Save yourself & your Families from Hell Fire
Part-18: Hell Fire ~ Regret, Grief & Self-Recrimination
O you who believe! Protect yourselves & your families against a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is people & stones, over which are (appointed) angels, stern & severe, & who disobey not the commands they receive from Allāh, but do that which they are commanded. [Al-Qur’an 66:6]
We have certainly brought them a Book which We explained with knowledge—a guide and mercy for those who believe. Do they only await the fulfilment ˹of its warning˺? The Day it will be fulfilled, those who ignored it before will say, “The messengers of our Lord certainly came with the truth. Are there any intercessors who can plead on our behalf? Or can we be sent back so we may do ˹good,˺ unlike what we used to do?” They will have certainly ruined themselves, and whatever ˹gods˺ they fabricated will fail them. [Al-Qur’an 7:52-53]
How clearly they will see and hear the Day that they will come to Us. But the unjust today are in manifest error. But warn them of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be determined; yet, they are unmindful, and they do not believe. [Al-Qur’an 19:38-39]
Abu Sa’eed (radiAllahu anhu) reported: “Allah Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said,
‘Death will be brought on the Day of Resurrection in the form of a white-colored ram. [Abu Kurayb added: “Then it will be made to stand between Paradise and Hell.”]
It will be said to the inhabitants of Paradise, ‘Do you recognize this?” They will stretch forth their necks and look towards it, saying, ‘Yes, it is death.” Then it will be said to the inhabitants of the Hellfire, ‘Do you recognize this?” And they will stretch forth their necks, look, and say, ‘Yes it is death.” Then the command will be given for slaughtering the ram, and it will be said, ‘O inhabitants of Paradise, there is now eternity and no death.” And then it will be said to the inhabitants of Hellfire, “O inhabitants of Hell, there is now eternity and no death.”’ Allah’s Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) then recited the following verse, pointing with his hand to this material world: ‘But warn them of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be determined; yet, they are unmindful, and they do not believe.’” [Sahih Muslim 2849a(Book 40, Hadith 6827), Al-Qur’an 19: 39]
They will say, ‘Our Lord, our misfortune overwhelmed us, and we were a people astray. Our Lord, remove us from this; if ever we return to evil, then we will indeed be wrongdoers.’ Allāh will respond, ‘Remain humiliated therein, and do not speak to Me!’ [Al-Qur’an 23:106-108]
If only you could see when the criminals hang their heads before their Lord, saying, ‘Our Lord, we have seen and we have heard, so send us back to the world; we will work righteousness, for we are indeed certain now.’ If We had willed, We could certainly have brought every soul its guidance, but the Word will be realized: ‘I will fill Hell with jinn and men all together. Taste, then – for you forgot the meeting of this, your Day, We, too, will forget you. And taste the punishment of eternity for what you used to do.’ [Al-Qur’an 32:12-14]
They will conceal their regret when they see the penalty. And We will put yokes on the necks of the disbelievers. Are they recompensed except for what they used to do? [Al-Qur’an 34:33]
They will say, ‘Our Lord, you have made us lifeless twice and You have given us life twice. Now we have confessed our sins, so is there any way to get out?’ [The answer will be], ‘That is because when Allāh was invoked alone you rejected this, but if partners were associated with Him, you believed. The ruling judgment is with Allāh, the Exalted, Most Great.’ [Al-Qur’an 40:11-12]
For those who reject their Lord is the penalty of Hell, and evil is such a destination. When they are cast therein, they will hear the terrible drawing in of its breath even as it blazes forth. It is almost bursting with fury. Every time a group is cast therein, its keepers will ask, ‘Did no warner come to you?’ They will say, ‘Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, ‘Allāh has revealed nothing. You are but in great delusion.’ And they will say, ‘Had we listened or used our intelligence, we would not now be among the companions of the Blazing Fire.’ So they will confess their sin, but far will be forgiveness from the companions of the Blazing Fire. [Al-Qur’an 67:6-11]
Abu Hurairah (radiAllahu anhu) related that the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said:
“None will enter Paradise except that he will be shown the place that he would have occupied in Hellfire if he had been evil – so that he will be more thankful; each one of those who enter Hellfire will be shown the place that he would have occupied in Paradise if he had been good – so that he will increase in regret.” [Sahih al-Bukhari 6569(Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 573)]
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We hear and we obey. Forgive us, our Lord!
To You alone is the final return. [Al-Qur’an 2:285]
Allāhumma inni as’alukal Jannatul Firdous wa a’udhu bika minnan’naar 🤲
[O Allāh I ask you for (highest level of) paradise (firdous) & I seek refuge from the hell fire]
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