Paradise and Hell

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[at least]! They will say, "Did there not come to you your Messengers with clear signs?" They will s
will reply, "Then pray [as you like]! But the prayer of those without faith is nothing but [futile wand
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 put an end to us". He will say, "N
abide"" (43:77)
Everything they ask for will be refused. There will be no coming out of the Fire, no reduction in the torment, an
Rather it is ongoing, eternal punishment, and at that time they will be told:
"...and whether you are patient of it, or impatient of it, it is all the same. You are only being requite
used to do." (52:16)
Then their wailing will increase, and they will weep for a long time:
"Let them laugh a little: much will they weep: a recompense for the [evil] that they do". (9:82)
They will weep until no tears are left, then they will weep blood, and their tears will leave traces on their faces
cut into rock by water. In al-Mustadrak by al-Haakim there is a report from 'Abdullaah ibn Qays that the Messe
(saw) said: "The people of Hell will weep so much that if ships were placed in their tears, they would
will weep blood - meaning, instead of tears"
Anas ibn Maalik reported that the Prophet (saw) said: "The people of Hell will be made to weep, and they
they have no tears left. Then they will weep blood until they have as it were channels in their faces
put in them, they would float". (1)
Those evildoers lost their own souls and their families when they preferred kufr to eemaan. Listen to the wailin
they are punished:
"The Day when their faces will be turned upside down in the Fire, they will say, "Woe to us! Would
obeyed Allaah and obeyed the Messenger!" And they would say, "Our Rabb, verily we obeyed our ch
great ones, and they misled us from the (right) Path. Our Rabb, give them double penalty and curse
very great curse!" (33:66-68)
Listen to how Allaah (swt) described their condition [we seek refuge with Allaah (swt) from that]:
"As for those who are wretched, they will be in the fire, sighing in a high and low tone. They will dw
the time that the heavens and earth endure, except as your Rabb wills.." (11:106-107)
az-Zajjaj said, "The high tone (az-Zafeer) is because of the intensity of their groaning and it is very high. It wa
az-Zafeer means the panting of the breath in the chest due to extreme fear, so that the ribs become swollen. T
tone" (ash-Shaheeq) is a long drawn-out breath, or an intake of breath; in either case it is an indication of the
their grief and anguish. Their situation is likened to that of the one whose heart was overwhelmed by heat and
surrounded by it. al-Layth said, "az-Zafeer means that a man will take deep breaths because of his intense grie
Shaheeq refers to his exhaling" (Siddeeq Hasan Khan, Yaqadhat uli al-I'tibaar p.72)
(1) Sheikh Naasir ud-Deen al-Albaani narrated these two hadiths in Silsilat al-Hadith as-Saheehah, 4/245, no.
attributed the first hadith to al-Haakim in al-Mustadrak. al-Haakim said "It is a hadith whose isnaad is saheeh"
agreed with him. Sheikh Naasir said, "He should have added: according to the conditions of al-Bukhaari and M
of its isnaad are men who narrated the hadith they (al-Bukhaari and Muslim) recorded. He mentioned that one
Nu'man, whose nickname was 'Aarim had become confused. Sheikh Naasir quoted the second hadith in suppor