Would Sinful Muslims Get out of Hell to Enter into Paradise?
[1] INTRODUCTION
In the early 1980s, we combined between our job as a professor at the History Department, Al-Azhar University, and our voluntary work within the Dawat Al-Haq Al-Esslamiyya Society (i.e., the 'Islamic' Call of the Truth Society). We were this Society's first preacher/sermonizer after its founder was seconded to a university in Saudi Arabia. Within each of the Friday sermons we delivered at the time, we were keen on discussing a new Quranist topic. We delivered such sermons in the mosques of this Society from 1982 to 1985; we left this Society after we incurred the wrath and enmity of its main members when we declared our Quranism and went public with our denying all hadiths; this coincided with the enmity and wrath we incurred from our foes and adversaries in Al-Azhar University in 1985.
Later on, we delivered Friday sermons in different mosques; meanwhile, we typically wrote a summary of each sermon so that such summaries would be the bases of our articles which we hoped to publish later on in Cairo-based magazines and newspapers. Shortly before our arrest in Nov. 1987, we collected so many summaries that our fellow Egyptian Quranists requested from our person to publish them in booklets within a series to be titled (Quranist Studies). Sadly, the very first and last published number of this series is this booklet titled (Would Sinful Muslims Get out of Hell to Enter into Paradise?).
This booklet was written after we witnessed a certain heated debate; at the time, we regularly delivered the Friday sermon once a month in a mosque managed by the Society in the city of Tanta (the capital of Al-Gharbiyya Governorate, in the west of the Nile Delta). The heated debate we witnessed took place inside that mosque among the members of the Society; the topic of the debate was if sinful Muslims would (or would not) get out of Hell to enter into Paradise as per the claims of Al-Bokhary in his hadiths; we listened attentively, in silence, to every member who argued and tried to prove his view; soon enough, every member requested eagerly to know our own point of view regarding this topic. We simply told them that we believe in the fact that sinful Muslims who will enter into Hell will never get out of it; we quoted to them the Quranic verses which assert this fact; they requested that we should make this debate the topic of our own Friday sermon; we did so and afterwards wrote a summary of this sermon as we typically did at the time. This summary was printed and got circulated among members of this Sunnite Wahabi Society and among some 'moderate' Sunnite non-members; all readers were stunned and their reactions varied; some approved of our view, since the Quranic stance is clear vis-à-vis this topic, and some others categorically rejected the summary as they assumed they should adhere to Al-Bokhary hadiths. After we left the Society for good in 1985, publishing the booklet titled (Would Sinful Muslims Get out of Hell to Enter into Paradise?) was the first, and last, number of a series titled (Quranist Studies); the project was to publish one booklet on a bimonthly basis; the last page of this booklet announces to readers the title of the next booklet of the series; namely, (Naskh in the Holy Quran Means Writing and Asserting and Not Replacement and Omission).
Sadly, this second number of the series, as well as the rest of the series, never got published at the time. Our fellow Quranists donated the sum of money required to publish 15000 copies of the booklet titled (Would Sinful Muslims Get out of Hell to Enter into Paradise?) in Al-Ahram Publishing House (located in the Nile Cornice Street, Cairo, Egypt); it is the same publishing house that still publishes the daily Al-Ahram Newspaper. The distribution of the booklet was undertaken by Al-Akhbar Publishing House; it is the same publishing house that still publishes the daily Al-Akhbar Newspaper. Things apparently seemed to go smoothly – it never crossed our mind that the Egyptian authorities planned our arrest in 1987. As the police officers arrested our person, police soldiers searched our house and confiscated all undistributed copies of the booklet taken as evidence against our person (the accusation leveled at our person at the time was 'showing contempt for religion') when we were interrogated in the headquarters of the Egyptian State Security Apparatus. During the interrogation, some officers asked our person if there are other copies of the booklet; when we answered in the affirmative, they took our person back to our house, handcuffed this time, in order to help them collect all the remaining copies strewn in all corners of our house.
During our two-month imprisonment and after our release, many articles were published to criticize the booklet and to attack its author; the number of such articles surpassed the pages of the booklet. Among the known journalists who wrote articles to attack and slander our person were Ahmad Zein and Fahmy Howeidy. When we sent to both of them a response, it never got published in their respective newspapers where they worked. This virulent attack on our person and our booklet drove many Cairene people, as typically expected in such cases, to seek to buy the booklet. Some people circulated among themselves free photocopies of the booklet; this drove an infuriated clergyman – Abdel-Moaty Bayoumy – to write an article to incite the State Security Apparatus officers against our person by describing this as "illegal circulation of pamphlets calling for sedition". Twenty years later (in 2007), with the grace and help of our Lord God, this is the very first book published online within our Quranism website, ahl-alquran.com, and our other booklets and books will follow it very soon, and, of course, we feel glad that it is available for free for all readers. We implore the Lord God to come to our aid in our project to publish online, for free, all our writings.
Thanks for Ahmed Fathy the translator
Signature:
Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour, VA, the USA, April the 27th, 2007.
[2] The Religious and Historical Roots of the Myth
1- We begin answering the question, which is the title of this book, by defining what we mean by the term (sinful Muslims). The sinful Muslims are those who claimed to believe in the Holy Quran but they remained disobedient to Quranic commands of the Lord God and died without repentance. The problematic topic of the fate of sinful Muslims, in the Hereafter, has its religious and historical roots.
2- These roots are embodied in wishful thinking; most people wish to lead a life of sin according to their whims; they know inwardly that they disobey the Quranic commands of the Lord God, and yet, they wish to enter into Paradise anyway or at least to get out of Hell as if entering it would be a temporary purgatory for their sins for merely being born while being labeled as 'Muslims'. Of course, Satan is the source of such vain, illogical wishes; we know from the Holy Quran that Satan – may the Lord God curse him – has declared before the Presence of the Lord God that he will control the minds/souls of the vast majority of human beings – the progeny of Adam – so that they will join him inside Hell, and we never find in the Quranic text a refutation of this declaration by Satan. The Lord God says the following in the Holy Quran about Satan: "God has cursed him. And he said, “I will take to myself my due share of Your servants.” “And I will misguide them, and I will entice them with vain wishes…" (4:118-119). The genius of Satan is manifested in the fact that he intertwines misguidance with vain wishes; most of the misguided persons who know quite well that they are misguided will eventually repent. In contrast, the misguided ones who entertain vain wishes that they will enter into Paradise regardless of their deeds and faith, for merely being born as 'Muslims' or as 'believers' in the Lord God, will never seek to repent. This is how Satan manages in every era to misguide the vast majority of human beings until they die unrepentant.
3- Of course, Satan has his ways to whisper vain wishes that concur with human whims and desires; chief among the ways of Satan is the devilish hadiths/narratives spread and propagated by his followers (the human devils or clergymen) who ascribe such hadiths/tales unjustly and shamelessly to the Religion of the Lord God. We find in the Holy Quran the following about the devilish hadiths/discourses that deceive and misguide others: "Likewise, We have assigned for every prophet an enemy - human and jinn devils - inspiring one another with fancy words in order to deceive. But had your Lord willed, they would not have done it. So leave them to their fabrications." (6:112). The Lord God asserts here that following the revelations/hadiths of Satan is the basis of committing sins: "So that the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter may incline to it, and be content with it, and that they may perpetrate whatever they perpetrate." (6:113). The Holy Quran is the Only Discourse and the Criterion to rely on so that monotheists reject devilish revelations/hadiths; this is emphasized here: "“Shall I seek a judge other than God, when He is the One who revealed to you the Book, explained in detail?”…" (6:114).
4- Of course, the Lord God has granted Divine Books/Scriptures to His messengers/prophets; Moses is no exception to this rule: "Then We gave Moses the Book, perfect for the righteous, and explaining everything clearly, and a source of guidance and mercy, that they may believe in the encounter with their Lord." (6:154); yet, Satan has managed to misguide some of the Israelites, driving them to distort the Divine Book by adding their fabrications to it; such fabrications include their getting out of Hell after a short while supposedly to purge their sins. Of course, such a myth encouraged them to disobey and sin; this myth was so prevalent that it became part and parcel of their distorted religion. When the Holy Quran was being revealed in Arabia, some Judaized Gentiles in Arabia never knew but little of the Book revealed to Moses; they assumed that it was merely a covenant written to assure them of Paradise in the Hereafter for merely being Jews without having to perform good deeds within piety; such Gentiles who claimed being among the Israelites fabricated their 'holy' scriptures, and this is why the Lord God in the Holy Quran calls them as (Gentiles); this is a Quranic indication that they have distorted and lost the Divine Book. In contrast, Arab Gentiles have not received a Divine Book before the descent of the Holy Quran. The Judaized Gentiles of Arabia are mentioned here: "And among them are Gentiles who know the Book only through hearsay, and they only speculate." (2:78); this means that their wishful thinking and vain wishes were the bases of their distorted book or scriptures; they were the victims of the followers of Satan (i.e., clergymen) who distorted such scriptures and ascribed them unjustly to the Lord God: "So woe to those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say, “This is from God,” that they may exchange it for a little price. Woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn." (2:79). Chief among their distortions is the vain wish that those who will enter into Hell will get out of it after the so-called purgatory stage or through indulgences or promises written by clergymen. Such a myth is refuted here: "And they say, “The Hell-Fire will not touch us except for a number of days.” Say, “Have you received a promise from God - God never breaks His promise - or are you saying about God what you do not know?”" (2:80). We notice in 2:80 that the Lord God ridicules them since such a promise does not exist; it pertains to the fabrications and falsehoods they have attributed to the Lord God. A general rule is found here: "Indeed, whoever commits misdeeds, and becomes besieged by his iniquities - these are the dwellers of the Hell-Fire, wherein they will dwell forever." (2:81). This means sinful people who are addicted to wrongdoing and committing sins/misdeeds and die without repentance will abide for eternity in Hell and will never get out of it. This is juxtaposed with the very next verse in the same Quranic context: "As for those who believe and perform righteous deeds - these are the inhabitants of Paradise, wherein they will dwell forever." (2:82). This means human souls in the Hereafter will never die; on the Last Day, unrepentant sinners will dwell forever inside Hell, whereas pious monotheists with good faith and many good deeds will dwell forever inside Paradise. There is no third place or purgatory at all; there is no in-between position between Hell and Paradise. In order to clarify this fact for all Quran-believing monotheists so that they would not fall into the same trap like Judaized Gentiles and sinful Israelites who distorted their scriptures, the Lord God in 3:23-25 refutes the same myth once more; i.e., the myth propagated by some Quran-denying People of the Book, in Arabia, that they would get out of Hell if they would enter into it and their punishment there would be temporary: "Have you not considered those who were given a share of the Book, as they were called to the Book of God to arbitrate between them; then some of them turned back, and declined?" (3:23). Their rejection of the Holy Quran is due to their belief in falsehoods and vain wishes that their residence in Hell would be a temporary purgatory if they would enter into it as sinners: "That is because they said, “The Hell-Fire will not touch us except for a limited number of days.” They have been misled in their religion by the lies they fabricated." (3:24). The Lord God, after refuting their myth, warns them here by reminding them of the Absolute Justice within the Last Day (i.e., the Judgment Day): "How about when We gather them for a Day in which there is no doubt, and each soul will be paid in full for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged?" (3:25).
5- Of course, the Quranic fact that sinners will abide in Hell forever is repeated for a good reason; God forbid that there would be redundancy in the Divine Book: the Holy Quran. This fact is repeated because it serves as a severe warning so that truly pious monotheists will adhere to the Quranic Truth and reject myths, vain wishes, and falsehoods especially ones fabricated by the misguided ones among the People of the Book. Of course, this fact is repeated because the Holy Quran is the Last Divine Message universally addressing all people in all eras until the Hour comes; Quranic facts must be lucid and clear to debunk all falsehoods and myths in all eras and locations. We have to bear in mind that Satan – the first sworn enemy of all human beings – has not tendered his resignation after the Arab conquests of many regions. Some among the People of the Book in such regions who allegedly converted to 'Islam' managed to interpolate their mythology through their fabrication of hadiths; the Arab conquerors who suffered the woes of civil wars and committed many grave sins within their life of affluence and extravagance readily accepted hadiths that provided them with vain wishes of entering into Paradise and getting out of Hell (through the so-called intercession) so that they would continue leading a sinful life without deterrence. It is never difficult to imagine that during the Abbasid Era, people whose forefathers purportedly converted to 'Islam' repeated the myths of their Jewish and Christian ancestors by inventing hadiths to incorporate such myths. Of course, such myths include temporary purgatory inside Hell for sinners who would eventually be admitted into Paradise. Such false notions of their ancestors are preserved in the collective memory; they have infiltrated the books of hadiths and exegeses. Such 'converts' to 'Islam' with their Judeo-Christian background are mainly the authors who wrote books of history, exegeses, and hadiths as per their whims, customs, and habits inherited from the eras before the Arab conquests; their hadiths or false narratives and corrupt exegeses of the Quranic text (exegeses negatively influenced by the Old Testament and the Talmud) narrowed for them the wide gap between the Holy Quran and the realities of their lives.
6- There are clear Quranic warnings against believing in Satan's promises and vain wishes that Hell-dwellers would later on be made to get out of Hell; the Lord God says the following about Satan the Devil: "…In fact, they invoke none but a rebellious devil. God has cursed him. And he said, “I will take to myself my due share of Your servants.”" (4:117-118). This is about the schemes or evil methods of Satan: "“And I will misguide them, and I will entice them with vain wishes, and I will prompt them to slit the ears of cattle, and I will prompt them to alter the creation of God.” Whoever takes Satan as a lord, instead of God, has surely suffered a profound loss." (4:119). This is about the deceptive promises of Satan: "He promises them, and he raises their expectations, but Satan promises them nothing but delusions." (4:120). This is about the fate, in the Hereafter, of those who follow the vain wishes of Satan: "These - their abode is Hell, and they will find no escape from it." (4:121). Of course, this severe warning is followed directly by the glad tidings about Paradise wherein the monotheistic believers who performed many good deeds, within piety, will abide forever as per the Promise of the Lord God: "But as for those who believe and perform righteous deeds, We will admit them into Gardens beneath which rivers flow, where they will abide forever. The Promise of God is true - and who is more truthful in speech than God?" (4:122). This means that entering into Paradise, in the Hereafter, requires both sincere monotheism plus performing many good deeds; hence, pious monotheists who obey the Lord God's Quranic commands will witness the Promise of the Lord God being fulfilled and realized for them as they will abide in Paradise forever. This is in contrast to Satan's false promises for disobedient sinners and the vain wishes by which he fills their hearts/souls. This means entering into Paradise is not based on mere wishing without performing what is required to attain this goal (sincere, monotheistic belief + many good deeds + piety). The very next verse warns true Muslims/monotheists against falling into the trap into which sinners among the People of the Book have fallen: "It is not in accordance with your wishes, nor in accordance with the wishes of the People of the Book. Whoever works evil will pay for it, and will not find for himself, besides God, any ally or supporter." (4:123). This is about Paradise as the reward of monotheists who combine sincere faith/piety and performing many good deeds: "But whoever works righteousness, whether male or female, and is a believer - those will enter Paradise, and will not be wronged a whit." (4:124). This means that disobedient sinners who die without repentance will enter into Hell without finding any intercessor, ally, helper, or supporter; in contrast, the monotheists who adhere to piety and to the performance of many good deeds will enter into Paradise; there is no in-between position between Hell and Paradise.
7- Despite such clear Quranic warnings, the devilish vain wishes of sinners about getting out of Hell after temporary punishment inside it continue to exist in false hadiths unjustly attributed to Muhammad many decades after his death; he never uttered such hadiths, of course. Yet, such hadiths spread because they match the whims and desires of sinners who have little faith since such hadiths allow them to continue sinning while rejecting the Quranic facts. Of course, it is an easy task to propagate such hadiths/myths which contradict the Quranic verses by ascribing them unjustly to Muhammad and to the name of the Lord God's True Religion: Islam.
1- We begin answering the question, which is the title of this book, by defining what we mean by the term (sinful Muslims). The sinful Muslims are those who claimed to believe in the Holy Quran but they remained disobedient to Quranic commands of the Lord God and died without repentance. The problematic topic of the fate of sinful Muslims, in the Hereafter, has its religious and historical roots. 2- These roots are embodied in wishful thinking; most people wish to lead a life of sin according to their whims; they know inwardly that they disobey the Quranic commands of the Lord God, and yet, they wish to enter into Paradise anyway or at least to get out of Hell as if entering it would be a temporary purgatory for their sins for merely being born while being labeled as 'Muslims'. Of course, Satan is the source of such vain, illogical wishes; we know from the Holy Quran that Satan – may the Lord God curse him – has declared before the Presence of the Lord God that he will control the minds/souls of the vast majority of human beings – the progeny of Adam – so that they will join him inside Hell, and we never find in the Quranic text a refutation of this declaration by Satan. The Lord God says the following in the Holy Quran about Satan: "God has cursed him. And he said, “I will take to myself my due share of Your servants.” “And I will misguide them, and I will entice them with vain wishes…" (4:118-119). The genius of Satan is manifested in the fact that he intertwines misguidance with vain wishes; most of the misguided persons who know quite well that they are misguided will eventually repent. In contrast, the misguided ones who entertain vain wishes that they will enter into Paradise regardless of their deeds and faith, for merely being born as 'Muslims' or as 'believers' in the Lord God, will never seek to repent. This is how Satan manages in every era to misguide the vast majority of human beings until they die unrepentant. 3- Of course, Satan has his ways to whisper vain wishes that concur with human whims and desires; chief among the ways of Satan is the devilish hadiths/narratives spread and propagated by his followers (the human devils or clergymen) who ascribe such hadiths/tales unjustly and shamelessly to the Religion of the Lord God. We find in the Holy Quran the following about the devilish hadiths/discourses that deceive and misguide others: "Likewise, We have assigned for every prophet an enemy - human and jinn devils - inspiring one another with fancy words in order to deceive. But had your Lord willed, they would not have done it. So leave them to their fabrications." (6:112). The Lord God asserts here that following the revelations/hadiths of Satan is the basis of committing sins: "So that the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter may incline to it, and be content with it, and that they may perpetrate whatever they perpetrate." (6:113). The Holy Quran is the Only Discourse and the Criterion to rely on so that monotheists reject devilish revelations/hadiths; this is emphasized here: "“Shall I seek a judge other than God, when He is the One who revealed to you the Book, explained in detail?”…" (6:114). 4- Of course, the Lord God has granted Divine Books/Scriptures to His messengers/prophets; Moses is no exception to this rule: "Then We gave Moses the Book, perfect for the righteous, and explaining everything clearly, and a source of guidance and mercy, that they may believe in the encounter with their Lord." (6:154); yet, Satan has managed to misguide some of the Israelites, driving them to distort the Divine Book by adding their fabrications to it; such fabrications include their getting out of Hell after a short while supposedly to purge their sins. Of course, such a myth encouraged them to disobey and sin; this myth was so prevalent that it became part and parcel of their distorted religion. When the Holy Quran was being revealed in Arabia, some Judaized Gentiles in Arabia never knew but little of the Book revealed to Moses; they assumed that it was merely a covenant written to assure them of Paradise in the Hereafter for merely being Jews without having to perform good deeds within piety; such Gentiles who claimed being among the Israelites fabricated their 'holy' scriptures, and this is why the Lord God in the Holy Quran calls them as (Gentiles); this is a Quranic indication that they have distorted and lost the Divine Book. In contrast, Arab Gentiles have not received a Divine Book before the descent of the Holy Quran. The Judaized Gentiles of Arabia are mentioned here: "And among them are Gentiles who know the Book only through hearsay, and they only speculate." (2:78); this means that their wishful thinking and vain wishes were the bases of their distorted book or scriptures; they were the victims of the followers of Satan (i.e., clergymen) who distorted such scriptures and ascribed them unjustly to the Lord God: "So woe to those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say, “This is from God,” that they may exchange it for a little price. Woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn." (2:79). Chief among their distortions is the vain wish that those who will enter into Hell will get out of it after the so-called purgatory stage or through indulgences or promises written by clergymen. Such a myth is refuted here: "And they say, “The Hell-Fire will not touch us except for a number of days.” Say, “Have you received a promise from God - God never breaks His promise - or are you saying about God what you do not know?”" (2:80). We notice in 2:80 that the Lord God ridicules them since such a promise does not exist; it pertains to the fabrications and falsehoods they have attributed to the Lord God. A general rule is found here: "Indeed, whoever commits misdeeds, and becomes besieged by his iniquities - these are the dwellers of the Hell-Fire, wherein they will dwell forever." (2:81). This means sinful people who are addicted to wrongdoing and committing sins/misdeeds and die without repentance will abide for eternity in Hell and will never get out of it. This is juxtaposed with the very next verse in the same Quranic context: "As for those who believe and perform righteous deeds - these are the inhabitants of Paradise, wherein they will dwell forever." (2:82). This means human souls in the Hereafter will never die; on the Last Day, unrepentant sinners will dwell forever inside Hell, whereas pious monotheists with good faith and many good deeds will dwell forever inside Paradise. There is no third place or purgatory at all; there is no in-between position between Hell and Paradise. In order to clarify this fact for all Quran-believing monotheists so that they would not fall into the same trap like Judaized Gentiles and sinful Israelites who distorted their scriptures, the Lord God in 3:23-25 refutes the same myth once more; i.e., the myth propagated by some Quran-denying People of the Book, in Arabia, that they would get out of Hell if they would enter into it and their punishment there would be temporary: "Have you not considered those who were given a share of the Book, as they were called to the Book of God to arbitrate between them; then some of them turned back, and declined?" (3:23). Their rejection of the Holy Quran is due to their belief in falsehoods and vain wishes that their residence in Hell would be a temporary purgatory if they would enter into it as sinners: "That is because they said, “The Hell-Fire will not touch us except for a limited number of days.” They have been misled in their religion by the lies they fabricated." (3:24). The Lord God, after refuting their myth, warns them here by reminding them of the Absolute Justice within the Last Day (i.e., the Judgment Day): "How about when We gather them for a Day in which there is no doubt, and each soul will be paid in full for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged?" (3:25). 5- Of course, the Quranic fact that sinners will abide in Hell forever is repeated for a good reason; God forbid that there would be redundancy in the Divine Book: the Holy Quran. This fact is repeated because it serves as a severe warning so that truly pious monotheists will adhere to the Quranic Truth and reject myths, vain wishes, and falsehoods especially ones fabricated by the misguided ones among the People of the Book. Of course, this fact is repeated because the Holy Quran is the Last Divine Message universally addressing all people in all eras until the Hour comes; Quranic facts must be lucid and clear to debunk all falsehoods and myths in all eras and locations. We have to bear in mind that Satan – the first sworn enemy of all human beings – has not tendered his resignation after the Arab conquests of many regions. Some among the People of the Book in such regions who allegedly converted to 'Islam' managed to interpolate their mythology through their fabrication of hadiths; the Arab conquerors who suffered the woes of civil wars and committed many grave sins within their life of affluence and extravagance readily accepted hadiths that provided them with vain wishes of entering into Paradise and getting out of Hell (through the so-called intercession) so that they would continue leading a sinful life without deterrence. It is never difficult to imagine that during the Abbasid Era, people whose forefathers purportedly converted to 'Islam' repeated the myths of their Jewish and Christian ancestors by inventing hadiths to incorporate such myths. Of course, such myths include temporary purgatory inside Hell for sinners who would eventually be admitted into Paradise. Such false notions of their ancestors are preserved in the collective memory; they have infiltrated the books of hadiths and exegeses. Such 'converts' to 'Islam' with their Judeo-Christian background are mainly the authors who wrote books of history, exegeses, and hadiths as per their whims, customs, and habits inherited from the eras before the Arab conquests; their hadiths or false narratives and corrupt exegeses of the Quranic text (exegeses negatively influenced by the Old Testament and the Talmud) narrowed for them the wide gap between the Holy Quran and the realities of their lives. 6- There are clear Quranic warnings against believing in Satan's promises and vain wishes that Hell-dwellers would later on be made to get out of Hell; the Lord God says the following about Satan the Devil: "…In fact, they invoke none but a rebellious devil. God has cursed him. And he said, “I will take to myself my due share of Your servants.”" (4:117-118). This is about the schemes or evil methods of Satan: "“And I will misguide them, and I will entice them with vain wishes, and I will prompt them to slit the ears of cattle, and I will prompt them to alter the creation of God.” Whoever takes Satan as a lord, instead of God, has surely suffered a profound loss." (4:119). This is about the deceptive promises of Satan: "He promises them, and he raises their expectations, but Satan promises them nothing but delusions." (4:120). This is about the fate, in the Hereafter, of those who follow the vain wishes of Satan: "These - their abode is Hell, and they will find no escape from it." (4:121). Of course, this severe warning is followed directly by the glad tidings about Paradise wherein the monotheistic believers who performed many good deeds, within piety, will abide forever as per the Promise of the Lord God: "But as for those who believe and perform righteous deeds, We will admit them into Gardens beneath which rivers flow, where they will abide forever. The Promise of God is true - and who is more truthful in speech than God?" (4:122). This means that entering into Paradise, in the Hereafter, requires both sincere monotheism plus performing many good deeds; hence, pious monotheists who obey the Lord God's Quranic commands will witness the Promise of the Lord God being fulfilled and realized for them as they will abide in Paradise forever. This is in contrast to Satan's false promises for disobedient sinners and the vain wishes by which he fills their hearts/souls. This means entering into Paradise is not based on mere wishing without performing what is required to attain this goal (sincere, monotheistic belief + many good deeds + piety). The very next verse warns true Muslims/monotheists against falling into the trap into which sinners among the People of the Book have fallen: "It is not in accordance with your wishes, nor in accordance with the wishes of the People of the Book. Whoever works evil will pay for it, and will not find for himself, besides God, any ally or supporter." (4:123). This is about Paradise as the reward of monotheists who combine sincere faith/piety and performing many good deeds: "But whoever works righteousness, whether male or female, and is a believer - those will enter Paradise, and will not be wronged a whit." (4:124). This means that disobedient sinners who die without repentance will enter into Hell without finding any intercessor, ally, helper, or supporter; in contrast, the monotheists who adhere to piety and to the performance of many good deeds will enter into Paradise; there is no in-between position between Hell and Paradise. 7- Despite such clear Quranic warnings, the devilish vain wishes of sinners about getting out of Hell after temporary punishment inside it continue to exist in false hadiths unjustly attributed to Muhammad many decades after his death; he never uttered such hadiths, of course. Yet, such hadiths spread because they match the whims and desires of sinners who have little faith since such hadiths allow them to continue sinning while rejecting the Quranic facts. Of course, it is an easy task to propagate such hadiths/myths which contradict the Quranic verses by ascribing them unjustly to Muhammad and to the name of the Lord God's True Religion: Islam.
[3] Refuting Hadiths about Unrepentant Sinners Getting out of Hell
[3] Refuting Hadiths about Unrepentant Sinners Getting out of Hell
1- In his hadiths-book, Al-Bokhary has authored the following hadith and he ascribes it unjustly to Muhammad: (…After the Paradise dwellers enter into Paradise and the Hell-dwellers enter into Hell, Allah will say to the angels to get out of Hell all souls whose hearts contain a mustard-seed's weight of faith; when angels get them out of Hell, their blackened bodies will be thrown into the river of life to be restored like seeds germinating after being watered…). This silly hadith fabricated by Al-Bokhary assumes that even a mustard-seed's weight of faith is all what is required so that the Hell-dwellers would be made to get out of Hell; this means even disbelievers would be made to get out of Hell even if they have little faith/belief in the Lord God. This Al-Bokhary hadith can be refuted using the Quranic verses; the following is about the sinful, disobedient Jews who have distorted the text of the Torah: "…But God has cursed them for their disbelief; they do not believe except a little." (4:46); this means that such disbelievers had little faith which incurred the Lord God's curse upon their souls; this is emphasized further here: "But for their violation of their covenant, and their denial of God’s Verses, and their killing of the prophets unjustly, and their saying, “Our minds are closed.” In fact, God has sealed them for their disbelief, so they do not believe, except a little." (4:155). Of course, such cursed sinners among the People of the Book had little faith which was certainly above a mustard-seed's weight of faith mentioned in the silly Al-Bokhary hadith; yet, they will never be made to get out of Hell since they will be tormented inside it for eternity like all Gentile polytheists and disbelievers: "Those who disbelieve among the People of the Book, and the polytheists, will be in the Fire of Hell, where they will abide forever. These are the worst of creatures." (98:6). This means that Al-Bokhary, the inveterate liar, is wrong when he has invented this silly hadith; he contradicts the Quranic verses on purpose; this means that little faith will never allow sinners inside Hell to get out of it; otherwise, Moses' Pharaoh would be very happy since he believed while he was on the brink of death by drowning in the Red Sea as per the Quranic verse 10:90.
2- Another hadith fabricated by Al-Bokhary and is unjustly ascribed by him to Muhammad is the following: (…The souls getting out of the Hell-Fire are those who, in this world, pronounced the testimony of [There is no God but Allah] while inside their hearts a hair's weight of faith or even an atom's weight of faith…). This silly hadith invented by Al-Bokhary assumes that getting out of Hell requires merely uttering the testimony of (There is no God but Allah) with the least amount of faith inside the hearts of sinners. This contradicts the Quranic verses; the hypocrites will never get out of Hell despite their uttering the monotheistic testimony of (There is no God but Allah). This is about the Yathreb hypocrites who were the contemporaries of Muhammad: "When the hypocrites come to you, they say, “We bear witness that you are God’s messenger.” God knows that you are His messenger, and God bears witness that the hypocrites are liars." (63:1). The Yathreb hypocrites performed prayers and paid money for charity but the Lord God has never accepted these deeds because of their disbelief: "What prevents the acceptance of their contributions is nothing but the fact that they disbelieved in God and His Messenger, and that they do not approach prayers except lazily, and that they do not spend except grudgingly." (9:54). Despite their acts of worship and their testifying that (There is no God but Allah), their little faith and their deception (since they feigned being believers but they were, in fact, disbelievers) will make them enter into Hell for eternity, as per the Promise of the Lord God, and they will never be made to get out of it: "The hypocrites try to deceive God, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayers, they stand lazily, showing off in front of people, and remembering God only a little." (4:142); "The hypocrites will be in the lowest level of the Hell-Fire, and you will find no helper for them." (4:145); "God has promised the hypocrite men and hypocrite women, and the disbelievers, the Fire of Hell, abiding therein forever. It is their due. And God has cursed them. They will have a lasting torment." (9:68).
3- The cursed Al-Bokhary in his book of hadiths narrates other long hadiths to propagate the notion of sinners getting out of Hell; in such devilish hadiths, the Lord God is portrayed like Greek gods that ridicule, prank, and laugh at mortals; this means Al-Bokhary the disbeliever intentionally mocks the Lord God; let us exemplify such hadiths. They include the following one: (…I know the last person getting out of Hell-Fire to be admitted into Paradise; he is a man crawling out of Hell and when Allah tells him to enter into Paradise, he says it is too much crowded and filled; he cannot set a foot there; Allah tells him to enter into Paradise and his share of it is ten times as big as the entire world; the astonished man will say unto the Lord God: "How come You ridicule me and You are the Lord God?!…). Another longer version of this hadith includes this unnamed man getting out of Hell and attempting three times, in vain, to enter into the too crowded Paradise; after he fails, he enters into a lengthy debate/conversation with the Lord God Who is portrayed as 'laughing' eventually while admitting the man into a share of Paradise ten times as big as the entire world; this hadith ends in the Lord God 'laughing' more when the man hesitantly asks not to become the only human soul to suffer since he is the only one remaining inside Hell; the Lord God admits him to Paradise since all his sins have supposedly 'vanished'!
4- Such silly hadiths unjustly ascribed to Muhammad and invented by Al-Bokhary can be easily debunked by quoting the Quranic verse containing the Quranic fact that Muhammad never knew the future; the Lord God has commanded him to declare this fact: "Say, “I do not say to you that I possess the treasuries of God, nor do I know the future…" (6:50). The future includes events in this world and the next one; this means Muhammad never knew any Last-Day events except the ones mentioned in the Quranic text; besides, he never knew when the Hour comes; many of his contemporaries asked about the time of the advent of Hour; this is the Quranic response to them: "They ask you about the Hour, “When will it come?” Say, “Knowledge of it rests with my Lord. None can reveal its coming except He. It weighs heavily on the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except suddenly.” They ask you as if you are responsible for it. Say, “Knowledge of it rests with God,” but most people do not know. Say, “I have no control over any benefit or harm to myself, except as God wills. Had I known the future, I would have acquired much good, and no harm would have touched me. I am only a warner, and a herald of good news to a people who believe.”" (7:187-188). The same question was posed repeatedly to Muhammad; the Quranic response is the same: "They ask you about the Hour, “When will it take place?” You have no knowledge of it. To your Lord is its finality. You are just a warner for whoever dreads it." (79:42-45). The Lord God has commanded Muhammad to declare the following: "Say, “I am not different from the other messengers; and I do not know what will be done with me, or with you. I only follow what is inspired in me, and I am only a clear warner.”" (46:9). It is a laughter-inducing fact that preachers of falsehoods who are the clergymen of the Muhammadans quote the following two verses while distorting their meaning in order to 'prove' that Muhammad knew the future and the invisible: "The Knower of the Invisible; He does not disclose His Invisible to anyone. Except to a messenger of His choosing. He then dispatches guards before him and behind him." (72:26-27). The clergymen of the Muhammadans assume that the term (messenger) in the Quranic verse 72:27 refers to Muhammad; this false assumption exposes their accusing the Quranic verses of being contradictory; besides, such clergymen deny the Holy Quran intentionally since they disregard the verse preceding 72:26-27 which contains a command addressed to Muhammad to declare the following: "Say, “I do not know whether what you are promised is near, or whether my Lord will extend it for certain duration.”" (72:25). This means that such clergymen distort the meaning of any given Quranic verse by disregarding other verses which explain and complement it and also by attempting to accommodate their misguiding hadiths/lies which they unjustly ascribe to Muhammad; they know that they cannot change the Quranic text protected by the Lord God Himself. Hence, by fabricating hadiths and by distorting, warping, and twisting the meaning of Quranic verses, the earthly religions of the Muhammadans, which contradict True Islam (i.e., the Holy Quran itself), have emerged; we mean the Sunnite, Shiite, and Sufi religions of Satan. All such devilish religions are based on hadiths which, in their turn, are based on the wrong assumption that Muhammad predicted the future (in this world and in the Hereafter) and knew all about the invisible, metaphysical realm. Of course, when we ponder 72:25-27, we infer that Muhammad never knew if the Lord God would torment the disbelievers of Arabia, in this world, soon or later on because the Omniscient Lord God does not allow anyone among His messengers to have a measure of knowledge about the future except within His permission through revelation given to such messengers by the angels of the Lord God. Of course, Quran-believing monotheists are required to believe in the Quranic fact that Muhammad followed and obeyed only the Quranic Revelation; hence, when the Lord God has commanded him to declare he never knew the future, he certainly followed this divine command and announced to his contemporaries that he never knew the future; Muhammad never disobeyed the commands of the Lord God. Hence, it is impossible that he uttered any hadiths of any kind especially the ones containing predictions. This means that the Muhammadans who believe in hadiths, authored by Al-Bokhary and others, reject and disbelieve in the clear Quranic verses we quote here while accusing Muhammad of rejecting the Quranic commands of the Lord God addressed to him by telling lies (especially about the future) and ascribing such lies to the Religion inspired by the Lord God. Because they are ignoramuses, the defenders of Sunna hadiths have not read the hadith about Ibn Mazoon who was allegedly a contemporary of Muhammad and who immigrated to Yathreb and fought and got injured during the battle of Uhud; the hadith about him is that he was in his deathbed; a woman of Yathreb told him Allah would reward him; Muhammad told her how she could know this; when the woman asked Muhammad about the type of believers who would be rewarded by Allah, he told her that Ibn Mazoon is dying and death is the certainty/truth and he hopes the best for him in the Hereafter, whereas he, as a prophet, does not know what will become of him or what will be done to him in the Hereafter. If any Sunnites assume that this hadith is 'authentic' and 'true', they should declare Muhammad innocent of hundreds of thousands of hadiths attributed to him, by Al-Bokhary and others, since such hadiths contain predictions especially regarding the Hour, the Hereafter, the so-called intercession, and the myth of sinners getting out of Hell. As a historian and a researcher, we assert here the fact that hadiths about the future, unjustly attributed to Muhammad, are the bases of the backwardness of the Muhammadans since they have rejected True Islam (i.e., the Holy Quran itself) and its testimony of monotheism which is (There is no God but Allah). We are a Quranist Muslim; this means we believe that Islam is only the Holy Quran; this means that Quranism is the Only True Islam. Hence, any hadiths of any kind never pertain to Islam. Muhammad never uttered even a single hadith. Muhammad followed nothing but the Holy Quran revealed to him by the Lord God through the arch-angel Gabriel. Sincere, pious monotheists who respect Muhammad and ally themselves to him must declare him innocent of all lies/falsehoods known as hadiths unjustly attributed to him by scholars of the so-called Sunna.
1- In his hadiths-book, Al-Bokhary has authored the following hadith and he ascribes it unjustly to Muhammad: (…After the Paradise dwellers enter into Paradise and the Hell-dwellers enter into Hell, Allah will say to the angels to get out of Hell all souls whose hearts contain a mustard-seed's weight of faith; when angels get them out of Hell, their blackened bodies will be thrown into the river of life to be restored like seeds germinating after being watered…). This silly hadith fabricated by Al-Bokhary assumes that even a mustard-seed's weight of faith is all what is required so that the Hell-dwellers would be made to get out of Hell; this means even disbelievers would be made to get out of Hell even if they have little faith/belief in the Lord God. This Al-Bokhary hadith can be refuted using the Quranic verses; the following is about the sinful, disobedient Jews who have distorted the text of the Torah: "…But God has cursed them for their disbelief; they do not believe except a little." (4:46); this means that such disbelievers had little faith which incurred the Lord God's curse upon their souls; this is emphasized further here: "But for their violation of their covenant, and their denial of God’s Verses, and their killing of the prophets unjustly, and their saying, “Our minds are closed.” In fact, God has sealed them for their disbelief, so they do not believe, except a little." (4:155). Of course, such cursed sinners among the People of the Book had little faith which was certainly above a mustard-seed's weight of faith mentioned in the silly Al-Bokhary hadith; yet, they will never be made to get out of Hell since they will be tormented inside it for eternity like all Gentile polytheists and disbelievers: "Those who disbelieve among the People of the Book, and the polytheists, will be in the Fire of Hell, where they will abide forever. These are the worst of creatures." (98:6). This means that Al-Bokhary, the inveterate liar, is wrong when he has invented this silly hadith; he contradicts the Quranic verses on purpose; this means that little faith will never allow sinners inside Hell to get out of it; otherwise, Moses' Pharaoh would be very happy since he believed while he was on the brink of death by drowning in the Red Sea as per the Quranic verse 10:90. 2- Another hadith fabricated by Al-Bokhary and is unjustly ascribed by him to Muhammad is the following: (…The souls getting out of the Hell-Fire are those who, in this world, pronounced the testimony of [There is no God but Allah] while inside their hearts a hair's weight of faith or even an atom's weight of faith…). This silly hadith invented by Al-Bokhary assumes that getting out of Hell requires merely uttering the testimony of (There is no God but Allah) with the least amount of faith inside the hearts of sinners. This contradicts the Quranic verses; the hypocrites will never get out of Hell despite their uttering the monotheistic testimony of (There is no God but Allah). This is about the Yathreb hypocrites who were the contemporaries of Muhammad: "When the hypocrites come to you, they say, “We bear witness that you are God’s messenger.” God knows that you are His messenger, and God bears witness that the hypocrites are liars." (63:1). The Yathreb hypocrites performed prayers and paid money for charity but the Lord God has never accepted these deeds because of their disbelief: "What prevents the acceptance of their contributions is nothing but the fact that they disbelieved in God and His Messenger, and that they do not approach prayers except lazily, and that they do not spend except grudgingly." (9:54). Despite their acts of worship and their testifying that (There is no God but Allah), their little faith and their deception (since they feigned being believers but they were, in fact, disbelievers) will make them enter into Hell for eternity, as per the Promise of the Lord God, and they will never be made to get out of it: "The hypocrites try to deceive God, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayers, they stand lazily, showing off in front of people, and remembering God only a little." (4:142); "The hypocrites will be in the lowest level of the Hell-Fire, and you will find no helper for them." (4:145); "God has promised the hypocrite men and hypocrite women, and the disbelievers, the Fire of Hell, abiding therein forever. It is their due. And God has cursed them. They will have a lasting torment." (9:68). 3- The cursed Al-Bokhary in his book of hadiths narrates other long hadiths to propagate the notion of sinners getting out of Hell; in such devilish hadiths, the Lord God is portrayed like Greek gods that ridicule, prank, and laugh at mortals; this means Al-Bokhary the disbeliever intentionally mocks the Lord God; let us exemplify such hadiths. They include the following one: (…I know the last person getting out of Hell-Fire to be admitted into Paradise; he is a man crawling out of Hell and when Allah tells him to enter into Paradise, he says it is too much crowded and filled; he cannot set a foot there; Allah tells him to enter into Paradise and his share of it is ten times as big as the entire world; the astonished man will say unto the Lord God: "How come You ridicule me and You are the Lord God?!…). Another longer version of this hadith includes this unnamed man getting out of Hell and attempting three times, in vain, to enter into the too crowded Paradise; after he fails, he enters into a lengthy debate/conversation with the Lord God Who is portrayed as 'laughing' eventually while admitting the man into a share of Paradise ten times as big as the entire world; this hadith ends in the Lord God 'laughing' more when the man hesitantly asks not to become the only human soul to suffer since he is the only one remaining inside Hell; the Lord God admits him to Paradise since all his sins have supposedly 'vanished'! 4- Such silly hadiths unjustly ascribed to Muhammad and invented by Al-Bokhary can be easily debunked by quoting the Quranic verse containing the Quranic fact that Muhammad never knew the future; the Lord God has commanded him to declare this fact: "Say, “I do not say to you that I possess the treasuries of God, nor do I know the future…" (6:50). The future includes events in this world and the next one; this means Muhammad never knew any Last-Day events except the ones mentioned in the Quranic text; besides, he never knew when the Hour comes; many of his contemporaries asked about the time of the advent of Hour; this is the Quranic response to them: "They ask you about the Hour, “When will it come?” Say, “Knowledge of it rests with my Lord. None can reveal its coming except He. It weighs heavily on the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except suddenly.” They ask you as if you are responsible for it. Say, “Knowledge of it rests with God,” but most people do not know. Say, “I have no control over any benefit or harm to myself, except as God wills. Had I known the future, I would have acquired much good, and no harm would have touched me. I am only a warner, and a herald of good news to a people who believe.”" (7:187-188). The same question was posed repeatedly to Muhammad; the Quranic response is the same: "They ask you about the Hour, “When will it take place?” You have no knowledge of it. To your Lord is its finality. You are just a warner for whoever dreads it." (79:42-45). The Lord God has commanded Muhammad to declare the following: "Say, “I am not different from the other messengers; and I do not know what will be done with me, or with you. I only follow what is inspired in me, and I am only a clear warner.”" (46:9). It is a laughter-inducing fact that preachers of falsehoods who are the clergymen of the Muhammadans quote the following two verses while distorting their meaning in order to 'prove' that Muhammad knew the future and the invisible: "The Knower of the Invisible; He does not disclose His Invisible to anyone. Except to a messenger of His choosing. He then dispatches guards before him and behind him." (72:26-27). The clergymen of the Muhammadans assume that the term (messenger) in the Quranic verse 72:27 refers to Muhammad; this false assumption exposes their accusing the Quranic verses of being contradictory; besides, such clergymen deny the Holy Quran intentionally since they disregard the verse preceding 72:26-27 which contains a command addressed to Muhammad to declare the following: "Say, “I do not know whether what you are promised is near, or whether my Lord will extend it for certain duration.”" (72:25). This means that such clergymen distort the meaning of any given Quranic verse by disregarding other verses which explain and complement it and also by attempting to accommodate their misguiding hadiths/lies which they unjustly ascribe to Muhammad; they know that they cannot change the Quranic text protected by the Lord God Himself. Hence, by fabricating hadiths and by distorting, warping, and twisting the meaning of Quranic verses, the earthly religions of the Muhammadans, which contradict True Islam (i.e., the Holy Quran itself), have emerged; we mean the Sunnite, Shiite, and Sufi religions of Satan. All such devilish religions are based on hadiths which, in their turn, are based on the wrong assumption that Muhammad predicted the future (in this world and in the Hereafter) and knew all about the invisible, metaphysical realm. Of course, when we ponder 72:25-27, we infer that Muhammad never knew if the Lord God would torment the disbelievers of Arabia, in this world, soon or later on because the Omniscient Lord God does not allow anyone among His messengers to have a measure of knowledge about the future except within His permission through revelation given to such messengers by the angels of the Lord God. Of course, Quran-believing monotheists are required to believe in the Quranic fact that Muhammad followed and obeyed only the Quranic Revelation; hence, when the Lord God has commanded him to declare he never knew the future, he certainly followed this divine command and announced to his contemporaries that he never knew the future; Muhammad never disobeyed the commands of the Lord God. Hence, it is impossible that he uttered any hadiths of any kind especially the ones containing predictions. This means that the Muhammadans who believe in hadiths, authored by Al-Bokhary and others, reject and disbelieve in the clear Quranic verses we quote here while accusing Muhammad of rejecting the Quranic commands of the Lord God addressed to him by telling lies (especially about the future) and ascribing such lies to the Religion inspired by the Lord God. Because they are ignoramuses, the defenders of Sunna hadiths have not read the hadith about Ibn Mazoon who was allegedly a contemporary of Muhammad and who immigrated to Yathreb and fought and got injured during the battle of Uhud; the hadith about him is that he was in his deathbed; a woman of Yathreb told him Allah would reward him; Muhammad told her how she could know this; when the woman asked Muhammad about the type of believers who would be rewarded by Allah, he told her that Ibn Mazoon is dying and death is the certainty/truth and he hopes the best for him in the Hereafter, whereas he, as a prophet, does not know what will become of him or what will be done to him in the Hereafter. If any Sunnites assume that this hadith is 'authentic' and 'true', they should declare Muhammad innocent of hundreds of thousands of hadiths attributed to him, by Al-Bokhary and others, since such hadiths contain predictions especially regarding the Hour, the Hereafter, the so-called intercession, and the myth of sinners getting out of Hell. As a historian and a researcher, we assert here the fact that hadiths about the future, unjustly attributed to Muhammad, are the bases of the backwardness of the Muhammadans since they have rejected True Islam (i.e., the Holy Quran itself) and its testimony of monotheism which is (There is no God but Allah). We are a Quranist Muslim; this means we believe that Islam is only the Holy Quran; this means that Quranism is the Only True Islam. Hence, any hadiths of any kind never pertain to Islam. Muhammad never uttered even a single hadith. Muhammad followed nothing but the Holy Quran revealed to him by the Lord God through the arch-angel Gabriel. Sincere, pious monotheists who respect Muhammad and ally themselves to him must declare him innocent of all lies/falsehoods known as hadiths unjustly attributed to him by scholars of the so-called Sunna.
[4] Quranic Verses Asserting Unrepentant Sinners’ Fate in Hell for Eternity
[4] Quranic Verses Asserting Unrepentant Sinners' Fate in Hell for Eternity
1- We assert here the Quranic fact that in order to avoid Hell and to enter into Paradise in the Hereafter, two sides of one equation must be there: adhering to the monotheistic belief/faith and performing many good deeds. This equation is as follows: monotheism + good deeds = piety = Paradise. This is why the Quranic expression (those who believed and performed good deeds) is repeated several times in the Quranic text. Thus, adherence to monotheism without performing many good deeds is fruitless and so is performing many good deeds without sincere monotheism/piety. Therefore, the Hell-dwellers will be disbelievers and also believing sinners; any sinners who died without repentance whether they have believed in the Holy Quran or disbelieved in it will abide into Hell for eternity; they will never be made to get out of it: "…He who disobeys God and His Messenger - for him is the Fire of Hell, in which they will dwell forever." (72:23). It is a common but wrong assumption among the Muhammadans that those abiding in Hell for eternity are only the disbelievers who have rejected the Quranic Message whereas sinful Muslims who have believed in the Quranic Message will be tormented inside Hell temporarily and they would be made to get out of it to enter into Paradise as per some hadiths. This means that most Muhammadans intentionally disregard and overlook Quranic verses which mention grave sins causing sinners who die unrepentant to enter into Hell for eternity in the Hereafter. Sadly, most Muhammadans (who consider themselves as 'Muslims') fall into the trap of such grave sins.
2- Such grave sins leading to Hell (and entering it means never getting out of it) include usury or moneylending to the destitute/impoverished people (especially at compound interest rates) instead of donating Zakat/charity money to them; this grave sin was committed in Yathreb during Muhammad's lifetime: "O you who believe! Fear God within piety, and forgo what remains of usury, if you are believers. If you do not, then beware of a war by God and His Messenger against you. But if you repent, you may keep your capital, neither wronging, nor being wronged." (2:278-279); "Those who swallow usury will not rise, except as someone driven by Satan's touch. That is because they say, “Commerce is like usury.” But God has permitted commerce, and has forbidden usury. Whoever, on receiving advice from his Lord, refrains, may keep his past earnings, and his case rests with God. But whoever resumes - these are the dwellers of Hell-Fire, wherein they will abide forever." (2:275).
3- Such grave sins leading to Hell (and entering it means never getting out of it) include transgressing the Quranic legislations regarding inheritance shares: "These are the laws set by God. Whoever obeys God and His Messenger, He will admit him into Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein forever. That is the great attainment. But whoever disobeys God and His Messenger, and transgress His laws, He will admit him into the Hell-Fire, wherein he abides forever, and he will have a shameful torment." (4:13-14). This means that 'Muslims' who violate inheritance legislations and die without repentance and making amends will enter into Hell for eternity.
4- Such grave sins leading to Hell (and entering it means never getting out of it) include when the wealthy become unjust and tyrannical while abandoning themselves to committing grave sins; when they die without repentance, their fate is Hell for eternity and they will never get out of it since its gates will be closed in on them forever after all Hell-dwellers enter into it: "Woe to every slanderer backbiter. Who gathers wealth and counts it over. Thinking that his wealth has made him immortal. By no means. He will be thrown into the Crusher. And what will make you realize what the Crusher is? God's kindled Fire. That sees into the hearts. It closes in on them. In extended columns." (104:1-9).
5- Such grave sins leading to Hell (and entering it means never getting out of it) include intentional murder of an innocent, peaceful person; murderers will be cursed for eternity inside Hell: "Whoever kills a believer deliberately, the penalty for him is Hell, where he will remain forever. And God will be angry with him, and will curse him, and will prepare for him a terrible torment." (4:93). Of course, the Quranic verse 4:93 informs us that Arabian men who, after the death of Muhammad, committed grave sins within the Arab conquests, which preceded the grave sins committed within the Arab civil wars, will enter into Hell since they caused the murder of hundreds of thousands of people. We infer that devilish hadiths about sinners getting out of Hell for merely being labeled as 'Muslims' were invented specially to declare such Arabian warriors 'innocent' and to defend them by pretending that the Quranic verse 4:93 does not apply to them, because such historical figures have been deified decades after their death.
6- Such grave sins leading to Hell (and entering it means never getting out of it) include fornication; fornicators who died unrepentant will never get out of Hell on the Last Day: "…and do not commit adultery. Whoever does that will face [Hell] torments. The torment will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will dwell therein in humiliation forever. Except for those who repent, and believe, and perform good deeds. These - God will replace their bad deeds with good deeds. God is ever Forgiving and Merciful." (25:68-70).
7- We conclude, then, from the abovementioned points that sinful Muslims who die without repentance will enter into Hell for eternity, and this will be their inevitable fate; they will never be made to get of Hell for merely being labeled, in this transient world, as 'Muslims'.
[4] Quranic Verses Asserting Unrepentant Sinners' Fate in Hell for Eternity 1- We assert here the Quranic fact that in order to avoid Hell and to enter into Paradise in the Hereafter, two sides of one equation must be there: adhering to the monotheistic belief/faith and performing many good deeds. This equation is as follows: monotheism + good deeds = piety = Paradise. This is why the Quranic expression (those who believed and performed good deeds) is repeated several times in the Quranic text. Thus, adherence to monotheism without performing many good deeds is fruitless and so is performing many good deeds without sincere monotheism/piety. Therefore, the Hell-dwellers will be disbelievers and also believing sinners; any sinners who died without repentance whether they have believed in the Holy Quran or disbelieved in it will abide into Hell for eternity; they will never be made to get out of it: "…He who disobeys God and His Messenger - for him is the Fire of Hell, in which they will dwell forever." (72:23). It is a common but wrong assumption among the Muhammadans that those abiding in Hell for eternity are only the disbelievers who have rejected the Quranic Message whereas sinful Muslims who have believed in the Quranic Message will be tormented inside Hell temporarily and they would be made to get out of it to enter into Paradise as per some hadiths. This means that most Muhammadans intentionally disregard and overlook Quranic verses which mention grave sins causing sinners who die unrepentant to enter into Hell for eternity in the Hereafter. Sadly, most Muhammadans (who consider themselves as 'Muslims') fall into the trap of such grave sins. 2- Such grave sins leading to Hell (and entering it means never getting out of it) include usury or moneylending to the destitute/impoverished people (especially at compound interest rates) instead of donating Zakat/charity money to them; this grave sin was committed in Yathreb during Muhammad's lifetime: "O you who believe! Fear God within piety, and forgo what remains of usury, if you are believers. If you do not, then beware of a war by God and His Messenger against you. But if you repent, you may keep your capital, neither wronging, nor being wronged." (2:278-279); "Those who swallow usury will not rise, except as someone driven by Satan's touch. That is because they say, “Commerce is like usury.” But God has permitted commerce, and has forbidden usury. Whoever, on receiving advice from his Lord, refrains, may keep his past earnings, and his case rests with God. But whoever resumes - these are the dwellers of Hell-Fire, wherein they will abide forever." (2:275). 3- Such grave sins leading to Hell (and entering it means never getting out of it) include transgressing the Quranic legislations regarding inheritance shares: "These are the laws set by God. Whoever obeys God and His Messenger, He will admit him into Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein forever. That is the great attainment. But whoever disobeys God and His Messenger, and transgress His laws, He will admit him into the Hell-Fire, wherein he abides forever, and he will have a shameful torment." (4:13-14). This means that 'Muslims' who violate inheritance legislations and die without repentance and making amends will enter into Hell for eternity. 4- Such grave sins leading to Hell (and entering it means never getting out of it) include when the wealthy become unjust and tyrannical while abandoning themselves to committing grave sins; when they die without repentance, their fate is Hell for eternity and they will never get out of it since its gates will be closed in on them forever after all Hell-dwellers enter into it: "Woe to every slanderer backbiter. Who gathers wealth and counts it over. Thinking that his wealth has made him immortal. By no means. He will be thrown into the Crusher. And what will make you realize what the Crusher is? God's kindled Fire. That sees into the hearts. It closes in on them. In extended columns." (104:1-9). 5- Such grave sins leading to Hell (and entering it means never getting out of it) include intentional murder of an innocent, peaceful person; murderers will be cursed for eternity inside Hell: "Whoever kills a believer deliberately, the penalty for him is Hell, where he will remain forever. And God will be angry with him, and will curse him, and will prepare for him a terrible torment." (4:93). Of course, the Quranic verse 4:93 informs us that Arabian men who, after the death of Muhammad, committed grave sins within the Arab conquests, which preceded the grave sins committed within the Arab civil wars, will enter into Hell since they caused the murder of hundreds of thousands of people. We infer that devilish hadiths about sinners getting out of Hell for merely being labeled as 'Muslims' were invented specially to declare such Arabian warriors 'innocent' and to defend them by pretending that the Quranic verse 4:93 does not apply to them, because such historical figures have been deified decades after their death. 6- Such grave sins leading to Hell (and entering it means never getting out of it) include fornication; fornicators who died unrepentant will never get out of Hell on the Last Day: "…and do not commit adultery. Whoever does that will face [Hell] torments. The torment will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will dwell therein in humiliation forever. Except for those who repent, and believe, and perform good deeds. These - God will replace their bad deeds with good deeds. God is ever Forgiving and Merciful." (25:68-70). 7- We conclude, then, from the abovementioned points that sinful Muslims who die without repentance will enter into Hell for eternity, and this will be their inevitable fate; they will never be made to get of Hell for merely being labeled, in this transient world, as 'Muslims'.
[5] The Degrees of Repentance
[5] The Degrees of Repentance
Committing mistakes/sins is inevitable for all human beings; to be human is to err; yet, true monotheistic believers who desire to avoid entering into Hell in the Hereafter readily repent and make their sincere repentance accompanied with atonement and making amends by performing many good deeds. The Lord God says the following in the Holy Quran: "Except for those who repent, and believe, and perform good deeds. These - God will replace their bad deeds with good deeds. God is ever Forgiving and Merciful." (25:70). The timing of repentance if of vital importance; it is as important as sincerity within one's repentance. The best repentant ones are those who readily repent sooner while they are still young adults; i.e., during their youth. "Repentance is available from God for those who commit evil out of ignorance, and then repent soon after. These - God will accept their repentance. God is Knowing and Wise." (4:17). This early repentance deemed acceptable by the Lord God means that one should repent sincerely any time before reaching the age of forty: "We have enjoined upon man kindness to his parents. His mother carried him with difficulty, and delivered him with difficulty. His bearing and weaning takes thirty months. Until, when he has attained his maturity, and has reached forty years, he says, “Lord, enable me to appreciate the blessings You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to act with righteousness, pleasing You. And improve my children for me. I have sincerely repented to You, and I am of those who have submitted/Muslims.” Those are they from whom We accept the best of their deeds, and We overlook their misdeeds, among the dwellers of Paradise - the promise of truth which they are promised." (46:15-16). Thus, when one reaches the age of forty or the middle age, one should judge one's soul regarding its past misdeeds while resolving to start reaching a higher level of piety in order to get nearer to the Lord God within the rest of one's lifetime. Reaching the age of forty, repentant people should inwardly confess their sins and weep in private within sincere repentance and while vowing to better themselves and to atone and make amends within their performing many good deeds; e.g., acts of worship, donating charity/Zakat money, and obeying the Lord God's Quranic commands; this way, the repentant monotheists will make up for the time lost. The Lord God in such cases will accept their repentance: "Others have confessed their sins, having mixed good deeds with bad deeds. Perhaps God will redeem them. God is Forgiving and Merciful. Receive contributions from their wealth, to purify them and sanctify them with it; and pray for them. Your prayers are comfort for them. God is Hearing and Knowing." (9:102-103). Hence, donating contributions of money to the categories of the needy, mentioned in the Quranic text, is one of the major signs of sincere repentance. In some cases, some people repent only during their old age after their youth has declined and after their bodies suffer ailments; the Lord God will either accept their repentance (and their fate is Paradise forever) or not accept it (and their fate is Hell for eternity); there is no in-between position in the Hereafter: "Others are held in suspense, awaiting God’s decree, as to whether He will torment them, or accept their repentance. God is Aware and Wise." (9:106). The disobedient sinners (even when they label themselves as 'Muslims') who have led a life of sin until their dying moments will never escape Hell and therein they abide for eternity (and not temporarily) like all disbelievers: "But repentance is not available for those who commit evils, until when death approaches one of them, he says, “Now I repent,” nor for those who die as disbelievers. These - We have prepared for them a painful torment." (4:18).
Committing mistakes/sins is inevitable for all human beings; to be human is to err; yet, true monotheistic believers who desire to avoid entering into Hell in the Hereafter readily repent and make their sincere repentance accompanied with atonement and making amends by performing many good deeds. The Lord God says the following in the Holy Quran: "Except for those who repent, and believe, and perform good deeds. These - God will replace their bad deeds with good deeds. God is ever Forgiving and Merciful." (25:70). The timing of repentance if of vital importance; it is as important as sincerity within one's repentance. The best repentant ones are those who readily repent sooner while they are still young adults; i.e., during their youth. "Repentance is available from God for those who commit evil out of ignorance, and then repent soon after. These - God will accept their repentance. God is Knowing and Wise." (4:17). This early repentance deemed acceptable by the Lord God means that one should repent sincerely any time before reaching the age of forty: "We have enjoined upon man kindness to his parents. His mother carried him with difficulty, and delivered him with difficulty. His bearing and weaning takes thirty months. Until, when he has attained his maturity, and has reached forty years, he says, “Lord, enable me to appreciate the blessings You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to act with righteousness, pleasing You. And improve my children for me. I have sincerely repented to You, and I am of those who have submitted/Muslims.” Those are they from whom We accept the best of their deeds, and We overlook their misdeeds, among the dwellers of Paradise - the promise of truth which they are promised." (46:15-16). Thus, when one reaches the age of forty or the middle age, one should judge one's soul regarding its past misdeeds while resolving to start reaching a higher level of piety in order to get nearer to the Lord God within the rest of one's lifetime. Reaching the age of forty, repentant people should inwardly confess their sins and weep in private within sincere repentance and while vowing to better themselves and to atone and make amends within their performing many good deeds; e.g., acts of worship, donating charity/Zakat money, and obeying the Lord God's Quranic commands; this way, the repentant monotheists will make up for the time lost. The Lord God in such cases will accept their repentance: "Others have confessed their sins, having mixed good deeds with bad deeds. Perhaps God will redeem them. God is Forgiving and Merciful. Receive contributions from their wealth, to purify them and sanctify them with it; and pray for them. Your prayers are comfort for them. God is Hearing and Knowing." (9:102-103). Hence, donating contributions of money to the categories of the needy, mentioned in the Quranic text, is one of the major signs of sincere repentance. In some cases, some people repent only during their old age after their youth has declined and after their bodies suffer ailments; the Lord God will either accept their repentance (and their fate is Paradise forever) or not accept it (and their fate is Hell for eternity); there is no in-between position in the Hereafter: "Others are held in suspense, awaiting God’s decree, as to whether He will torment them, or accept their repentance. God is Aware and Wise." (9:106). The disobedient sinners (even when they label themselves as 'Muslims') who have led a life of sin until their dying moments will never escape Hell and therein they abide for eternity (and not temporarily) like all disbelievers: "But repentance is not available for those who commit evils, until when death approaches one of them, he says, “Now I repent,” nor for those who die as disbelievers. These - We have prepared for them a painful torment." (4:18).
[6] There Is No Purgatory, or a Third Location, Besides Hell and Paradise
1- The Lord God says the following in the Holy Quran about the inevitable fate of human beings in the Hereafter: "Thus We inspired you…to warn of the Day of Assembly, of which there is no doubt; a group in Paradise, and a group in Hell-Fire." (42:7). This indicates clearly that for all resurrected human souls on the Last Day, there is not a third option/location or an in-between place between Hell and Paradise.
2- Upon dying, the Book of Deeds of any given dead person is closed/sealed forever; of course, the angels of death inform the dying soul of its irrevocable fate, either in Hell or in Paradise, in the Hereafter. This Quranic fact about the angels of deaths indicates clearly that there is no purgatory, or a third location, besides Hell and Paradise. The Lord God says the following in the Holy Quran: "Those who have been unjust to their souls while the angels are taking them away - they will propose peace: “We did no wrong.” Yes you did. God is God is Aware of what you used to do.” Enter the gates of Hell, to dwell therein forever. Miserable is the residence of the arrogant ones." (16:28-29). Of course, we could not help but notice that disbelief is not mentioned in the Quranic context 16:28-29; it is implied since the focus of 16:28-29 is on wrongs/sins of those dying souls that angels of death inform them of their fate in Hell; this means that the Quranic context 16:28-29 applies to sinful 'Muslims' who were unjust towards their own souls by committing grave sins and by their never repenting; their little faith/belief is never excusable or forgiven, and it will never be accepted by the Lord God; the souls of such unrepentant, arrogant sinners tell a lie to the angels of death: "…“We did no wrong.”…" (16:28) as if they try to apologize after it is too late for them. Yet, the angels of death rebuke them by reminding them that the Omniscient Lord God know their grave sins. Thus, even if they believed in the Holy Quran, their grave sins and their arrogantly disobeying the Quranic commands cause their dwelling for eternity in Hell as per 16:29.
3- Upon Resurrection and Gathering of all human souls on the Last Day, their faces will have either of two colors with no third option: "On the Day when some faces will be whitened, and some faces will be blackened…" (3:106). This means that in the Holy Quran, there is not a third group vacillating or fluctuating between Hell and Paradise, unlike the case within the Sunnite myths/hadiths.
4- The Lord God says the following in the Holy Quran: "For those who have done good is goodness, and more. Neither gloom nor shame will come over their faces. These are the inhabitants of Paradise, abiding therein forever. As for those who have earned evil deeds: a reward of similar evil, and shame will cover them. They will have no defense against God - as if their faces are covered with dark patches of night. These are the dwellers of the Hell-Fire, abiding therein forever." (10:26-27). This means the monotheism, piety, and good deeds of repentant souls will result in their entering into Paradise forever, whereas the wrongdoing and grave sins of disbelievers will earn them Hell for eternity and not temporarily; besides, again, we notice in 10:27 that disbelief is not mentioned though it is implied; the emphasis is on the wrongs/sins of unrepentant sinners. Thus, even if such sinners believed in the Holy Quran and labeled themselves as 'Muslims', their grave sins and their arrogantly disobeying the Quranic commands will bring their fate in Hell for eternity in the Hereafter.
5- On the Judgment Day, all human souls will be divided into two groups only regarding how each soul will receive its Book of Deeds; this means that there is no purgatory, or a third location, besides Hell and Paradise: "As for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say, “Here, take my book and read it. I knew I would be held accountable.” So he will be in pleasant living. In a lofty Garden. Its pickings are within reach. “Eat and drink merrily for what you did in the days gone by.” But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he will say, “I wish I was never given my book. And never knew what my account was. If only it was the end. My money cannot avail me. My power has vanished from me.” “Take him and shackle him. Then scorch him in the Blaze." (69:19-31). As for Sunnites who cling to hadiths/lies/myths about some souls which would be located within an in-between position between Hell and Paradise, they cannot answer how such souls will receive the Book of Deeds; will they have a third hand apart from the left and the right ones?!
6- Of course, as per the Quranic Chapter 39, the resurrected human souls will be divided within the Last Day into two groups only; one entering into Hell therein to abide for eternity and one into Paradise therein to dwell forever: "Those who disbelieved will be driven to Hell in throngs…It will be said, “Enter the gates of Hell, to abide therein eternally.” How wretched is the destination of the arrogant ones. And those who feared their Lord within piety will be led to Paradise in throngs. Until, when they have reached it, and its gates are opened, its keepers will say to them, “Peace be upon you, you have been good, so enter it, to abide therein eternally.”" (39:71-73). This means piety is the vital thing since Paradise is not for all believers/monotheists but only for the pious ones among them; their piety is reflected in their many good deeds, fearing the Lord God, and sincere repentance; in contrast, the unrepentant, arrogant sinners, even if they believed in the Holy Quran and labeled themselves as 'Muslims', are like disbelievers with no difference at all inside Hell since their little belief/faith never resulted at all in repentance, fear of the Lord God within piety, and performing good deeds.
7- Paradise dwellers will be the pious monotheists who deserve Paradise for their many good deeds and not for their monotheistic faith without good deeds: "For them is the Home of Peace with their Lord, and He is their Ally - because of what they used to do." (6:127); "…“This is Paradise you are made to inherit, on account of what you used to do.”" (7:43). Since Paradise dwellers vary in the timing of their repentance, their levels of piety, and the amounts of their good deeds, they will be divided into two ranks inside Paradise as per the Quranic Chapter 56; namely, the Forerunners (the higher and the nearer) and those on the Right (the lower rank). This means that the Forerunners have higher levels of piety and performed more good deeds and readily repented sooner when compared with those on the Right. The third group will include those on the Left who will be the Hell-dwellers. The Lord God says the following in the Holy Quran: "And you become three classes. Those on the Right - what of those on the Right? And those on the Left - what of those on the Left? And the Forerunners, the Forerunners. Those are the nearest. In the Gardens of Bliss." (56:7-12); "And those on the Right - what of those on the Right? In lush orchards. And sweet-smelling plants. And extended shade. And outpouring water. And abundant fruit. Neither withheld, nor forbidden." (56:27-33); "And those on the Left - what of those on the Left? Amid searing wind and boiling water. And a shadow of thick smoke." (56:41-43). Hence, in light of the Quranic Chapter 56, it is a huge mistake that pertains to folly that some Sunnites, who adhere to hadiths/myths that contradict the Holy Quran, would assume that some of those on the Left would leave Hell to enter into Paradise.
[7] Sinners Whose Bad Deeds Equal Their Good Deeds Never Exist
1- Some people never differentiate between the scales used in markets of this world and the Lord God's Scales employed during the Day of Judgment to weigh the deeds of the resurrected human souls. The scales in markets aim to measure weights of goods so that the weight is the same as the number of any of the measuring unit (kilos, pounds…etc.). In contrast, within the Scales of the Judgment Day, it is either the good deeds will outweigh the sins or the sins will outweigh the good deeds; it is impossible that sins and good deeds will be equal in measure or in number within the Scales of the Judgment Day: "As for he whose Scales are heavy. He will be in a pleasant life. But as for he whose Scales are light. His mother is the Abyss. Do you know what it is? A Raging Fire." (101:6-11).
2- The winners on the Last Day who will enter into Paradise are mentioned here: "Those whose Scales are heavy - those are the successful." (23:102); the losers who will enter into Hell are described here in the very next verse: "But those whose Scales are light - those are they who have lost their souls; in Hell they will dwell forever." (23:103). Of course, the Judgment on the Last Day is based on both one's faith and one's deeds. Monotheists who never fall into the trap of polytheism and hypocrisy and thus maintain their sincere piety and faith while performing many good deeds will enter into Paradise since their good deeds will atone for their sins: "Whoever comes up with a good deed will have ten times its like; and whoever comes up with an evil deed will be repaid only with its equivalent - they will not be wronged." (6:160); "Perform prayers at the borders of the day, and during the approaches of the night. The good deeds take away the bad deeds. This is a reminder for those who remember." (11:114). This means that their Scales will be heavy with good deeds which will multiply and the Lord God will forgive them and spare them Hell; therefore, their fate is Paradise forever. This Quranic fact indicates clearly that on the Last Day, there is no chance that the good deeds and the bad deeds of any given person will be in equal amounts within the Scales of the Lord God.
3- Of course, any disbelieving polytheists must have performed some good deeds, but their good deeds will be nullified by the Lord God because of their polytheism: "It was revealed to you, and to those before you, that if you adhere to polytheism, your works will be nullified, and you will be of the losers." (39:65); this means that what will remain for them will be their sins and bad deeds; their Scales will be light and their fate will be Hell for eternity. Again, this proves that there is no chance that the good deeds and the bad deeds of any given person will be in equal amounts within the Scales of the Lord God.
4- As for 'Muslim' sinners who die unrepentant, they will never have equal numbers of good deeds and bad deeds (i.e., evils, wrongs, or sins); this is simply because they spent their lives committing grave sins and never chose to obey the Lord God's Quranic commands by repenting within piety, atonement and making amends, and performing many good deeds. This means their many grave sins outnumber their little good deeds; besides, their faith/belief is little and insufficient because of their arrogant defiance since they insisted on sinning and violating the Quranic Law of the Lord God while they were heedless of the Hereafter. In fact, one's faith/belief increases by obeying the Lord God and performing good deeds within piety; it decreases by disobeying the Lord God and performing bad deeds within impiety. These Quranic facts about increased and decreased faith/belief are mentioned here: "The believers are those whose hearts tremble when God is mentioned, and when His Verses are read to them, they increase their faith…" (8:2); "…Their hearts have become corroded by what they used to earn." (83:14). To exceed all limits by continuing to commit sins without repentance makes one addicted to sinning, and this constitutes a form of rejection and mockery of the Lord God's Quranic Verses; i.e., sinners become disbelievers: "Then, evil was the end of those who committed evil. That is because they rejected God’s Verses and used to ridicule them." (30:10).
5- Hence, sinners have little faith and few good deeds; their stance, even if they are heedless of it, is to ridicule the Lord God's Quranic Verses and to take them lightly or in jest within heedlessness; thus, their sins accumulate and their Scales on the Judgment Day will be light; therefore, they will be among the losers whose fate is Hell for eternity. Of course, those who will be entering into Hell will never be made to get out of it.
[8] About the Quranic Verse 7:48
It is a common misunderstanding among the Sunnites that the Quranic verse 7:46 refers to some resurrected souls on the Last Day whose quantity of good deeds will be exactly equal to that of their bad deeds. The Lord God says the following in the Holy Quran: "And between them is a partition, and on the Elevations are rijal (i.e., those standing on their feet) who recognize everyone by their features. They will call to the inhabitants of Paradise, “Peace be upon you.” They have not entered it, but they are hoping." (7:46). In the Modern Standard Arabic, the word ''rijal'' means ''men''; this is why Sunnites today misunderstand the Quranic verse 7:46. In contrast, the Quranic term (rijal) literally means (those standing on their feet). The same Quranic term (rijal) has the same meaning of (those standing on their feet) in other two Quranic contexts: "And announce the pilgrimage to humanity. They will come to you on foot/rijal, and on every transport. They will come from every distant point." (22:27); "Guard your prayers…But if you are in fear, then on foot/rijal, or riding…" (2:238-239). Hence, we assert here that in 7:46, the term (rijal) refers to angels who will be standing on their feet and who will recognize the human souls about to enter into Hell as per their ugly faces and the human souls about to enter into Paradise as per their radiant faces: "Faces on that Day will be radiant. Laughing and rejoicing. And Faces on that Day will be covered with misery. Overwhelmed by remorse. These are the disbelieving sinners." (80:38-42). Thus, in 7:46, the angels standing on their feet will greet the souls of those who will be about to enter into Paradise; they will be impatient to enter into it: "…They have not entered it, but they are hoping." (7:46). While they are impatiently waiting to enter into Paradise, they will do and say the following: "And when their eyes are directed towards the dwellers of the Hell-Fire, they will say, “Our Lord, do not place us among the unjust people.”" (7:47). The angels standing on their feet will rebuke the souls of those who will be about to enter into Hell and remind them how they arrogantly ridiculed, in the transient world, the pious ones and swore they will not be included in the Lord God's mercy; the souls of losers will regret their disbelief and sins in vain as they will know that the pious ones will enter into Paradise: "And those on the Elevations will call to rijal they recognize by their features, saying, “Your hoardings did not avail you, nor did your arrogance.” “Are these the ones you swore God will not touch with mercy?” “Enter into Paradise; you have nothing to fear, and you will not grieve.”" (7:48-49). Of course, the Quranic term (rijal) in 7:48 refers to the souls of losers standing on their feet before they will be made to enter into Hell for eternity. The role of the angels standing on their feet will end when Hell-dwellers enter into Hell and the Paradise dwellers enter into Paradise; both groups will engage into a conversation: "The dwellers of the Hell-Fire will call on the inhabitants Paradise, “Pour some water over us or some of what God has provided for you.” They will say, “God has forbidden them for the disbelievers.”" (7:50). The term (forbidden) in 7:50 means that no sinful 'Muslims' inside Hell will be made to get out of Hell and to enter into Paradise. Anyone entering into Hell will abide therein for eternity.
[9] Sinful Muslims Will Never Get out of Hell
The Quranic fact that 'Muslim' sinners condemned to Hell by the Lord God will never get out of Hell is based on the following clear Quranic rule: "Indeed, whoever commits sins, and becomes besieged by his iniquities - these are the dwellers of the Hell-Fire, wherein they will dwell forever." (2:81). This means those who are leading a life of sin and die unrepentant will enter into Hell for eternity; they will never be made to get out of it as its gates will close in on them forever: "God's kindled Fire. That sees into the hearts. It closes in on them. In extended columns." (104:6-9). Of course, the Quranic verse 2:81 applies to all sinners who die without repentance whether they are Muslims or non-Muslims (i.e., the People of the Book, disbelievers, atheists…etc.). As per the Holy Quran, Hell-dwellers will attempt in vain to get out of it; they will never be able to do so; the proof is found in the following Quranic contexts about transgressing sinners and disbelievers inside Hell: "But as for those who transgressed, their shelter is Hell-Fire. Every time they try to get out of it, they will be brought back into it, and it will be said to them, “Taste the torment of the Hell-Fire which you used to deny.”" (32:20); "…As for those who disbelieve, garments of fire will be tailored for them, and scalding water will be poured over their heads. Melting their insides and their skins. And they will have maces of iron. Whenever they try to escape the gloom, they will be driven back to it…" (22:19-22). Despairing of their failed attempts to get out of Hell, the Hell-dwellers will scream and request from the Lord God to allow them to get out of it; yet, their request will be refused: "And they will scream therein, “Our Lord, let us out, and we will act righteously, differently from the way we used to act.” Did We not give you a life long enough, in which anyone who wanted to understand would have understood? And the warner did come to you. So taste. The unjust ones will have no supporter." (35:37). The term (supporter) in the Quranic verse 35:37 indicates clearly that the unjust sinners inside Hell will have no helper(s) or intercessor(s) to get them out of Hell, unlike the case with the false narratives about the so-called intercession found in the misguiding hadiths (i.e., prophets and the so-called 'saints' will allegedly act as 'intercessors' getting sinners out of Hell as per Sunnite eschatological mythology). The Lord God says the following about the torment of the Hell-dwellers and how they will be severely rebuked: "The Fire lashes their faces, and therein they grimace. “Were not My Verses read to you, and you kept on rejecting them?”" (23:104-105). Some Sunnites might readily assume that the Quranic context 23:104-105 is about polytheists who have denied/rejected the Quranic verses and not about Muslims since all Muslims have never denied the Quranic Message. We, as a Quranist thinker/researcher, refute this assumption by asserting here that to believe in the Holy Quran is not merely a motto to be raised in public; rather, it is a way of life or a lifestyle maintained by Quran-believing pious monotheists. To declare one's belief in the Quranic Message means nothing at all if one is a disobedient sinner who adheres to committing grave sins and arrogantly disregards the Quranic commands and is heedless of repentance. Of course, the belief in the Holy Quran is tested and proven to be true or otherwise when one realizes the undeniable fact that Quranic verses contradict hadiths (e.g., Al-Bokhary hadiths). In a previous section of this book, we quote Al-Bokhary hadith about sinners presumably getting out of Hell; it is very obvious that such a hadith contradicts several Quranic verses. Hence, readers of our book must decide for themselves and choose their stance now: They will either deny/reject Al-Bokhary hadiths-book and believe in the Lord God's Quranic verses or deny/reject the Lord God's Quranic verses and believe in Al-Bokhary hadiths-book. Even if some readers would fall into the trap of self-deception or would readily try to deceive others, they cannot deceive the Omniscient Lord God Who describes Himself here: "…He knows the secret, and the most hidden." (20:7). Accordingly, the Quranic context 23:104-105 applies to the polytheistic sinners who defend the misguiding hadiths which contradict the Lord God's Word: the Holy Quran. Such sinners will enter into Hell if they die without repentance and without correcting their faith; on the Last Day, such sinners will attempt, in vain and after it will be too late for them, to apologize to the Lord God and to request being made to get out of Hell; yet, their request will be refused: "They will say, “Our Lord, our wretchedness prevailed over us, and we were a people astray. Our Lord! Bring us out of this. If we ever returned, we would truly be evil.” He will say, “Be despised therein, and do not speak to Me." (23:106-108). The Sunnite sinners are polytheists who have made their deity named Al-Bokhary as an equal to the Lord God; they have made Al-Bokhary hadiths-book equal to, or even on a higher level than, the Holy Quran. Such Sunnite polytheistic sinners readily adhere to any of the hadiths fabricated by Al-Bokhary even if such a hadith contradicts tens of Quranic verses; this means they deny/reject and disbelieve in the Holy Quran while fearing to deny/reject Al-Bokhary hadiths. Hence, it is no use when they declare in public their labeling themselves as 'Muslims'; if they die without repentance, they will enter into Hell therein to abide for eternity. The Lord God says the following in the Holy Quran: "Thus We narrate to you reports of times gone by; and We have given you a Message from Our Presence. Whoever turns away from it will carry on the Day of Resurrection a burden." (20:99-100). As always, the Lord God says nothing but the Absolute Truth. Of course, the term (Message) in the Quranic verse 20:99 refers to the Holy Quran itself.
[10] CONCLUSION
Based on the previous sections of this book of ours, we emphasize here the fact that True Islam found exclusively in the Quranic text totally differs from the books written by the Middle-Ages authors and from common beliefs and notions cherished by most of the Muhammadans. Even if all human beings would unanimously agree on the veracity of a claim which contradicts the Lord God's Word, the Holy Quran, only the Lord God is Truthful: "…And who speaks more truly than God?" (4:87); "…And who is more truthful in speech than God?" (4:122). It pertains to tragedy that Muslims of today (whom we call as Muhammadans) never care about correcting or purifying their faith by rejecting the misguiding hadiths which ridicule the Lord God, the Holy Quran, and Muhammad. It pertains to tragedy that many Muhammadans care only about propagating the call for applying their Sunnite sharia of Satan whose laws are derived from such misguiding hadiths. It pertains to logic that the best beginning is to preach Islamic truths (i.e., Quranic facts) with wisdom and good advice before applying the Islamic sharia legislations found exclusively in the Lord God's Word; i.e., the Holy Quran itself. Corrupt, theocracy-seeking Sunnite Wahabi agents in Egypt call for applying their devilish sharia laws derived from the Middle-Ages books of fiqh and hadiths and they urge the deluded youths to resist and fight the current authority in the Egyptian State in the name of religion. Of course, such agents of Sunnite Wahabism are polytheistic sinners who spread corruption on earth and manipulate the Name of the Religion of the Lord God to their advantage. The worst type of the grave sin of spreading corruption on earth is the one covering itself behind the façade of religion in order to deceive others. The Lord God says the following in the Holy Quran: "Among the people are those who say, “We believe in God and in the Last Day,” but they are not believers. They seek to deceive God and those who believe, but they deceive none but themselves, though they are not aware. In their hearts is sickness, and God has increased their sickness. They will have a painful torment because of their denial. And when it is said to them, “Do not spread corruption on earth,” they say, “We are only reformers.” In fact, they are the corrupters, but they are not aware." (2:8-12). As always, the Lord God says nothing but the Absolute Truth.
Signature: Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour – 1987 – Cairo – Egypt.