By Khandaker Nazneen Sultana
An-Nu`man ibn Bashir (RA) narrated that he heard the Prophet (SAW) said: "The least torture in the Hell on the Day of Judgment is that of a man whose foot sole is laid on a live coal which causes his brain to boil just like a boiler."-- [Bukhari and Muslim]
Abu Huraira said that the Prophet (SAW) anounced: "The Hell complained to her Rabb: O my Rabb! I am eating myself. He allowed her two breaths: One in winter and the other one in summer, and that is why you feel the heat in Summer and the cold in Winter."
This Hadith is a statement for the variation in degrees in the punishment of those in the Hell. We seek protection of Allah from it and from anything that leads to it whether word or deed. Paradise as their Ultimate Reward after they receive their punishment.
Allah has also described about Hell in many places in the Qur’an, so let us now take a look at what He has in store for the non-believers.
Hell after Death in Islam—From the view of The Al-Qur’an
In Surah An-Nisaa verses no. 56 Allah mentions:
4.56. Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire: as often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.
In Surah Al-An’am verses no. 27 Allah says:
6.27. If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with the Fire! They will say: "Would that we were but sent back! Then would we not reject the signs of our Lord, but would be amongst those who believe!"
In Surah Hud verses no. 106, 107, 119 Allah notices:
11.106. Those who are wretched shall be in the Fire: There will be for them therein (nothing but) the heaving of sighs and sobs:
11.107. They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: for thy Lord is the (sure) accomplisher of what He planneth.
11.119. Except those on whom thy Lord hath bestowed His Mercy: and for this did He create them: and the Word of thy Lord shall be fulfilled: "I will fill Hell with jinns and men all together."
In Surah Ibrahim verses no. 16, 17, 49, 50 Allah express:
14.16. In front of such a one is Hell, and he is given, for drink, boiling fetid water.
14.17. In gulps will he sip it, but never will he be near swallowing it down his throat: death will come to him from every quarter, yet will he not die: and in front of him will be a chastisement unrelenting.
14.49. And thou wilt see the sinners that day bound together in fetters;-
14.50. Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with Fire;
In Surah Al-Hijr verses no. 43- 44 Allah remarks:
15.43. And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!
15.44. To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.
In Surah Maryam verses no. 69, 70 Allah relates:
19.69. Then shall We certainly drag out from every sect all those who were worst in obstinate rebellion against ((Allah)) Most Gracious.
19.70. And certainly We know best those who are most worthy of being burned therein.
In Surah Ta-Ha verses no. 74 Allah informs:
20.74. Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),- for him is Hell: therein shall he neither die nor live.
In Surah Al- Hajj verses no. 19 -22 Allah explains:
22.19. These two antagonists dispute with each other about their Lord: But those who deny (their Lord),- for them will be cut out a garment of Fire: over their heads will be poured out boiling water.
22.20. With it will be scalded what is within their bodies, as well as (their) skins.
22.21. In addition there will be maces of iron (to punish) them.
22.22. Every time they wish to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will be forced back therein, and (it will be said), "Taste ye the Penalty of Burning!"
In Surah Al-Muminun verses no. 107, 108 Allah mentions:
23.107. "Our Lord! bring us out of this: if ever we return (to Evil), then shall we be wrong-doers indeed!"
23.108. He will say: "Be ye driven into it (with ignominy)! And speak ye not to Me!
In Surah Al-Furkan verses no. 11 -14 Allah notices:
25.11. Nay they deny the hour (of the judgment to come): but We have prepared a blazing fire for such as deny the hour:
25.12. When it sees them from a place fAr off, they will hear its fury and its ranging sigh.
25.13. And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place therein, they will pLead for destruction there and then!
25.14. "This day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destruction oft- repeated!"
In Surah Ash-Shu’araa verses no. 96- 103, 189 Allah states:
26.96. "They will say there in their mutual bickerings:
26.97. "'By Allah, we were truly in an error manifest,
26.98. "'When we held you as equals with the Lord of the Worlds;
26.99. "'And our seducers were only those who were steeped in guilt.
26.100. "'Now, then, we have none to intercede (for us),
26.101. "'Nor a single friend to feel (for us).
26.102. "'Now if we only had a chance of return we shall truly be of those who believe!'"
26.103. Verily in this is a Sign but most of them do not believe.
26.189. But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day.
In Surah As- Sajda verses no. 12-14, 20 – 22 Allah announces:
32.12. If only thou couldst see when the guilty ones will bend low their heads before their Lord, (saying:) "Our Lord! We have seen and we have heard: Now then send us back (to the world): we will work righteousness: for we do indeed (now) believe."
32.13. If We had so willed, We could certainly have brought every soul its true guidance: but the Word from Me will come true, "I will fill Hell with Jinns and men all together."
32.14. "Taste ye then - for ye forgot the Meeting of this Day of yours, and We too will forget you - taste ye the Penalty of Eternity for your (evil) deeds!"
32.20. As to those who are rebellious and wicked, their abode will be the Fire: every time they wish to get away therefrom, they will be forced thereinto, and it will be said to them: "Taste ye the Penalty of the Fire, the which ye were wont to reject as false."
32.21. And indeed We will make them taste of the Penalty of this (life) prior to the supreme Penalty, in order that they may (repent and) return.
32.22. And who does more wrong than one to whom are recited the Signs of his Lord, and who then turns away therefrom? Verily from those who transgress We shall exact (due) Retribution.
In Surah Al- Ahzab verses no. 66- 68 Allah notices:
33.66. The Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the Fire, they will say: "Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger."
33.67. And they would say: "Our Lord! We obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us as to the (right) Path.
33.68. "Our Lord! Give them double Penalty and curse them with a very great Curse!"
In Surah Fatir verses no. 45 Allah express:
35.45. If Allah were to punish men according to what they deserve. He would not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term: when their Term expires, verily Allah has in His sight all His Servants.
In Surah Ya-Sin verses no. 60- 65 Allah reports:
36.60. "Did I not enjoin on you, O ye Children of Adam, that ye should not worship Satan; for that he was to you an enemy avowed?-
36.61. "And that ye should worship Me, (for that) this was theStraight Way
36.62. "But he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did ye not, then, understand?
36.63. "This is the Hell of which ye were (repeatedly) warned!
36.64. "Embrace ye the (fire) this Day, for that ye (persistently) rejected (Truth)."
36.65. That Day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But their hands will speak to us, and their feet bear witness, to all that they did.
In Surah As-Saffat verses no. 62- 68 Allah informs:
37.62. Is that the better entertainment or the Tree of Zaqqum?
37.63. For We have truly made it (as) a trial for the wrong-doers.
37.64. For it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-Fire:
37.65. The shoots of its fruit-stalks are like the heads of devils:
37.66. Truly they will eat thereof and fill their bellies therewith.
37.67. Then on top of that they will be given a mixture made of boiling water.
37.68. Then shall their return be to the (Blazing) Fire.
In Surah Sad verses no. 55- 58 Allah mentions:
38.55. Yea, such! but - for the wrong-doers will be an evil place of (Final) Return!-
38.56. Hell!- they will burn therein, - an evil bed (indeed, to lie on)!-
38.57. Yea, such! - then shall they taste it,- a boiling fluid, and a fluid dark, murky, intensely cold!-
38.58. And other Penalties of a similar kind, to match them!
In Surah Az
39.71. The Unbelievers will be led to Hell in crowd: until, when they arrive, there, its gates will be opened. And its keepers will say, "Did not apostles come to you from among yourselves, rehearsing to you the Signs of your Lord, and warning you of the Meeting of This Day of yours?" The answer will be: "True: but the Decree of Punishment has been proved true against the Unbelievers!"
39.72. (To them) will be said: "Enter ye the gates of Hell, to dwell therein: and evil is (this) Abode of the Arrogant!"
In Surah Gafir verses no. 10- 12, 49, 50 Allah remarks:
40.10. The Unbelievers will be addressed: "Greater was the aversion of Allah to you than (is) your aversion to yourselves, seeing that ye were called to the Faith and ye used to refuse."
40.11. They will say: "Our Lord! twice hast Thou made us without life, and twice hast Thou given us Life! Now have we recognised our sins: Is there any way out (of this)?"
40.12. (The answer will be:) "This is because, when Allah was invoked as the Only (object of worship), ye did reject Faith, but when partners were joined to Him, ye believed! the Command is with Allah, Most High, Most Great!"
40.49. Those in the Fire will say to the Keepers of Hell: "Pray to your Lord to lighten us the Penalty for a day (at least)!"
40.50. They will say: "Did there not come to you your apostles with Clear Signs?" They will say, "Yes". They will reply, "Then pray (as ye like)! But the prayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile wandering) in (mazes of) error!"
In Surah Az
43.74. The sinners will be in the Punishment of Hell, to dwell therein (for aye):
43.75. Nowise will the (Punishment) be lightened for them, and in despair will they be there overwhelmed.
43.76. Nowise shall We be unjust to them: but it is they who have been unjust themselves.
43.77. They will cry: "O Malik! would that thy Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Nay, but ye shall abide!"
43.78. Verily We have brought the Truth to you: but most of you have a hatred for Truth.
In Surah Ad- Dukhan verses no. 49- 57Allah relates:
44.43. Verily the tree of Zaqqum
44.44. Will be the food of the Sinful,-
44.45. Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
44.46. Like the boiling of scalding water.
44.47. (A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
44.48. "Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
In Surah Qaf verses no. 30 Allah explains:
50.30. One Day We will ask Hell, "Art thou filled to the full?" It will say, "Are there any more (to come)?"
In Surah Ar- Rahman verses no. 41, 43, 44 Allah notices:
55.41. (For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
55.43. This is the Hell which the Sinners deny:
55.44. In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round!
In Surah Al- Waqia verses no. 42- 44, 52- 55 Allah express:
56.42. (They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water,
56.43. And in the shades of Black Smoke:
56.44. Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:
56.52. "Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.
56.53. "Then will ye fill your insides therewith,
56.54. "And drink Boiling Water on top of it:
56.55. "Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"
In Surah Al- Mulk verses no. 6- 12 Allah informs:
67.6. For those who reject their Lord (and Cherisher) is the Penalty of Hell: and evil is (such), Destination.
67.7. When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing in of its breath even as it blazes forth,
67.8. Almost bursting with fury: Every time a Group is cast therein, its Keepers will ask, "Did no Warner come to you?"
67.9. They will say: "Yes indeed; a Warner did come to us, but we rejected him and said, '(Allah) never sent down any (Message): ye are nothing but an egregious delusion!'"
67.10. They will further say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we should not (now) be among the Companions of the Blazing Fire!"
67.11. They will then confess their sins: but far will be (Forgiveness) from the Companions of the Blazing Fire!
67.12. As for those who fear their Lord unseen, for them is Forgiveness and a great Reward.
In Surah Al- Haqaa verses no. 25- 37 Allah relates:
69.25. And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!
69.26. "And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
69.27. "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
69.28. "Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
69.29. "My power has perished from me!"...
69.30. (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
69.31. "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
69.32. "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
69.33. "This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
69.34. "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
69.35. "So no friend hath he here this Day.
69.36. "Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
69.37. "Which none do eat but those in sin."
In Surah Al-Muddaththir verses no. 26- 31 Allah explains:
74.26. Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!
74.27. And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?
74.28. Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!-
74.29. Darkening and changing the colour of man!
74.30. Over it are Nineteen.
74.31. And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this ?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.
In Surah An-Nabaa verses no. 21- 25 Allah mentions:
78.21. Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
78.22. For the transgressors a place of destination:
78.23. They will dwell therein for ages.
78.24. Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
78.25. Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
In Surah An-Naziat verses no. 35- 39 Allah remarks:
79.35. The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
79.36. And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,-
79.37. Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
79.38. And had preferred the life of this world,
79.39. The Abode will be Hell-Fire;
In Surah Al- Mutaffifeen verses no. 14- 16 Allah notice:
83.14. By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!
83.15. Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.
83.16. Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.
In Surah Al- A’la verses no. 12, 13 Allah says:
87.12. Who will enter the Great Fire,
87.13. In which they will then neither die nor live.
In Surah Al- Gashiya verses no. 2- 7 Allah tells:
88.2. Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
88.3. Labouring (hard), weary,-
88.4. The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-
88.5. The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
88.6. No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
88.7. Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
In Surah Al- Fajr verses no. 23- 26 Allah reports:
89.23. And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
89.24. He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
89.25. For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
89.26. And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
In Surah Al- Humaza verses no. 4- 9 Allah mentions:
104.4. By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
104.5. And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
104.6. (It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
104.7. The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
104.8. It shall be made into a vault over them,
104.9. In columns outstretched.
Some hadith about hell after Death in Islam:
Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked: "What are the deeds of the people of Hell, and what are the deeds of the people of Paradise ?"
withholding knowledge and testimony that should be revealed, witchcraft and magic,
`Iyaad ibn Himaar repoted that the Messenger of Allah (SAW), said, during a lengthy khutbah:
An-Nu`man ibn Bashir (RA) narrated that he heard the Prophet (SAW) said: "The least torture in the Hell on the Day of Judgment is that of a man whose foot sole is laid on a live coal which causes his brain to boil just like a boiler."-- [Bukhari and Muslim]
Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) told: "He does not think that any other person is tortured more severely than him although he is in the least torture."--[Muslim]
Abu Huraira (RA) narrated: “This fire of yours which burns the son of Adam (in this world) is the seventieth part of the heat of the Hell. They say: 'We swear by Allah, our fire is quite enough. The Prophet said: 'It is sixty nine times more and each part of it is like the heat of your fire."-- [Muslim]
--(Bukhari and Muslim)
Samura narrated that he heard the Prophet, (SAW) said: “ Fire holds some to their ankle bones, some to their knees, some to their waists, and some up to their collarbones."
--[Muslim]
Allah has also described about Hell in many places in the Qur’an, so let us now take a look at what He has in store for the non-believers.
In Surah An-Nisaa verses no. 56 Allah mentions:
4.56. Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire: as often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.
In Surah Al-An’am verses no. 27 Allah says:
6.27. If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with the Fire! They will say: "Would that we were but sent back! Then would we not reject the signs of our Lord, but would be amongst those who believe!"
In Surah Hud verses no. 106, 107, 119 Allah notices:
11.106. Those who are wretched shall be in the Fire: There will be for them therein (nothing but) the heaving of sighs and sobs:
11.119. Except those on whom thy Lord hath bestowed His Mercy: and for this did He create them: and the Word of thy Lord shall be fulfilled: "I will fill Hell with jinns and men all together."
In Surah Ibrahim verses no. 16, 17, 49, 50 Allah express:
14.16. In front of such a one is Hell, and he is given, for drink, boiling fetid water.
14.17. In gulps will he sip it, but never will he be near swallowing it down his throat: death will come to him from every quarter, yet will he not die: and in front of him will be a chastisement unrelenting.
14.49. And thou wilt see the sinners that day bound together in fetters;-
14.50. Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with Fire;
15.43. And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!
15.44. To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.
In Surah Maryam verses no. 69, 70 Allah relates:
19.69. Then shall We certainly drag out from every sect all those who were worst in obstinate rebellion against ((Allah)) Most Gracious.
19.70. And certainly We know best those who are most worthy of being burned therein.
In Surah Ta-Ha verses no. 74 Allah informs:
20.74. Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),- for him is Hell: therein shall he neither die nor live.
In Surah Al- Hajj verses no. 19 -22 Allah explains:
22.19. These two antagonists dispute with each other about their Lord: But those who deny (their Lord),- for them will be cut out a garment of Fire: over their heads will be poured out boiling water.
22.20. With it will be scalded what is within their bodies, as well as (their) skins.
22.21. In addition there will be maces of iron (to punish) them.
22.22. Every time they wish to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will be forced back therein, and (it will be said), "Taste ye the Penalty of Burning!"
23.107. "Our Lord! bring us out of this: if ever we return (to Evil), then shall we be wrong-doers indeed!"
23.108. He will say: "Be ye driven into it (with ignominy)! And speak ye not to Me!
In Surah Al-Furkan verses no. 11 -14 Allah notices:
25.11. Nay they deny the hour (of the judgment to come): but We have prepared a blazing fire for such as deny the hour:
25.12. When it sees them from a place fAr off, they will hear its fury and its ranging sigh.
25.13. And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place therein, they will pLead for destruction there and then!
25.14. "This day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destruction oft- repeated!"
26.96. "They will say there in their mutual bickerings:
26.97. "'By Allah, we were truly in an error manifest,
26.98. "'When we held you as equals with the Lord of the Worlds;
26.99. "'And our seducers were only those who were steeped in guilt.
26.100. "'Now, then, we have none to intercede (for us),
26.101. "'Nor a single friend to feel (for us).
26.102. "'Now if we only had a chance of return we shall truly be of those who believe!'"
26.103. Verily in this is a Sign but most of them do not believe.
26.189. But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day.
32.12. If only thou couldst see when the guilty ones will bend low their heads before their Lord, (saying:) "Our Lord! We have seen and we have heard: Now then send us back (to the world): we will work righteousness: for we do indeed (now) believe."
32.13. If We had so willed, We could certainly have brought every soul its true guidance: but the Word from Me will come true, "I will fill Hell with Jinns and men all together."
32.14. "Taste ye then - for ye forgot the Meeting of this Day of yours, and We too will forget you - taste ye the Penalty of Eternity for your (evil) deeds!"
32.20. As to those who are rebellious and wicked, their abode will be the Fire: every time they wish to get away therefrom, they will be forced thereinto, and it will be said to them: "Taste ye the Penalty of the Fire, the which ye were wont to reject as false."
32.21. And indeed We will make them taste of the Penalty of this (life) prior to the supreme Penalty, in order that they may (repent and) return.
32.22. And who does more wrong than one to whom are recited the Signs of his Lord, and who then turns away therefrom? Verily from those who transgress We shall exact (due) Retribution.
33.66. The Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the Fire, they will say: "Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger."
33.67. And they would say: "Our Lord! We obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us as to the (right) Path.
33.68. "Our Lord! Give them double Penalty and curse them with a very great Curse!"
In Surah Fatir verses no. 45 Allah express:
35.45. If Allah were to punish men according to what they deserve. He would not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term: when their Term expires, verily Allah has in His sight all His Servants.
36.60. "Did I not enjoin on you, O ye Children of Adam, that ye should not worship Satan; for that he was to you an enemy avowed?-
36.61. "And that ye should worship Me, (for that) this was the
36.62. "But he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did ye not, then, understand?
36.63. "This is the Hell of which ye were (repeatedly) warned!
36.64. "Embrace ye the (fire) this Day, for that ye (persistently) rejected (Truth)."
36.65. That Day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But their hands will speak to us, and their feet bear witness, to all that they did.
37.62. Is that the better entertainment or the Tree of Zaqqum?
37.63. For We have truly made it (as) a trial for the wrong-doers.
37.64. For it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-Fire:
37.65. The shoots of its fruit-stalks are like the heads of devils:
37.66. Truly they will eat thereof and fill their bellies therewith.
37.67. Then on top of that they will be given a mixture made of boiling water.
37.68. Then shall their return be to the (Blazing) Fire.
In Surah Sad verses no. 55- 58 Allah mentions:
38.55. Yea, such! but - for the wrong-doers will be an evil place of (Final) Return!-
38.56. Hell!- they will burn therein, - an evil bed (indeed, to lie on)!-
38.57. Yea, such! - then shall they taste it,- a boiling fluid, and a fluid dark, murky, intensely cold!-
38.58. And other Penalties of a similar kind, to match them!
39.71. The Unbelievers will be led to Hell in crowd: until, when they arrive, there, its gates will be opened. And its keepers will say, "Did not apostles come to you from among yourselves, rehearsing to you the Signs of your Lord, and warning you of the Meeting of This Day of yours?" The answer will be: "True: but the Decree of Punishment has been proved true against the Unbelievers!"
39.72. (To them) will be said: "Enter ye the gates of Hell, to dwell therein: and evil is (this) Abode of the Arrogant!"
In Surah Gafir verses no. 10- 12, 49, 50 Allah remarks:
40.10. The Unbelievers will be addressed: "Greater was the aversion of Allah to you than (is) your aversion to yourselves, seeing that ye were called to the Faith and ye used to refuse."
40.12. (The answer will be:) "This is because, when Allah was invoked as the Only (object of worship), ye did reject Faith, but when partners were joined to Him, ye believed! the Command is with Allah, Most High, Most Great!"
40.49. Those in the Fire will say to the Keepers of Hell: "Pray to your Lord to lighten us the Penalty for a day (at least)!"
40.50. They will say: "Did there not come to you your apostles with Clear Signs?" They will say, "Yes". They will reply, "Then pray (as ye like)! But the prayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile wandering) in (mazes of) error!"
43.74. The sinners will be in the Punishment of Hell, to dwell therein (for aye):
43.75. Nowise will the (Punishment) be lightened for them, and in despair will they be there overwhelmed.
43.76. Nowise shall We be unjust to them: but it is they who have been unjust themselves.
43.77. They will cry: "O Malik! would that thy Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Nay, but ye shall abide!"
43.78. Verily We have brought the Truth to you: but most of you have a hatred for Truth.
In Surah Ad- Dukhan verses no. 49- 57Allah relates:
44.43. Verily the tree of Zaqqum
44.44. Will be the food of the Sinful,-
44.46. Like the boiling of scalding water.
44.47. (A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
44.48. "Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
In Surah Qaf verses no. 30 Allah explains:
50.30. One Day We will ask Hell, "Art thou filled to the full?" It will say, "Are there any more (to come)?"
In Surah Ar- Rahman verses no. 41, 43, 44 Allah notices:
55.41. (For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
55.43. This is the Hell which the Sinners deny:
55.44. In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round!
56.42. (They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water,
56.43. And in the shades of Black Smoke:
56.44. Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:
56.52. "Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.
56.53. "Then will ye fill your insides therewith,
56.54. "And drink Boiling Water on top of it:
56.55. "Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"
In Surah Al- Mulk verses no. 6- 12 Allah informs:
67.6. For those who reject their Lord (and Cherisher) is the Penalty of Hell: and evil is (such), Destination.
67.7. When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing in of its breath even as it blazes forth,
67.8. Almost bursting with fury: Every time a Group is cast therein, its Keepers will ask, "Did no Warner come to you?"
67.10. They will further say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we should not (now) be among the Companions of the Blazing Fire!"
67.11. They will then confess their sins: but far will be (Forgiveness) from the Companions of the Blazing Fire!
67.12. As for those who fear their Lord unseen, for them is Forgiveness and a great Reward.
In Surah Al- Haqaa verses no. 25- 37 Allah relates:
69.25. And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!
69.26. "And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
69.28. "Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
69.29. "My power has perished from me!"...
69.30. (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
69.31. "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
69.32. "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
69.33. "This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
69.34. "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
69.35. "So no friend hath he here this Day.
69.36. "Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
69.37. "Which none do eat but those in sin."
74.26. Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!
74.27. And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?
74.28. Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!-
74.29. Darkening and changing the colour of man!
74.30. Over it are Nineteen.
74.31. And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this ?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.
78.21. Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
78.22. For the transgressors a place of destination:
78.23. They will dwell therein for ages.
78.24. Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
78.25. Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
In Surah An-Naziat verses no. 35- 39 Allah remarks:
79.35. The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
79.36. And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,-
79.37. Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
79.38. And had preferred the life of this world,
79.39. The Abode will be Hell-Fire;
83.14. By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!
83.15. Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.
83.16. Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.
In Surah Al- A’la verses no. 12, 13 Allah says:
87.12. Who will enter the Great Fire,
87.13. In which they will then neither die nor live.
In Surah Al- Gashiya verses no. 2- 7 Allah tells:
88.2. Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
88.3. Labouring (hard), weary,-
88.4. The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-
88.6. No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
88.7. Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
In Surah Al- Fajr verses no. 23- 26 Allah reports:
89.23. And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
89.24. He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
89.25. For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
89.26. And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
104.4. By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
104.5. And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
104.6. (It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
104.7. The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
104.8. It shall be made into a vault over them,
104.9. In columns outstretched.
Some hadith about hell after Death in Islam:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet (SAW) said, “Some people who will be scorched by Hell (Fire) as a punishment for sins they have committed, and then Allah will admit them into Paradise by the grant of His Mercy. These people will be called, ‘Al-JahannamiyyLin’ (the people of Hell).” -- Volume 9, Book 93, Number 542:
He replied: "The deeds of the people of Hell are:
associating partners with Allah, disbelieving in His Messengers, kufr (ingratitude, disbelief), hasad (malicious envy), lying, treachery, oppression and wrongdoing (dhulm), promiscuity, backstabbing , cutting off the ties of kinship, cowardice at the time of jihad, miserliness ,inconsistency between what is in one's heart and the face one shows to people, despairing of the mercy of Allah, feeling insecure from the plan of Allah, panicking blindly at the time of crisis, pride and extravagance at the time of plenty,
abandoning one's duties towards Allah, transgressing His limits, violating His sanctity,
fearing a created being instead of the Creator, going against the Qur'an and Sunnah in word or deed, obeying a created being in some act of disobedience to the Creator,
blindly supporting falsehood , mocking the Signs of Allah, rejecting the truth,
disobeying one's parents, killing any soul forbidden by Allah except for reasons of justice, consuming the wealth of the orphan , riba (usury), desertion from the battlefield ,
slandering the reputation of innocent, chaste, believing women."-- [Yaqadhat uli al-I`tibar, p. 222] The Messenger (SAW), mentioned all these above sins that will lead one to Hell.
Narrated Ibn Abbas: The Prophet (SAW) said: "I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers were women who were ungrateful." It was asked, "Do they disbelieve in Allah?" (or are they ungrateful to Allah?) He replied, they are ungrateful to their husbands and are ungrateful for the favours and the good (charitable deeds) done to them. If you have always been good (benevolent) to one of them and then she sees something in you (not of her liking), she will say, 'I have never received any good from you.'" --(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
"...The people of Hell are five: the weak who lack the power to (avoid evil); the (carefree) who pursue (everything irrespective of whether it is good or evil) and who have no concern for their families and their wealth; the dishonest people whose greed cannot be cocealed even in the case of minor things; and those who betray you, morning and evening, with regard to your family and your property. He also mentioned misers, liars, and those who are in the habit of abusing people and using obscene, foul language."
--[Muslim, 4/1297, no. 2865]
(This article have published in the ‘Editorial page’ of
‘The News Today’ on July 8, 2006)
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