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19-03-2024 |10 Ramaḍān 1445 AH

Hell

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Beware of the Fire whose din is ready, whose flames are fierce, and whose pain is ever fresh.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) :احذَروا ناراً لَجَبُها عَتيدٌ ، ولَهَبُها شَديدٌ ، وعَذابُها أبداً جَديدٌ.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2620]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The Fire whose rage is fierce, its din is high, its flame is glowing, its blaze is stirring up, its exhalation is furious, its extinction is remote, its fuel is blazing, and its threat is fearful.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): نارٌ شديدٌ كَلَبُها، عالٍ لَجَبُها، ساطِعٌ لَهَبُها، مُتأجِّجٌ سَعيرُها، مُتَغيّظٌ زَفيرُها، بَعيدٌ خُمودُها، ذاكٍ وَقودُها، مُتَخوَّفٌ وَعيدُها.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Ghurar al-Hikam. 9995]

Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, relating what Gabriel (a.s.) once said to the Prophet (S), ‘If only one link of the chain whose length is seventy cubits was to be tied down on this world, the world would melt by its heat.’

الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ مِن قَولِ جبرئيلَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) لِرسولِ اللّه‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) ـ : لو أنَّ حَلْقةً واحِدةً ، من السِّلسِلةِ الّتي طولُها سَبعونَ ذِراعاً ، وُضِعتْ علي الدُّنيا لذابَتِ الدُّنيا مِن حَرِّها.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Bihar al-Anwar, v. 8, p. 280, no. 1]

Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, relating what Gabriel (a.s.) said to the Prophet (S), ‘If only one garment from among the garments of the people of the Fire was to be hung between the sky and the earth, the people of this world would die of its smell.’

الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ مِن قَولِ جبرئيلَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) لِرسولِ اللّه‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) ـ : لَو أنّ سِرْبالاً مِن سَرابيلِ أهلِ النّارِ عُلِّقَ بينَ السَّماءِ والأرضِ لَماتَ أهلُ الدُّنيا مِن رِيحِهِ.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Amali al-Tusi, p. 533, no. 1162]

Description: Prophet (S) said, ‘If a bucket of the pus [of Hell] was to be poured where the sun rises, the skulls of the people living where it sets would boil.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : لَو أنَّ دَلْواً صُبَّ من غِسْلينٍ‏ في مَطلَعِ الشّمسِ لَغَلَتْ مِنهُ جَماجِمُ مَن في مَغْرِبِها .

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Bihar al-Anwar, v. 8, p. 280, no. 1]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘When the ZaqqUm158 and the cactus will boil in the stomachs of the people of the Fire, like boiling water, they will ask for a drink, and will be given a drink made of pus and festering matter. One will swallow it painfully but will not enjoy it, and death will come to him from all sides though he will not die.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ أهلَ النّارِ لَمّا غلي الزَّقُّومُ والضَّريعُ في بُطونِهِم كغَلْيِ الحَميِم سَألوا الشَّرابَ ، فاُتوا بشرابٍ غَسّاقٍ وصَديدٍ ، يَتَجرّعُهُ ولا يَكادُ يُسيغُهُ ، ويأتيهِ المَوتُ مِن كلِّ مكانٍ وما هُو بمَيّتٍ.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Bihar al-Anwar, v. 8, p. 302, no. 58]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘The first to enter the Fire will be a domineering ruler who did not maintain justice, a rich man possessing wealth who does not give his due from his wealth, and a poor man who is arrogant.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : أوَّلُ مَن يَدخُلُ النّارَ أميرٌ مُتَسلّطٌ لم يَعْدِلْ، وذو ثَرْوَةٍ من المالِ لَم يُعْطِ المالَ حقَّهُ ، وفَقيرٌ فَخورٌ.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- ‘Uyun Akhbar ar-Ridha, v. 2, p. 28, no. 20]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘The people of the Fire to experience the least pain will be wearing slippers of fire, whilst their brains will be boiling due to the [intensity of the] heat of their slippers.

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : أدْني أهلِ النّارِ عذاباً يَنْتَعِلُ‏بنَعْلَينِ مِن نارٍ ، يَغْلي دِماغُهُ مِن حَرارَةِ نَعْلَيهِ .

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Kanz al-’Ummal, no. 39507]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘The person to experience the greatest pain on the Day of Resurrection will be the scholar who did not benefit from his own knowledge.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : أشدُّ النّاسِ عَذاباً يَومَ القيامةِ عالِمٌ لم يَنفَعْهُ عِلمُهُ .

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Kanz al-’Ummal. no. 28977]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘The [categories of] people to experience the greatest pain on the Day of Resurrection will be: the man who killed a prophet or was killed by a prophet, the leader of deception, and the sculptor.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : أشدُّ النّاسِ عَذاباً يَومَ القيامةِ رجُلٌ قَتلَ نَبيّا ، أو قَتلَهُ نَبيٌّ ، وإمامُ ضَلالةٍ.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- al-Durr al-Manthur, v. 1, p. 178]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The person to experience the greatest punishment will be the man who recompenses good done unto him with evil.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أشَدُّ النّاسِ عُقوبةً رجُلٌ كافَأَ الإحْسانَ بالإساءَةِ.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3217]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The person to experience the greatest pain on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who was dissatisfied with the decree of Allah.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أشَدُّ النّاسِ عَذاباً يَومَ القيامةِ‏ المُتَسخِّطُ لِقَضاءِ اللّه‏ِ.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3225]

Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘Verily there is a valley in Hell reserved for the arrogant, called Saqar, which complained to Allah, Mighty and Exalted, about its severe heat and asked His permission to breathe. So it breathed, and thus ignited Hell!’

الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّ في جَهنّمَ لَوادِياً للمُتَكبِّرينَ يُقالُ لَه: سَقَرُ ، شَكا إلي اللّه‏ِعزّ وجلّ شِدّةَ حَرّهِ ، وسَألَهُ أنْ يأذَنَ لَه أنْ يَتَنفّسَ ، فتَنَفّسَ فأحْرَقَ جَهنّمَ !

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 310, no. 10]

Description: Imam al-Kazim (a.s.) said, ‘Allah will not retain anybody in the Fire permanently except the people of disbelief, denial, error and polytheism. And whoever shuns the grave sins from among the believers will not be asked about the minor ones.’

الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا يُخلِّدُ اللّه‏ُ في النّارِ إلّاأهلَ الكُفرِ والجُحودِ وأهلَ الضَّلالِ والشِّركِ ، ومَنِ اجْتَنبَ الكبائرَ مِن المؤمنينَ لَم يُسألْ عنِ الصَّغائرِ .

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- al-Tawhid, p. 407, no. 6]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘He who has even an atom’s weight of faith in his heart will leave the Fire.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : يَخْرُجُ مِن النّارِ مَن كانَ في قَلبهِ‏ مِثْقالُ ذَرّةٍ مِن إيمانٍ .

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Kanz al-’Ummal, no. 284]

Description: Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) said, ‘Some people will burn in the Fire, until they are burned to ashes [and become pure] – then they will be taken out through intercession.’

الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّ قَوماً يُحْرَقونَ في (بـ)النّارِ حتّي إذا صاروا حُمَماً (حَميماً) أدْرَكَتْهُمُ الشَّفاعةُ.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- al-Zuhd li al-Husayn b. Sa’id, p. 96, no. 260]