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EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE TRUTH?

The unbelievers will be led to hell in hordes. When they
arrive there its gates will be opened. And its keepers will
say, 'Did not messengers come to you from among your-
selves, proclaiming to you the revelations of your Lord,
and fore warning you of the Meeting of this Day? The
answer will be: 'True' And thus the promised scourge
will smite the unbelievers! They will be told: 'Enter you
the gates of hell, to dwell therein forever: and evil is this
Abode of the Arrogant!'" (Surat Az-Zumar: 68-72)
Those in the Fire will say to the custodians of hell,'Call
on your Lord to make the punishment less for us for just
one day.' They will ask, 'Did your Messengers not bring
you the Clear Signs?' They will answer, 'Yes.'They will
say, 'Then you call!'But the calling of the kafirun only
goes astray. (Surah Ghafir: 49-50)
Some of those who will go to hell are those who never thought
about Allah's wrath in this world. It is revealed in verses that:
"Do but consider those who have been given a portion of
the Book? They are invited to accept the Book of Allah, to
settle their disputes, but some of them turn back and de-
cline the arbitration. This is because they say: 'The Fire
shall not touch us except for a few days; In their religion
they are deceived by their own lies. But how will they
fare when We gather them together upon a day about
which there is no doubt, and each soul will be given just
what it has earned, without favor or injustice?" (Surah Al
'Imran: 23-25)
In other verses of the Qur'an Allah explains the horror in
hell as follows:

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