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HELL
Question:
What is hell?
Answer:
Hell is the opposite of paradise. It is a place that God has made ready for unbelievers and the disobedient and therein exist a variety of physical and psychological tortures. Man in hell is in a state of torment and punishment and has to deal with chains of fire and unquenchable flames - flames that will never ever be put out. Therein he is in a despised and lowly state and God has destined that one sent to hell shall spend his time in eternal torment and shall not die: “As often as their skins are roasted through we shall change them for other skins”[4: 56].
Therefore it is obligatory upon man that he should strive in this world with all his strength so that he does not enter into hell. That place is for the obstinate of whom God says: “But if they returned [to the world], they would revert to that which they were forbidden”[6: 28].
