Part 99

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“I will cast him into Hell-Fire, And what will make you know (exactly) what Hellfire is? It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (any thing unburnt)! Burning and blackening the skins! Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell). And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire. And We have fixed their number (19) only as a trial for the disbelievers, in order that the people of scripture (Jews and Christians) may arrive at a certainty (that this Quran is the truth as it agrees with their books regarding the number (19) which is written in the Taurat (Torah)

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and in Injeel (Gospel)) and that the believers may increase in faith (as this Qur‘an is the truth), and that no doubt may be left for the people of scripture and the believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease (hypocrisy) and the disbelievers may say: “What Allah %& intends by this (curious) example?” Thus Allah 9% leads astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills, And none can know the hosts of your Lord but He. And this (Hell) is nothing else than a (warning) reminder to mankind. al

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“Verily, We have prepared 1 the disbelievers iron chains, iron collars, and a blazing Fire’

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‘It will be said to the disbelievers): “Depart you to that which you used to deny! Depart you to a shadow (of Hellfire smoke ascending) in three columns, Neither shady, nor of any use against the fierce flame of the Fire.” Verily, it (Hell) throws sparks (huge) as Al-Qasr (a fort or a huge log of wood), As if they were yellow camels or bundles of ropes. Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of resurrection)!” BI

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“Truly, Hell is a place of ambush — a dwelling place for the Taghun (those whose iransgress the boundary limits set by Allah 86 like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah 4%, hypocrites, sinners, criminals). They will abide therein for ages. Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. Except boiling water, and dirty wound dischargesAn exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet 2€ brought) completely. And all things We have recorded in a book. So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment. Verily, for the Mutaqoon, there will be a success (Paradise); gardens and vineyards, And young full breasted (mature) maidens of equal age

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“Nay! Truly, the Records (writing of the deeds) of the Fujjar (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, evil-doers and the wicked) is

(preserved) in Sijjin. And what will make you know what site is? A register inscribed. Woe, that Day, to those who deny."

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“Therefore I have warned you of a blazing Fire (Hell). None shail enter it save the most coretched. Who denies and turns away’?!

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“Verily whoever comes to His Lord as a Mujrim (polytheist, criminal, sinner, disbeliever in the Oneness of Allah 48 and His messengers), then surely, for him is Hell, wherein he will neither die nor live’

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“Nay! When the earth is ground to powder. And your Lord comes with the angels in rows. And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him? He will say: “Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!’ so on that Day none will punish as He will punish. And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind’?!

And Allah #@ said:

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“But those who disbelieves in Our Ayat (proof, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the left hand (the dwellers of Hell). The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet’

“Woe to every slanderer and: backbiter. Woe has gathered wealth and counted it. He thinks that his wealth will last him forever! Nay! Verily, he will be thrown into the crushing Fire. And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is? The Fire of Allah #8 kindled, which leaps up over the hearts, Verily, it shall be closed upon them. In pillars stretched forth (i.e. they will be punished in the Fire with pillars).”""! Tbn Al-Mubaarak related from Khaalid ibn Abee ‘Imraan, with his chain, that the Messenger of Allah #8 said, “Indeed, the Hellfire eats its dwellers, until it comes over their hearts, and then it finishes (eating it). Then he (the dweller) will return as he was, facing the same, until the Hellfire comes over his heart. And they (the dwellers of Hell) are upon that situation for eternity.” And that is the saying of Allah:

“The Fire of Allah 48 kindled, which leaps up over the hearts’)

Fearing lengthiness, we have refrained from mentioning many other pertinent Verses — we alluded to them through those Verses that we did mention, And we seek help from Allah 8%. We will soon mention Ahaadeeth that are related in regard to the description of Hell — may Allah 3%, by His Power and Might, protect us from it,

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Aameen — ina well-organized manner. And success lies with Allah In a narration related by Ibn gAl-Mubaarik, Muhammad ibn AlMukandir said, “When the Hellfire was created, the angels were terrified and the hearts were severely agitated. But then when Adam was created, they became at ease for that, and their worry went away.”

Fear Of The Hellfire Killed A Young Man From The Ansaar

“Ten Al-Mubaarak said, “Muhammad ibn Mutartif informed us from a trustworthy person that fear of the Hellfire pervaded the insides of a young man from the Ansaar. Whenever he would remember the Fire, he would cry, to the degree that that (worry and fear) kept him confined in his house. That was mentioned to the Prophet #8, who then went to him in his house. When the Prophet of Allah 2% entered, the young man embraced him and fell down, dead, The Messenger of Allah #% then said, ‘Prepare your companion (for his funeral), for indeed dread of the Hellfire cut his heart”

Al-Qurtubee said, “Tt is related that ‘Eesa 48) passed by 4000 women, whose colors changed. Upon them was Madaarai’ of hair and wool. Then ‘Eesa #8 said, ‘O group of women, what has made your color change?’ They said, ‘Remembrance of the Hellfire changed our color, O son of Maryam. Whoever enters the Hellfire will not taste therein coolness or drink.’ Al-Khaaritee mentioned this in Kitaab Af-Tannoor.

Salmaan Al-Faarisee .% And His Fear Of The Hellfire

It is related that when Salmaan AJ-Faarisee -& heard the Saying of Allah: “And surely, Hell is the promised place for them al]

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“Then by the One Who sent you with the truth, it has cut my heart.” Then Allah 4% revealed:

“Verily, the Muttagoon (the pious) shall be amidst shades and

springs’? Ath-Tha’aalibee mentioned it.

A Mention Of The Hellfire And Its Extreme Blackness — May Allah Protect Us From It

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“And they said: “March not forth in the heat,” Say: “The Fire of Hell is more intetise in heat;” if only they could understand’)

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“They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger’!

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“They will go between it (Hell) and the boiling hot water!”l This is referring to water that has reached the pinnacle of heat.

The Hellfire — And We Seek Refuge In Allah 3 — Is 70 Times More Fierce Than The Fire Of This World

Abu Hurairah related that the Messenger of Allah 9% said, “The fire of the children of Adam, which you ignite, is one part of seventy parts from the Fire of Hell.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, but it is sufficient (i.e. the fire of this world is sufficient to punish).” He #3 said, “Indeed, it (the Fire of Hell) surpasses it (the fire of this world) by 69 parts.” Bukhaaree and Muslim related it through their own respective chains.