THE DISBELIEVERS ABODE Their Terrifying End

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*THE DISBELIEVERS ABODE*

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*Their Terrifying End*

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Allah ﷻ says 

*وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُوا۟*

_But those who disbelieve, for them will be the fire of Hell. Death is not decreed for them so that they may die._

[35:36]

Meaning, they enter the Hellfire for their disbelief, and they will not be given the mercy of Death.

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As Allah ﷻ says

*ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ*

_Wherein he will neither die nor live._

[87:13]

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Abu Sa’id reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 

_“Death will be brought on the Day of Resurrection in the form of a white ram, and it will be made to stand between Paradise and Hellfire. It will be said to the people of Paradise: Do you recognize this?_ 

_They will raise their heads, looking towards it, and they will say: *Yes, it is death.* Then, it will be said to the people of Hellfire: Do you recognize this? They will raise their heads, looking towards it, and they will say: *Yes, it is death.*_ 

_Then, the command will be given to slaughter the ram and it will be said: *O people of Paradise, there is everlasting life for you and no death! And it will be said: O people of Hellfire, there is everlasting life for you and no death!”*_

Then, the Prophet recited the verse, _“Warn them of this day of dismay, when their affairs will be decided, yet they are heedless and they do not have faith,”_ (19:39) and he pointed with his hand to the world.

[Sahih al-Bukhārī 4453, Sahih Muslim 2849]

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*وَلاَ يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ مِّنْ عَذَابِهَا*

_Nor will the torment be lightened for them._

[35:36]

Meaning, while they are in Hell, their punishment will only increase in severity and they will never face respite.

As Allah ﷻ says

*فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلاَّ عَذَاباً*

_So taste, No increase shall we give you, except in torment._

[78:30]

Coming back to the previous ayah. Allah ﷻ says

 ۚ *كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى كُلَّ كَفُورٍۢ*

_Thus we do recompense the every ungrateful one._

[35:36]

Meaning, this is the appropriate recompense for these people.

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*وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا*

_Therein they will cry_

Means, they will call out in the Fire, beseeching Allah ﷻ 

*رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ* ۚ

_Our Lord! Bring us out, we shall do righteous good deeds, not that we used to do_

[35:37]

They will ask to be returned with the promise of righteous action, but Allah ﷻ knows that they will also forsake this promise. So He ﷻ will not respond.

*أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُمْ مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ النَّذِيرُ*

_Did We not give you lives long enough, for whoever would remember therein to remember, and the warner had come to you?_

[35:37]

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Narrated Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, _"Allah will not accept the excuse of any person whose instant of death is delayed till he is sixty years of age."_

[Sahih al-Bukhari 6419]

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This is why the scholars say, People should Fear Allah's punishment more when they are young, and Hope in Allah's Mercy more when they are old.

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May Allah ﷻ grant us His mercy and forgiveness and keep us firm and steadfast upon His Deen.

*آمِيْن يَارَبَّ الْعَالَمِينْ*