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burn in fire, become thirsty and hungry, and feel regret. They are tor-
mented by feelings of guilt. What is more important, they want the pain
to be relieved.
The people of hell live a life infinitely lower than the animals in this
dirty and disgusting environment. The only nourishment they have is the
fruits of the bitter thorn and the tree of zaqqum. Their drink, on the other
hand, is blood and pus. Meanwhile, fire engulfs them everywhere. The
anguish in hell is depicted as follows:

Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into hell. As often as their
skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins that they may
taste the penalty. For Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise. (Surat an-Nisa: 56)
With skin rent, flesh burned, and blood splattering all over, they are
chained and whipped. Hands tied to their necks, they are cast into the core
of hell. Angels of punishment, in the meantime, place those who are guilty
in beds of fire, their covers also of fire. The coffins they are placed in are
covered with fire.
Disbelievers constantly scream to be saved from such torments. And
they often receive in reply only more humiliation and torture. They are left
all alone in their anguish. Those who were known for their arrogance in
the world now beg humbly for mercy.
These scenes will all come true. They are real. They are more real than
our daily lives.
Those "who among men serve Allah, as it were, on the verge" (Surat al-
Hajj: 11); those who say "the Fire shall not touch us but for a few num-
bered days" (Surah Ali-'Imran: 24); those who make notions such as
money, status, and careers the main goals of their lives and accordingly
neglect the good pleasure of Allah; those who alter the commands of Allah
in accordance with their own wishes and desires; those who interpret the

Qur'an according to their own interests; those who go astray from the right
path – in brief – all disbelievers and hypocrites will abide in hell, except
those whom Allah in His mercy forgives and rescues. This is the conclu-
sive word of Allah and will certainly happen:
If We had so willed, We could certainly have brought every soul its true guid-

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