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HELL (JAHANNAM) when you hear Allah’s Signs being rejected and
When he is told to have fear of Allah, he is seized mocked at by people, you must not sit with them
by pride which drives him to wrongdoing. Hell till they start talking of other things. If you do you
will be enough for him! What an evil resting- are just the same as them. Allah will gather all
place! (2:206) the hypocrites and disbelievers into Hell. (4:140)
Say to those who disbelieve: ‘You will be over- Allah will not forgive those who disbelieve and
whelmed and crowded into Hell. What an evil do wrong or guide them on any path, except the
resting-place!’ (3:12) path of Hell, remaining in it timelessly, for ever
On the Day when faces are whitened and faces and ever. That is easy for Allah. (4:168-169)
are blackened. As for those whose faces are If only you could see when they are standing be-
blackened: ‘What! Did you disbelieve after hav- fore the Fire and saying, ‘Oh! If only we could be
ing believed? Taste the punishment for your dis- sent back again, we would not deny the Signs of
belief!’ (3:106) our Lord and we would be among the believers.’
Is someone who pursues the pleasure of Allah (6:27)
the same as someone who incurs displeasure If only you could see when they are standing be-
from Allah and whose refuge is Hell? What an fore their Lord. He will say, ‘Is this not the Truth?’
evil destination! (3:162) They will say, ‘Yes indeed, by our Lord!’ He will
A brief enjoyment; then their shelter will be Hell. say, ‘Then taste the punishment for your disbe-
What an evil resting-place! (3:197) lief.’ (6:30)
Some of them believe in him, and some bar ac- On the Day We gather them all together:
cess to him. Hell will suffice as a Searing Blaze! ‘Company of jinn, you gained many followers
(4:55) among mankind.’ And their friends among
As for those who reject Our Signs, We will roast mankind will say, ‘Our Lord, we benefited from
them in a Fire. Every time their skins are burned one another, and now we have reached the term
off, We will replace them with new skins so that which You determined for us.’ He will say, ‘The
they can taste the punishment. Allah is Almighty, Fire is your home. You will be in it timelessly, for
All-Wise. (4:56) ever, except as Allah wills. Your Lord is All-Wise,
As for anyone who kills a believer deliberately, All-Knowing.’ (6:128)
his repayment is Hell, remaining in it timelessly, He said, ‘Get out of it, reviled and driven out. As
for ever. Allah is angry with him and has cursed for those of them who follow you, I will fill up
him, and has prepared for him a terrible punish- Hell with every one of you.’ (7:18)
ment. (4:93) He will say, ‘Enter the Fire together with the na-
The angels ask those they take while they are tions of jinn and men who have passed away be-
wronging themselves, ‘What were your circum- fore you.’ Each time a nation enters, it will curse
stances?’ They reply, ‘We were oppressed on its sister nation, until, when they are all gathered
earth.’ They say, ‘Was Allah’s earth not wide together in it, the last of them will say to the first,
enough for you to have migrated elsewhere in it?’ ‘Our Lord, those are the ones who misguided us,
The shelter of such people will be Hell. What an so give them a double punishment in the Fire.’
evil destination! (4:97) He will say, ‘Each will receive double. But you
But if anyone opposes the Messenger after the do not know it.’ (7:38)
guidance has become clear to him, and follows The first of them will say to the last, ‘You are in
other than the path of the believers, We will hand no way superior to us so taste the punishment for
him over to whatever he has turned to, and We will what you earned.’ (7:39)
roast him in Hell. What an evil destination! (4:115) As for those who deny Our Signs and are arro-
The shelter of such people will be Hell. They will gant regarding them, the Gates of Heaven will
find no way to escape from it. (4:121) not be opened for them, and they will not enter
It has been sent down to you in the Book that the Garden until a camel goes through a needle’s
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