The punishment will surely reflect the glory of
Allah. In hell, people will be subject to severe torture at every moment.
With skin rent, flesh burned, the only drink of the people of hell will be
blood and pus. Their shirts will be made of fire. Likewise, they will lie on
beds of fire. In brief, every moment in hell will be full of anguish.
Allah, in the Qur'an, gives a detailed account of the torture disbe-
lievers will undergo in the hell. Disregarding this fact is by no means a
way to escape. On the contrary, being aware of this fact and accordingly,
feeling fear for Allah is the only way to eternal salvation of mankind.
Allah describes hell in Surat al-Baqarah as follows:
They say: "The Fire will only touch us for a number of days." Say, "Have
you made a contract with Allah – then Allah will not break His contract –
or are you rather saying about Allah what you do not know?" No indeed!
Those who accumulate bad actions and are surrounded by their mistakes,
such people are the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, for
ever; whereas those who believe and do right actions, such people are the
Companions of the Garden, remaining in it timelessly, for ever. (Surat al-
Baqarah: 80-82)
As the verses suggest, punishment in the hell for relentless disbe-
lievers is eternal. The people of paradise will remain there. Allah relates
in the following verses:

Hell lies in wait - a homecoming for the profligate remaining in it for
countless aeons. (Surat an-Naba: 21-23)
Allah's decree about this subject is certain. That is why you must
never plead ignorance that as long as you do not adhere to the Qur'an,
there will be no salvation from hell. Those who revolt against Allah, and
hence deserve the hell will remain there.
The way a person conducts himself during the course of his short life
will lead him to the place he will stay in his eternal life. Surely, this is an
important consequence. Accepting to be punished in the hell just because
of a life limited to 60-70 years is an OBVIOUS disaster. This OBVIOUS dis-