Page 23 - Signs of the End Times in Surat Al-Kahf

HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

The evildoers will remain timelessly, forever, in the punish-
ment of Hell. It will not be eased for them. They will be
crushed there by despair. We have not wronged them; it was
they who were wrongdoers. They will call out [addressing the
keeper of Hell]: "Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will

say: "You will stay the way you are." (Surat az-Zukhruf, 74-77)
As seen in the above verses, not even in Hell will the unbelievers
comprehend the fact that they are dependent on Allah; rather, they will
continue in their conceit by not turning to Him but, instead, calling out
to an angel to "let your Lord put an end to us." By doing so, they prove
that they are still transgressors. Allah reveals that the unbelievers who
ask: "Can we be sent back so that we can do something other than
what we did?" (Surat al-A`raf, 53) are liars:
If only you could see when they are standing before the Fire
and saying: "Oh! If only we could be sent back again, we would
not deny the Signs of our Lord, and we would be among the be-
lievers." No, it is simply that what they were concealing before
has been shown to them. If they were sent back, they would
merely return to what they were forbidden to do. Truly, they are

liars. (Surat al-An`am, 27-28)
Other verses state that people are given enough time on Earth, but
that they do not abandon their conceit:
Or lest he should say, when he sees the punishment: "If only I
could have another chance so that I could be a good-doer!" "No,
the fact is that My Signs came to you, but you denied them and
were arrogant and one of the unbelievers." (Surat az-Zumar, 58-
59)
From all of this, we understand that such people will not mend their
ways. Since Allah is most merciful with the believers, He does not let such
evil people enter Paradise and be with the believers. Paradise, with all
that it contains and its inhabitants, is a place of goodness, and nothing that

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