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ing food and drink.
Descriptions in the Qur'an of the food and drink that are
prepared for unbelievers in Hell convey the indescribable
punishment and the sickening horror of their situation:
The tree of Az-Zaqqum (Surat ad-Dukhan: 43-46) and
bitter thorny bush (Surat al-Ghashiyya: 6-7) are among the
food of Hell. Scalding water (Surat al-Waqi'a: 54-55), pus to
drink (Surah Ibrahim: 16-17) and exuding pus (Surat al-
Haqqa: 36) are among the drinks of Hell.

47. Is Hell divided into ranks?

In Hell, everyone will be repaid in full for what they did.
Certainly people will be ranked according to the intensity of
their disbelief, the confusion they stirred up concerning the
believers and Allah's religion, and according to the serious-
ness of the wrongdoing they used to commit in the world.
For example, it is declared in the Qur'an that hypocrites, the
main enemies of believers against whom they hatch secret
plans, will be in the lowest level of the Fire (Surat an-Nisa':
145). Likewise, it is stated in the verse below that all unbe-
lievers will certainly enter the Fire and, with the justice of
Allah, will be paid in full for what they did:
Those are people of whom the statement about the
nations, both of jinn and men, who passed away be-
fore them, has also proved true; truly they were the
lost. Everyone will be ranked according to what they
did. We will pay them in full for their actions and
they will not be wronged. (Surat al-Ahqaf: 18-19)
Besides this, unless Allah wills otherwise, people will
not be forgiven and released from Hell after a given period
of punishment for their wrong actions. Every unbeliever

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