![]() One collection of descriptions of hell found in the Quran include "rather specific indications of the tortures of the Fire": flames that crackle and roar fierce, boiling waters, scorching wind, and black smoke, roaring and boiling as if it would burst with rage. The description of Jahannam as a place of blazing fire appears in almost every verse in the Quran describing hell. (Q.78:17-30) Īmong the different terms and phrases mentioned above that refer to hell in the Quran, Al-nar (the fire) is used 125 times, jahannam 77 times, jaheem (blazing flames) 26 times, (23 times by another count). And We have recorded everything in a book, So taste! For We will not add to you aught but chastisement. Surely they feared not the account, And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth). They shall not taste therein cool nor drink But boiling and intensely cold water, Requital corresponding. ![]() Surely hell lies in wait, A place of resort for the inordinate, Living therein for ages. Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed: The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts, And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings, And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance. Īn example of Quranic verses about hell is ![]() Most of how Muslims picture and think about Jahannam comes from the Quran, according to scholar Einar Thomassen, who found nearly 500 references to Jahannam/hell (using a variety of names) in the Quran. This change comes to completion in the Babylonian Talmud, written around 500 CE. ( Mark 9:48) In the apocryphal book of 4 Ezra, written around the 2nd century, Gehinnom appears as a transcendental place of punishment. In the gospels, Jesus talks about "Gehenna" (Greek rendering) as a place "where the worm never dies and the fire is never quenched". In the Old Testament, " hinnom" or Gei-ben-Hinnom, the Valley of the Son of Hinnom is an accursed Valley in Jerusalem where allegedly child sacrifices had taken place. Sources Pre-Islamic: Tanakh, New Testament and Babylonical Talmud It has seven levels (each one more severe than the one above it), (the Quran specifically refers to "seven gates") but it is also said to be a huge pit over which the bridge of As-Sirāt crosses and the resurrected walk to have mountains, rivers, valleys and "even oceans" filled with disgusting fluids and also to be able to walk (controlled by reins), and ask questions, much like a sentient being. It is enormous in size, and located below Paradise. Hell is described physically in different ways by different sources of Islamic literature. The common belief among Muslims holds that Jahannam coexists with the temporal world, just as Jannah (the Islamic paradise), does, (rather than being created after Judgment Day). It is commonly believed by Muslims that confinement to hell is temporary for Muslims but not for others, Īnd Muslim scholars disagree over whether Hell itself will last for eternity (the major view), or whether God's mercy will lead to it eventually being eliminated. Its excruciating pain and horror described in the Qu'ran often parallels the pleasure and delights of paradise ( Jannah). Punishment and suffering in Hell, in mainstream Islam, is physical, psychological and spiritual, and varies according to the sins of the condemned person. The importance of Hell in Islamic doctrine is that it is an essential element of the Day of Judgment, which is one of the six articles of faith (belief in God, angels, books, prophets, the Day of Resurrection and providence) "by which the Muslim faith is traditionally defined." Simultaneously, jahannam is a term specifically for the upper most layer of hell. It is often called by the proper name Jahannam. ![]() ![]() This notion is an "integral part of Islamic theology", and has "occupied an important place in the Muslim belief". In Islam, Jahannam is the place of punishment for unbelievers and other evildoers in the afterlife, or hell. ![]()
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