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the believers in paradise are "Blessed be the name of your Lord, full of
Majesty, Bounty and Honour." (Surat ar-Rahman: 78)

Hell

The place, where disbelievers will remain for all eternity is specially cre-
ated to give pain to the human body and soul. That is solely because the
disbelievers are guilty of great wrong.
Being ungrateful and rebellious to the Creator, the One who gives man
a soul, is the greatest wrong action that can be committed in the whole
universe. Hell is where Allah’s justice will be meted out for this wrong.
Man is created to be a servant of Allah. If he denies the main purpose of
his creation, then he surely receives what he deserves. Allah states the fol-
lowing in one of the verses:
...those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell
– in humiliation! (Surat al-Ghafir: 60)
Since the majority of people will be sent to hell at the end and punish-
ment in it is timeless and eternal, then the main aim, the basic goal of
humanity should be to avoid hell. The biggest threat to man is hell and
nothing can be more important than saving one's soul from it.
Despite this, almost all people on earth live in a state of unconscious-
ness. They occupy themselves with other troubles in their daily lives. They
work for months, years, even decades for insignificant issues, yet never
think of the biggest threat, the gravest danger to their eternal existence.
Hell is right next to them; yet, they are too blind to see it:
Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they heed not and
they turn away. Never comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message from
their Lord, but they listen to it as in jest, their hearts toying as with trifles.
(Surat al-Anbiya: 1-3)

Such people engage in vain effort. They spend all their lives chasing
after chimerical goals. Most of the time, their goals are being promoted in
the company, marrying, having a "happy family life", earning a lot of
money or being an advocate of an ideology. These are deeds that one may
hope to benefit from both in this world and in the next as long as they are
performed for Allah’s good pleasure. What is wrong, however, is to take

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