Name of Hell-Fire: Samoom

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وَأَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِ
And those on the Left Hand - how (unfortunate) will be those on the Left Hand? (56:41)

فِي سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ
In samoom and boiling water. (56:42)
Samoom is from samm, which means poison and such wind has a very poisonous effect.
Samoom is used for such wind that is scorching and extremely hot; it is [...]

Names of Hell-Fire: Saqar

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Saqar
Allah azza wa jal describes the state of the Mujrimeen, the criminals, on the Day of Judgment:
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ
The Day they will be dragged on their faces into the Fire (it will be said to them): “Taste the touch of Saqar!” (54:48)

Names of Naar: Sa'eer

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Sa’eer appears 16 times in the Qur’an, and is one of the more common names and descriptions of Hell-Fire.
Allah azza wa jal says,
وَكَذَ‌ٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لِّتُنذِرَ أُمَّ الْقُرَىٰ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَتُنذِرَ يَوْمَ الْجَمْعِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ۚ فَرِيقٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَفَرِيقٌ فِي السَّعِيرِ
“And thus We have revealed to you a Qur’an in Arabic [...]

Names of Naar: Al Hutamah

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Allah ta’ala says in Suratul Humazah about the one who spreads slander and backbites:
لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ
نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ
Surely, he will definitely be thrown in Al Hutamah. And what makes you know what is Al  Hutamah? It is the fire of Allah, already kindled. (104: 4-6)
Hutamah is one of the descriptive names [...]

Entertainment of the Hereafter

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In this day and age, there are so many avenues of entertaining oneself, it would not be possible to name all of these forms. Each of us chooses their own entertainment based on personal preferences and tastes. But in the aakhirah, there will only be two choices for entertainment. Allah ta’ala conveys to us:

Names of Naar: Jahannam and Jaheem

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Allah ta’ala discusses both Hell-Fire and Jannah equally in the Qur’an, displaying the balance of this deen. The two wings of a believer are fear and hope, and just as a bird cannot fly without balanced wings, the believer cannot either. InshaAllah we will be following this example for our Jannah and Naar series; posting [...]

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New Series: Jannah and Naar

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walhamdulillah,
O Allah, we ask You by Your Mercy to make us among those who succeed in this life and the next, Ameen.
InshaAllah I will be starting a new series analyzing Jannah and Naar in detail. SubhanAllah, indeed the description of the fire in the Qur’an is sufficient as a warning and indeed the description of [...]

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