Part 23

What they were tight-fisted with will be hung around their necks on the Day of Rising. ) (3: 180)" 77 An-Nu'man Ibn Bashir related that the Prophet said, "The person who is punished the least from among the people of the Fire on the Day of Rising will be a man who has two smouldering embers placed under the soles of his feet which will make his brain boil like water boiling in a mirjal (a copper pot) or a qumqum (a narrow-necked pot)."78 The Anguish of the People of the Fire The anguish of the people of the Fire includes the following: Firstly, the angels will reproach them as they are driven into their abode in the Fire of Hell. Allah says: ( Each time a group is flung into it its custodians will question them: 'Did no warner come to you?' They will say, 'Yes indeed, a warner did come to us 74 al-Bukhari, 11/ 415; Muslim, 17/186. 75 Muslim, 17/186; Al-Tirmidhi, 10/47-48. 76 Muslim, 17/149; Ibn Majah, 4321. 77 al-Bukhari, Kitab az-zakah, 683. 78 al-Bukhari, 11/ 417; Muslim, 3/85-86; Al-Tirmidhi, 2744. but we denied him and said, "Allah has sent nothing down. You are just greatly misguided."' They will say, 'If only we had really listened and used our intellect, we would not have been Companions of the Blaze.' ) (67: 8-10) Secondly, the people of the Fire will curse and insult each other. Allah says: ( Each time a nation enters, it will curse its sister nation, until, when they are all gathered together in it, the last of them will say to the first, 'Our Lord, those are the ones who misguided us, so give them a double punishment in the Fire.' ) (7: 36) And leaders will disown those who followed them in the life of this world, and those who were easily led will say: ('If only we could have another chance, we would disown them just as they have disowned us.' In that way Allah will show them their actions as a cause of anguish and remorse for them. They will never emerge from the Fire. ) (2: 166) Thirdly, the people of the Fire will see the muminun, whom they used to mock, entering the Garden and avoiding Allah's punishment and anger. Allah says: ( They will say, 'How is it that we do not see some men whom we used to count among the worst of people?' Did we turn them into figures of fun? Did our eyes disdain to look at them?' All this is certainly true - the bickering of the people of the Fire. ) (38: 61-63) Fourthly, the people of the Fire will not be permitted to talk to Allah - this will be the worst punishment to be inflicted on them. Allah says: ( He will say, 'Slink away into it and do not speak to Me.' ) (23: 109) Ibn 'Umar related that the Prophet said, "When the people of the Garden have entered the Garden and the people of the Fire have entered the Fire, Death will be brought forward and placed between the Fire and the Garden - and then it will be made to die and it will be announced: 'O people of the Garden, no more death! O people of the Fire, no more death!' So the people of the Garden will have joy added to the joy they already have, and the people of the Fire will have sorrow added to the sorrow they already have."79 Ibn 'Umar related that the Prophet said, "The people of the Garden will enter the Garden, and the people of the Fire will enter the Fire - and then a caller will arise and announce to them, 'O people of the Fire! There will be no death any more! O people of the Garden! There will 79 al-Bukhari, 11/415; Muslim, 17/186. be no death any more - only Eternity.'" Paradise and its Rewards Abu Hurairah related that the Prophet said, "There will be a caller (in Paradise) who will announce: 'Truly!