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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

All-Merciful promised us. The Messengers were telling the
truth.' (Surah Ya Sin: 51-52)

The exclamation "Alas for us!" which is revealed in the verse, is
the expression of great panic and disappointment. The unbeliever
who witnesses his own resurrection realizes that Allah's apostles
who conveyed this message throughout his life had told the truth.
He then grasps that he will be subjected to the "eternal torment" with
which the unbelievers were threatened. At that moment, he sheds all
doubts on the subject and comes to terms with the fact that there is
just not anything like "eternal sleep". His disappointment is intensi-
fied by his diminishing hopes of salvation from the forthcoming tor-
ment.
— During the Day of Resurrection, unbelievers will feel fear,

horror and they are desperate. Their general appearance is frighten-
ing; their faces are black, dust-covered. What is more, they will be
humiliated:
Some faces on that Day will be downcast (Surat al-
Ghashiyah: 2)

That Day some faces will be dust-covered, overcast with
gloom. Those are the dissolute unbelievers. (Surah 'Abasa: 40-
42)

On the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied
against Allah with their faces blackened. Do not the arrogant
have a dwelling place in hell? (Surat az-Zumar: 60)
— Allah will raise unbelievers on the Day of Resurrection,
blind.

But if anyone turns away from My reminder, his life will be a

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