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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

ideologies they advocate lose their value and vanish. Quite simply,
they are replaced by torment. The spirit caused by the terror of that
day is related as follows:

If only you could see them when they are standing before the
Fire and saying, 'Oh! If only we could be sent back again, we
would not deny the signs of our Lord and we would be among
the believers.' Indeed that which they were concealing before
has been shown to them; and if they were sent back they
would merely return to what they were forbidden to do.
Truly, they are liars. They say, 'There is nothing but this life
and we will not be raised again.' If only you could see them
when they are standing before their Lord. He will say, 'Is this
not the Truth?' They will say, 'Yes indeed, by our Lord!' He

will say, 'Then taste the punishment for your disbelief.' (Surat
al-An'am: 27-30)

The Contention Among the People of Hell

Social status and hierarchical relations, which were assumed to
be momentous in this world, lose all their meaning in hell. The state
that both the people and their leaders are reduced to is such that they
curse one another. This is related in the Qur'an thus:

When those who were followed disown those who followed
them, and they see the punishment, and the connection be-
tween them is cut, those who followed will say, 'If only we
could have another chance, we would disown them just as
they have disowned us.' In that way Allah will show them
their actions as a cause of anguish and remorse for them. They
will never emerge from the Fire. (Surat al-Baqara: 166-167)

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