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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

ately understand that they will be "presented" to hell, the place
where they will remain for all eternity. The closed doors indicate that
there will be no salvation. Allah describes the state of unbelievers as
follows:

And (as for) those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the
people of the left hand. On them is fire closed over. (Surat al-
Balad: 19-20)
The torment in the Qur'an is described as "a severe punishment"

(Surah Al 'Imran: 176), "a heavy doom" (Surah Al 'Imran: 4), and "a
painful chastisement" (Surah Al 'Imran: 21). The descriptions of it are
inadequate to give a full understanding of the punishment in hell.
Being unable to suffer even minor burns in the world, man cannot
grasp being exposed to fire for all eternity. What is more, the pain
that a fire gives in the world does not stand comparison with the se-
vere torture of hell. No pain can be similar to that of hell:
None punishes as He will punish on that day! None binds as
He then will bind. (Surat al-Fajr: 25-26)

There is life in hell. Yet it is a life in which every moment is full
of torture and anguish. In that life, every type of physical, mental
and psychological torment, along with various types of torture and
disgrace rage unchecked. To compare it to any distress in the world
is impossible.
People in hell perceive pain through all five senses. Their eyes
see disgusting and terrible images; their ears hear frightening
screams, roars and cries; their noses fill with terrible and acrid
smells; their tongues taste the most unbearable, vile tastes. They feel
hell deep in their cells; this is a maddeningly severe pain that is diffi-
cult to imagine in this world. Their skin, their internal organs and

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