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Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision. }} | Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision. }} | ||
===Is there | ===Is there a fate other than Heaven or Hell?=== | ||
Yes | Yes | ||
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Verily Allah will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds, to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; while those who reject Allah will enjoy (this world) and eat as cattle eat; and the Fire will be their abode. }} | Verily Allah will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds, to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; while those who reject Allah will enjoy (this world) and eat as cattle eat; and the Fire will be their abode. }} | ||
No, purgatory too | No, there exists purgatory too | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|7|46}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|7|46}}| | ||
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Verily your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your Lord; Him therefore serve ye: will ye not receive admonition}} | Verily your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your Lord; Him therefore serve ye: will ye not receive admonition}} | ||
=== | ===Is Heaven singular or plural?=== | ||
There is more than one Heaven (plural, ''samawaat'') | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|3|133}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|3|133}}| | ||
a Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and the earth, prepared for the righteous}} | a Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and the earth, prepared for the righteous}} | ||
There is only one Heaven (singular, ''sama'') | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|57|21}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|57|21}}| | ||
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They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in ranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and lustrous eyes. }} | They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in ranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and lustrous eyes. }} | ||
===Do all | ===Do all experience hell for some time?=== | ||
Yes | Yes | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|19|71}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|19|71}}|And (there is) not (any) of you but (will be) passing over it. (This) is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed. Then We will deliver those who feared (Allah), and We will leave the wrongdoers therein bent (on) knees.}} | ||
No | No | ||
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Those who are wretched shall be in the Fire: There will be for them therein (nothing but) the heaving of sighs and sobs: They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: for thy Lord is the (sure) accomplisher of what He planneth. And those who are blessed shall be in the Garden: They will dwell therein so long for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: a gift without break }} | Those who are wretched shall be in the Fire: There will be for them therein (nothing but) the heaving of sighs and sobs: They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: for thy Lord is the (sure) accomplisher of what He planneth. And those who are blessed shall be in the Garden: They will dwell therein so long for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: a gift without break }} | ||
Not eternal (Huqb is seventy or eighty years, and every day of it is like one thousand years according to your reckoning in this | Not eternal (''Huqb'' is seventy or eighty years, and every day of it is like one thousand years according to your reckoning in this life—Ibn Kathir) | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|78|23}}|They will dwell therein for ages.}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|78|23}}|They will dwell therein for ages.}} | ||
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===What will be the food in hell?=== | ===What will be the food in hell?=== | ||
Only thorns | Only thorns, or ''dhari'' | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|88|6}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|88|6}}| | ||
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Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds}} | Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds}} | ||
Also zaqqum, hell fruit | Also ''zaqqum'', hell fruit | ||
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I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me}} | I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me}} | ||
To pursue the habits | To pursue the habits, or ''[[sunnah]]'' of Muhammad: | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|7|158}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|7|158}}| | ||
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[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving ."}} | [He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving ."}} | ||
===Are all | ===Are all races equal?=== | ||
No | No | ||