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bling (Surah Ya Sin: 49) and they will accuse each other of
being greedy and misleading (Surat as-Saffat: 27-33). In
Hell they will argue with Allah (Surat al-A‘raf: 38-41, Surah
Fussilat: 29, Surah Qaf: 27-30, and Surat al-Mu’minun:
106-108), with the custodians of Hell (Surat az-Zukhruf:
77-80 and Surat al-Mulk: 8-11), with the believers in
Heaven (Surat al-Hadid: 13-15), and among themselves
(Surah Ghafir: 46-50, Surah Saba’: 31-33, and Surah Sad:
59-64). All of this will be to humiliate them and turn their
broken hopes into misery.
The keepers of Hell will not listen to them, saying that
they should address their pleas to Allah. But Allah will for-
bid them to speak to Him, saying that all of the blessings
of Paradise are forbidden to them. Those who led them
astray and the idols they worshipped will not know them;
in fact, they will deny that they led the unbelievers astray.
Satan will say that he only called them and they came run-
ning. In other words, he did not force them to accept his
“truth.” As a result, they will experience eternal misery.
(Allah knows the truth.)