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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL
vant verses, there is specific mention of the separation of believers
and unbelievers on the Day of Judgments. Again we know from the
Qur'an that believers will remain in paradise for all eternity, while
unbelievers will be cast into hell, where they will suffer everlasting
torment:
They say, 'The Fire will only touch us for a number of days.'
Say, 'Have you made a contract with Allah—then Allah will
not break His contract—or are you rather saying about Allah
what you do not know? 'No indeed! Those who accumulate
bad actions and are surrounded by their mistakes, are the
Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, forever.
Whereas those who believe and do right actions, such people
are the Companions of the Garden, remaining in it timelessly,
forever. (Surat al-Baqara: 80-82)
In another verse Allah reveals thus:
That is because they say, The Fire will only touch us for a
number of days.' Their inventions have deluded them in their
religion. (Surah Al 'Imran: 24)
Hell is a place of unimaginable torment. Hell is the place where
the attributes of Allah, al-Jabbar (The Compeller) and al-Qahhar
(The Subduer) are manifested to the utmost degree. The torment in
hell is incomparable to any pain in the world. A person who cannot
endure even a burn on his finger saying he can readily undergo such
torture is merely demonstrating weak-mindedness. Furthermore, a
person who does not feel terrified by the Wrath of Allah fails to give
Allah due esteem. Such a person is entirely deprived of wisdom.
— Thinking "I already deserve paradise": There is also a group
who assume themselves to be the people of paradise. Engaging in
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