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HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

one a feeling of pride. It gives a person an identity and it is the most
significant expression of what we call "I". Often, the features of being
ugly or beautiful are attributed to the face. Upon seeing photographs
of a person with a severe burn on his face, people shrink and immedi-
ately turn to Allah asking for protection for themselves against such a

disaster. Nobody wants to be struck down by such misery. However,
unbelievers are heedless of one important fact; they are gradually ap-
proaching a similar end, and an incredibly severe one. The pain of
hellfire penetrates the entire human body. However, when the face is
exposed to fire, it becomes an unbearable torture. Eyes, ears, nose,
tongue and skin, in brief, all sensory organs are located in this impor-
tant part of the body. Any threat to the face, albeit minor, elicits a
strong reflex response. In hell however, the face is scalded. In this way,
the most vulnerable part of the body is injured the most severely. This
torment is depicted in the following verses:

They will say on the Day their faces are rolled over in the Fire,
'If only we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!'
(Surat al-Ahzab: 66)
...wearing shirts of tar, their faces enveloped in the Fire.
(Surah Ibrahim: 50)

The Fire will sear their faces, making them grimace horribly
in it, their lips drawn back from their teeth. (Surat al-
Mu'minun: 104)

The Firewood for Hellfire and Boiling Water

In the Qur'an, unbelievers are referred to as "firewood for hell-
fire". Their burning is dissimilar to the burning of any other thing in

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