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eye. That is how We repay the evildoers. (7:40) tion? Hell hems in the disbelievers. (9:49)
They will have Hell as a resting-place and cover- Do they not know that whoever opposes Allah
ing layers on top of them. That is how We repay and His Messenger, will have the Fire of Hell, re-
wrongdoers. (7:41) maining in it timelessly, for ever? That is the great
When they turn their eyes towards the disgrace. (9:63)
Companions of the Fire, they will say, ‘Our Lord, Allah has promised the men and women of the
do not place us with the people of the wrongdo- hypocrites and disbelievers the Fire of Hell, re-
ers!’ (7:47) maining in it timelessly, for ever. It will suffice
The Companions of the Ramparts will call out to them. Allah has cursed them. They will have
men they recognise by their mark, saying, ‘What everlasting punishment. (9:68)
you amassed was of no use to you, nor was your O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and
arrogance.’ (7:48) hypocrites and be harsh with them. Their shelter
The Companions of the Fire will call out to the will be Hell. What an evil destination! (9:73)
Companions of the Garden, ‘Throw down some Those who were left behind were glad to stay be-
water to us or some of what Allah has given you hind the Messenger of Allah. They did not want
as provision.’ They will say, ‘Allah has forbidden to strive with their wealth and themselves in the
them to the disbelievers: those who took their re- Way of Allah. They said, ‘Do not go out to fight
ligion as a diversion and a game, and were de- in the heat.’ Say: ‘The Fire of Hell is much hotter,
luded by the life of this world.’ Today We will if they only understood.’ (9:81)
forget them just as they forgot the encounter of They will swear to you by Allah when you return
this Day and denied Our Signs. (7:50-51) to them, so that you leave them alone. Leave
We created many of the jinn and mankind for them alone, then! They are filth. Their shelter
Hell. They have hearts they do not understand will be Hell as repayment for what they did.
with. They have eyes they do not see with. They (9:95)
have ears they do not hear with. Such people are Who is better: someone who founds his building
like cattle. No, they are even further astray! They on fear of Allah and His good pleasure, or some-
are the unaware. (7:179) one who founds his building on the brink of a
Anyone who turns his back on them that day, un- crumbling precipice so that it collapses with him
less he is withdrawing to rejoin the fight or with- into the Fire of Hell? Allah does not love wrong-
drawing to support another group, brings Allah’s doers. (9:109)
anger down upon himself. His refuge is Hell. If your Lord had wanted to, He would have made
What an evil destination! (8:16) mankind into one community but they persist in
Those who disbelieve spend their wealth barring their differences, except for those your Lord has
access to the Way of Allah. They will spend it; mercy on. That is what He created them for–so
then they will regret it; then they will be over- that the Word of your Lord would be fulfilled: ‘I
thrown. Those who disbelieve will be gathered will fill up Hell with the jinn and mankind all to-
into Hell, so that Allah can sift the bad out from gether.’ (11:118-119)
the good, and pile the bad on top of one another, Those who respond to their Lord will receive the
heaping them all together, and tip them into Hell. best. But as for those who do not respond to Him,
They are the lost. (8:36-37) even if they owned everything on the earth and
On the Day it is heated up in the fire of Hell and the same again with it, they would offer it as a
their foreheads, sides and backs are branded ransom. They will receive an evil Reckoning.
with it: ‘This is what you hoarded for yourselves, Their shelter will be Hell. What an evil resting-
so taste what you were hoarding!’ (9:35) place! (13:18)
Among them are there some who say, ‘Give me And beyond him is Hell where he will be given
permission to stay. Do not put temptation in my pus to drink. He gulps at it but can hardly swal-
way.’ Have they not fallen into that very tempta- low it down. Death comes at him from every side
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