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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

it is not allowed. As related in the 17th verse of Surat al-Ma'arij, it is
a fire "which calls for all who drew back and turned away." In an-
other verse the fate of the deniers is related thus:

But as for those who are deviators, their refuge is the Fire.
Every time that they want to get out, they are put straight back
into it again and they are told, 'Taste the punishment of the
Fire, which you denied.' (Surat as-Sajda: 20)
The screams and sighs of those who are subjected to such tor-

ment can be heard all over. Just these terrifying screams and sighs
are a special source of torment for unbelievers. This is related in the
Qur'an thus:
There will be sighing for them. (Surat an-Anbiya': 100)

As for those who are wretched, they will be in the Fire, where
they will sigh and gasp. (Surah Hud: 106)
Fire causes unbearable pain. Human beings are unable to en-
dure even such pain as the flame of a match gives. However, any
pain we experience in this world is insignificant as compared to that

of hellfire. No one can be exposed to fire in the world over a long pe-
riod of time. He either dies in 5-10 seconds or feels the pain for a lim-
ited period of time.
However, hellfire is horrible; it does not kill but only inflicts
pain. People in hell will be subjected to a fire which will abide for all
eternity, unless Allah wills otherwise. Knowing that this torment
will never end will make hell's inmates fall into a state of utter hope-
lessness. They will feel desperate and experience a sense of total de-
struction.
A burned face is the most undesirable aspect of torment. That is
because the face is important in being the part of the body which gives

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