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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, for ever.
(Surat al-Baqara: 80-81)

Being ungrateful and rebellious to the Creator Who "gave hear-
ing and sight and intelligence and affections" (Surat an-Nahl: 78) cer-
tainly deserves unceasing suffering. The excuses one puts forward
will not save one from hell. The verdict given for those who display
indifference—or worse, animosity—towards the religion of his
Creator is certain and invariable:

When Our signs are recited to them—clear signs—you can de-
tect denial in the faces of those who are unbelievers. They all
but assault those who recite Our signs to them! Say: 'Shall I
inform you of something worse than that? The Fire which
Allah has promised those who are unbelievers. What an evil
destination!' (Surat al-Hajj: 72)
Those who remained arrogant to Allah and harbored enmity to-
wards believers will hear the following words on the Day of
Judgment:

So enter the gates of hell, to dwell therein. Thus evil indeed is
the abode of the arrogant. (Surat an-Nahl: 29)
The most fearsome characteristic of hell is its eternal nature.
Once in hell, there will be no return except for the ones Allah saves.
The only reality is hell together with many other kinds of torture.
Encountering such an eternal torture, a person falls into total de-

spair. He has no further expectations. This state is described in the
Qur'an as follows:
As for those who are rebellious and wicked, their abode will
be the Fire. Every time they wish to get away from it, they will
be forced into it, and they will be told: 'Taste the Penalty of

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