📘 ❞ The Paradise and the Hellfire Al Jannah wa An Naar ❝ كتاب ــ عمر سليمان عبد الله الأشقر

عن كتاب The Paradise and the Hellfire Al Jannah wa An Naar:
Hell is the abode which Allaah (swt) has prepared for those who do not believe in Him (swt), those who rebel
against His (swt) laws and disbelieve in His Messengers. It is the punishment for His (swt) enemies, the
prison for evildoers.
It is the ultimate humiliation and loss; there is nothing worse:
"Our Lord! Verily, whom You admit to the Fire, indeed, You have disgraced him, and never will the
Dhaalimoon [polytheists and wrongdoers] find any helpers" (3:192)
"Know they not that whoever opposes and shows hostility to Allaah and His Messenger, certainly
for him will be the fire of Hell to abide therein? That is extreme disgrace". (9:63)
"The losers are those who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection.
Verily, that will be a manifest loss!" (39:15)
How could Hell be other than we have described, when it is full of utterly indescribable torment, pain and
grief? It is eternal and its inhabitants will remain there forever. Allaah (swt) has condemned them and their
place in the Fire:
"Evil indeed it [Hell] is as an abode and as a place to dwell" (25:66)
"This is so! And for the Tagheen [transgressors] - will be an evil final return - Hell! Where they
will burn, and worst [indeed] is that place to rest!" (38:55-6)
Paradise and Hell Have Already Been Created
at-Tahhaawi said, in his book on al-'Aqeedah al-Salafiyyah (correct belief in accordance with that of the early
generations of Islaam) that is known as al-'Aqeedah al-Tahhaawiyyah.
"Paradise and Hell have already been created. They will never come to an end or cease to exist. Allaah (swt)
created Paradise and Hell before the rest of creation, and He (swt) created inhabitants for each of them.
Whoever He (swt) wishes (will enter) Paradise by His grace and mercy, and whoever He (swt) wishes (will
enter Hell) as a result of His (swt) justice. Every person will behave according to that for which he was
created, and his destiny will be that for which he was created; good deeds and evil deeds are foreordained
for all men".
Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abul-'Izz al-Hanafi remarked, in his commentary on this text:
"With regard to his saying that Paradise and Hell have already been created, Ahl as-Sunnah agree that
Paradise and Hell have been created and are in existence at the present moment. Ahlus-Sunnah continued to
hold this view, until some odd ideas of the Mu'tazilah and Qaadariyyah came along, which denied that. These
groups said: "Allaah will create them (ie Paradise and Hell) on the Day of Resurrection." They said this
because of their false arguments by means of which they seek to improve regulations on what Allaah (swt)
should do; (they say) it befits Allaah (swt) to do this, or it does not befit Allaah (swt) to do that. They
compare Him to His creation and their actions. This is a kind of anthropomorphism with regard to deeds; they
have allowed the ideas of Jahmiyyah (a sect of Mu'tazilah named after the deviant, Jahm ibn Safwan) to
creep into their thinking, and have become mu'attalah (those who deny that Allaah can see). They said, "It
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A very important series begins on the list today, concerned with the subject of alJannah and anNaar the Paradise and the HellFire. One of these two will be the end destination moreover the eternal abode, for each and every one of us. Therefore it is crucial for us to reflect on what Allah has prepared for mankind for those who are obedient and recognise His favours, and for those who reject His sins and rebel against Him.