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Note 11] [Note 12] [166] This combines in Jahannam two concepts: an eternal hell (for unbelievers), and a place (an "outer level" of hell was sometimes called al-barrāniyya), [167] [168] resembling the Christian Catholic idea of purgatory (for believers eventually destined for heaven after punishment for their sins). [169] [Note 13]
A number of different words for sin are used in the Islamic tradition. According to A. J. Wensinck's entry on the topic in the Encyclopedia of Islam, Islamic terms for sin include dhanb and khaṭīʾa, which are synonymous and refer to intentional sins; khiṭʾ, which means simply a sin; and ithm, which is used for grave sins.
Thus, every person has only one chance to prepare themselves for the life to come where God will resurrect and judge every individual and will entitle them to rewards or punishment, based on their good or bad deeds. [8] [9] Death is also seen as the gateway to the beginning of the afterlife. In Islamic belief, death is predetermined by God, and ...
Islamic tradition has raised the question of whether or not consignment to the Fire is eternal, or eternal for all, but "has found no reason to amend" the limit of two options in the afterlife. [76] But one verse in the Quran has "led to a great deal of speculation concerning the possibility of a third place". [76]
Whether any sin or combination of sins could warrant never-ending punishment or eternal torture. Whether free will is compatible with God's omnipotence and omniscience. Traditionally Hell is defined in Christianity and Islam as one of two abodes of Afterlife for human beings (the other being Heaven or Jannah ), and the one where sinners suffer ...
Jannah is also frequently translated as "paradise", but another term with a more direct connection to that term is also found, Firdaus (Arabic: فردوس), the literal term meaning paradise, which was borrowed from the Persian word Pardis (Persian: پردیس), which is also the source of the English word "paradise".
Tarjuman al-Sunnah (Urdu: ترجمان السنہ) is a four-volume hadith work by Badre Alam Merathi in Urdu. In this work, he systematically organizes a variety of hadiths under specific chapter headings, primarily focusing on matters of belief. [1]
al-Ākhirah (Arabic: الآخرة, derived from Akhir which means last, ultimate, end or close) [1] [2] is an Arabic term for "the Hereafter". [3] [4]In Islamic eschatology, on Judgment Day, the natural or temporal world will come to an end, the dead will be resurrected from their graves, and God will pronounce judgment on their deeds, [5] [6] consigning them for eternity to either the bliss ...