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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

metals. However, these metals are actually the possessions unbeliev-
ers ascribed as partners to Allah in the world:

...As for those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend
it in the Way of Allah, give them the news of a painful pun-
ishment. The Day will surely come when they are heated up
in the fire of hell and their foreheads, sides and backs are
branded with it: 'This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so
taste what you were hoarding!' (Surat at-Tawba: 34-35)

Other Forms of Torment

Contrary to the received wisdom, hell is not merely a place
where the people of hell will be exposed to fire. The people of hell
are also engulfed by other physical and psychological torments.
Various methods and equipment are employed to subject some-
one to torture in this world. People are often crippled or sometimes
die of the pain. Those who survive become mentally distorted. Yet,
the fact remains that the techniques employed for torture in this
world are incomparably simpler than those of hell. The people of
hell will undergo very different and severe tortures. In the case of a
person who is electrocuted, the electricity given as well as the vul-
nerability of man to electricity are both created by Allah. Many other
unknown sources of pain and the weaknesses of man all form part of

Allah's perfect knowledge. Accordingly, Allah will inflict the most
severe of all tortures. This is the law of Allah, the al-Qahhar (the
Subduer).
As stated in the Qur'an, in hell, there is misery everywhere.
There is no avoidance of torment; it engulfs the people of hell from
all sides. They can neither fend off the torment nor avoid it. The situ-

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