Saturday, April 7, 2012

Paradise & Hell 10 of 11



The Sorrow and Regret of the People of the Hellfire

When the Kuffar and sinners see Hell, they will be filled with intense regret but it will be in vain:

“…they would declare [their] repentance when they see the penalty but the judgment between them will be with justice, and no wrong will be done unto them.” (10:54)

When the Kuffar looks at the record of his deeds, and sees his kufr and shirk, for which he deserves eternal Hell, he will pray for oblivion and death:

“But he who is given his Record behind his back, soon will he cry for perdition, and he will enter a blazing Fire.” (84:10-12)

They will repeat their prayer for oblivion when they are thrown into the Fire and its heat touches them:

“And when they are cast, bound together, into a constricted place therein, they will plead for destruction there and then! This Day plead not for a single destruction oft-repeated.” (25:13-14)

Their screams will grow louder and more desperate and they will call on their Rabb, hoping that He will take them out of the Fire:

They will further say: “Had we but listened or used our intelligence we would not [now] be among the companions of the blazing Fire.” (67:10)

“They will say, “Our Rabb! Twice have You made us without life and twice have you given us life! Now we have recognized our sins: Is there any way out [of this]?” (40:11)

But their prayers will be harshly refused and they will be answered as animals deserve to be answered:

They will say, “Our Rabb! Our misfortune overwhelmed us, and we became a people astray. Our RAbb! Bring us out of this; if ever we return [to evil] then shall we be wrongdoers indeed!” He [Allah] will say, “Be driven into it with ignominy! And speak not to Me!” (23:106-108)

The promise will come true, and they will reach a destination where no prayer will benefit them and there will be no hope:

If only you could see when the guilty ones will bend low their heads before their Rabb [saying], “Our Rabb! 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.” If We had so willed surely 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. Taste you then – for you forgot the Meeting of this Day of yours, and We too will forget you – taste the penalty of eternity for your [evil] deeds! (32:12-14)

After that the people of Hell will call upon the keepers of Hell:

“Pray to your Rabb to lighten us the penalty for the day [at least]! They will say, “Did there not come to you your Messengers with clear signs?” They will say “Yes.” They will reply, “Then pray [as you like]! But the prayer of those without faith is nothing but [futile wandering] in [mazes of] error.” (40:49-50)

Then they will ask for intercession so that their Rabb might annihilate them:

“And they will cry, “O Malik [Guard of Hell]! Would that your Rabb out an end to us.” He will say, “Nay, but you shall abide.” (43:77)

Everything they ask for will be refused. There will be no coming out of the Fire, no reduction in the torment, and no oblivion.

Everything they ask for will be refused. There will be no coming out of the Fire, no reduction in the torment and no oblivion.

They will weep until no tears are left, then they will weep blood, and their tears will leave traces on their faces like the channels cut into rock by water:

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said:

“The people of Hell will weep so much that if ships were placed in their tears, they would float and they will weep blood – [meaning instead of tears]”

Anas ibn Malik reported that the Prophet (saws) said:

“The people of Hell will be made to weep, and they will weep until they have no tears left. Then they will weep blood until they have as it were channels in their faces, if ships were put in them they would float.”

The people of Hell will wail as follows:

“The Day when 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!” And they would say, “Our Rabb, verily we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us from the (right) Path. Our Rabb, give them double penalty and curse them with a very great curse!” (33:66-68)

“As for those who are wretched, they will be in the fire, sighing in a high and low tone. They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and earth endure, except as your Rabb wills..” (11:106-107)

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