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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

sibility of relief or of cooling down there. In the Qur'an, the situation
of the people of hell is depicted as follows:

And the Companions of the Left: what of the Companions of
the Left? They shall dwell amid searing blasts and scalding
water and the murk of thick black smoke, providing no cool-
ness and no pleasure. (Surat al-Waqi'a: 41-44)

On that Day, woe to the deniers! Proceed to that which you
denied! Proceed to a shadow which forks into three but gives
no shade or protection from the flames. (Surat al-Mursalat: 28-
31)
In such a dense atmosphere, being confined to a narrow place
proves to be another form of torment. This punishment for the unbe-
lievers is described in Surat al-Furqan as follows:

When they are flung into a narrow place in it, shackled to-
gether in chains, they will cry out there for destruction. 'Do
not cry out today for just one destruction, cry out for many de-
structions!' (Surat al-Furqan: 13-14)

Being locked in a narrow place is really hard and depressive for
a person. Solitary confinement is one of the severest punishments for
prisoners. Being stuck in a car for hours after an accident or remain-
ing locked in the wreckage of an earthquake-ravaged city is consid-
ered to be among the gravest disasters. However, such examples are
insignificant beside their counterparts in hell. After all, someone
trapped among the rubble either loses consciousness and dies, or is
rescued alive after some time. In both cases, the pain lasts for a cer-
tain period of time.
This does not hold true for hell, however. There is no end to the
pain in hell and thus no hope. In a dirty, stuffy, gloomy atmosphere

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