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48 Before You Regret
them in. Upon this, the gates will be closed behind them
for all eternity. Allah describes the way unbelievers are
driven to hell in the Qur'an as follows:
Those who are unbelievers will be driven to hell in com-
panies and when they arrive there and its gates are
opened its custodians will say to them, "Did Messengers
from yourselves not come to you, reciting your Lord's
Signs to you and warning you of the meeting on this Day
of yours?" They will say, "Indeed they did," but the
decree of punishment is justly carried out against the
unbelievers. They will be told, "Enter the gates of hell
and stay there timelessly, for ever. How evil is the abode
of the arrogant!" (Surat az-Zumar: 71-72)
"That is because you exulted on the earth, without any
right to do so; and strutted about. Enter the gates of
hell, remaining in it timelessly, for ever. How evil is the
abode of the arrogant!" (Surah Ghafir: 75-76)
Not a single person among this crowd can come out and
say that he was not warned against this day. That is
because Allah, Who is the Just, had sent messengers to
every individual to remind him about His existence, the
Day of Judgment, paradise and hell. Therefore, unbelievers
will acknowledge that they deserved the torment in hell.
They remained arrogant although they were warned
and knowingly avoided to serve Allah, the One Who cre-
ated them. Allah informs man that such people will be
humiliated in hell in the Qur'an:
