The Qur'aan speaks at length of the evil deeds for which those who will abide in the Hell forever deserve their
never-ending fate. Here we will mention the most serious of them.
(1) Kufr and Shirk: Allaah (swt) tells us that it will be said to those who disbelieved, when they are in the
Fire, that Allaah's hatred of them will be greater than their own hatred towards themselves because of their
disbelief. Then He explains that their eternal fate in Hell is because of their kufr and shirk:
"The unbelievers will be addressed: "Greater was the aversion of Allaah to you than [is] your
aversion to yourselves, seeing that you were called to the Faith but you used to refuse. They will
say, "Our Rabb! Twice have You made us without life, and twice have You given us life! Now have
we recognised our sins: is there any way out [of this]?" [The answer will be]: "This is because,
when Allaah was invoked as the Only [object of worship] you did reject Faith, but when partners
were joined to Him, you believed! The Command is only with Allaah, All-High, All-Great!" (40:10-
12)
Allaah (swt) tells us that the keeper of Hell will ask the kuffaar as they are approaching Hell:
"Did there not come to you your messengers with clear signs?" (40:50)
The response will be that they deserved Hell because they disbelieved in the Messengers and their Message:
"They will say, "Yes indeed; a Warner did come to us, but we rejected him" and said: "Allaah
never sent down any [Message] you are in nothing but a great error!" (67:9)
Concerning those who disbelieved in the Qur'aan, Allaah (swt) says:
"for We have sent you a Message from Our own presence. If any do turn away therefrom, verily
they will bear a burden on the Day of Judgement. They will abide in this [state] and grievous will
that burden be to them on that Day". (20:99-101)
Concerning those who disbelieve the Qur'aan and associate partners with Allaah (swt), Allaah (swt) says:
"Those who reject the Book and the [Revelations] with which We sent Our Messengers: but soon
shall they know, when the yokes [shall be] round their necks, and the chains, they shall be
dragged along. In the boiling fetid fluid, then in the Fire shall they be burned. Then shall it be
said to them, "Where are the deities to which you gave part-worship in derogation to
Allaah? They will reply: "They have left us in the lurch. Nay, we invoked not, of old, anything
[that had real existence]." Thus does Allaah leave the unbelievers to stray. That was because
you were want to rejoice on the earth in things other than the Truth, and that you were want to
be ignorant. Enter the gates of Hell, to dwell therein and evil is [this] abode of the arrogant".
(40:70-76)
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Concerning those kuffaar and mushrikeen who regarded their gods as equal to the Rabb of the Worlds, Allaah
(swt) says:
"Then they will be thrown headlong into the [Fire] - they and those straying in Evil and the whole
hosts of Iblees together. They will say there in their mutual bickerings: "By Allaah, we were truly
in an error manifest, when we held you [false gods] as equals with the Rabb of the Worlds"
(26:94-98)
Concerning the fate on the Day of Judgement of those who disbelieved, Allaah said:
"If you do marvel [at their want of faith] strange is their saying: "When we are [actually] dust,
shall we indeed then be a creation renewed?" They are those who disbelieve in their Rabb! They
are those around whose necks will be yokes [of servitude]. They will be Companions of the Fire
to dwell therein [for aye]!" (13:5)
"..their abode will be Hell; every time it shows abatement, We shall increase for them the
fierceness of the Fire. That is their recompense, because they rejected Our Signs and said, "When
we are reduced to bones and broken fragments, should we really be raised up [to be] a new
creation?" (17:97-98)
(2) Failing to fulfill the legislated duties, as well as denying the Day of Judgement. Allaah (swt)
tells us that the people of Paradise will ask the people of Hell:
"What led you into Hellfire?" (74:42)
They will reply: "..We were not of those who prayed, Nor were we of those who fed the indigent,
But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers, And we used to deny the Day of Judgement, Until
there came to us [the Hour] that is certain." (74:43-47)
(3) Obeying the misguided leaders of kufr and accepting the principles by means of which they
mislead people and turn them away from the religion of Allaah (swt) as taught by the Prophets:
"And We have destined for them intimate companions [of like nature] who made alluring to them
what was before them and what was behind them. And the Sentence among the previous
generations of jinns and men who have passed away, is proved against them; for they are utterly
lost. The unbelievers say: "Listen not to this Qur'aan but talk at random in the midst of its
[reading] that you may gain the upper hand!" But We shall certainly give the unbelievers a taste
of a severe penalty, and We shall requite them the worst of their deeds. Such is the requital of
the enemies of Allaah - the Fire, therein will be for them the eternal home, a [fit] requital for that
they used to reject Our Signs" (41:25-28)
When the kuffaar are thrown into Hell they will be filled with regret for having disobeyed Allaah and His
Messenger and having followed their masters and leaders:
"Verily Allaah has cursed the unbelievers and has prepared for them a blazing Fire, to dwell
therein; no protector will they find, nor helper. The Day that their faces will be turned upside
down in the Fire, they will say, "Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allaah and obeyed the
Messenger". And they would say, "Our Rabb! We obeyed our chiefs and our great ones and they
misled us as from the [Right] Path". (33:64-67)
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(4) Hypocrisy
Allaah promised Hell to the hypocrites, a promise that He has taken upon Himself to never break:
"Allaah has promised the hypocrites, men and women, and the rejecters of Faith, the fire of Hell,
therein shall they dwell. Sufficient is it for them. For them is the curse of Allaah and an enduring
punishment." (9:68)
He has told us that the position of the hypocrites is the lowest level of Hell, which si where the heat and
agony are most intense:
"The hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire; no helper will you find for them". (4:145)
(5) Arrogance:
This is a quality shared by most of the people of Hell. Allaah (swt) says:
"But those who reject Our Signs and treat them with arrogance - they are the Companions
(dwellers) of the Fire, to dwell therein [forever]" (7:36)
Muslim devoted a chapter of his Saheeh to this issue, entitled Baab an-Naar Yadhkhulha al-Jabbaaroon walJannah yadkhuluha ad-du'afaa (Hell will be entered by the arrogant and Paradise will be entered by the
weak). In this chapter he refers to the debate between Paradise and Hell, what they said and what Allaah
(swt) sad to them. Muslim quotes the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah (ra) which goes back to the Prophet (saw),
in which it is stated that Hell said, "The arrogant and proud will enter me." According to another report,
Hell said, "I will become rich (have too many) from the proud and arrogant". Allaah (swt) said, "You
are My Punishment with which I will punish whomsoever I will". (Sahih Muslim, 4/2186, no. 2846)
al-Bukhaari, Muslim and at-Tirmidhi report from Harithah ibn Wahb that the Messenger of Allaah (swt) said:
"Shall I not tell you about the people of Paradise? Every meek person who is considered to be so
humble that if he were to adjure something by Allaah (swt), He would fulfil it for him. Shall I not
tell you about the people of Hell? Every haughty, greedy and proud person." (Jaami' al-Usool,
10/547, no. 8111)
According to a report given by Muslim, he (saw) said, "Every proud mean and arrogant person". This is
confirmed by the Qur'aan
"Is there not in Hell an abode for the Haughty [i.e. arrogant]?" (39:60)
"But today shall you be recompensed with a penalty of humiliation for that you were arrogant on
earth without just cause, and that you [ever] transgressed" (48:20)
"Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds, and had preferred the life of this world, the Abode
will be Hellfire" (79:37-39)
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