V.2, CD8 (Part 1): The Dwellers of Hell October 12, 2008
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Just a note on the sources Imam Anwar uses: he seems to mostly use Yusuf Ali for the translation of Qur’aan.
This is only the first half of the CD, but since it finishes up the topic of hell, I’m posting it seperately….
The Acts that Cause a Person to be in Hell
The best way to learn something is to teach it to the others. One of the scholars that became a very well known speaker in Arabic countries, said that he would read Islamic books when he was really young and then go to the grocery store and deliver whatever he read to the grocery store owner and whoever else was sitting there. That is how he learned the material and that is also how he learned to speak. Eventually, he became very well known. His name is Ahmad Al-Khattaan , if any of you have ever heard of him.
Therefore, it would be helpful to deliver this to others – our families and friends. This is our future and we need to know this.
The Ones Who Will Receive Eternal Torment
They are the disbelievers and the hypocrites.
Allah subhaana wa ta’aala says: “But those who disbelieve and belie our ayaat, such are the dwellers of the fire, they shall abide therein forever.” (2:39) A thought used to come up in my mind: How come these people are punished for eternity when they only sinned for 60 or 70 years? Why not just punish them for 60 or 70 years and that’s it? Death came to them unannounced – but if they lived until 65, 100, forever, they would have still rejected the truth. Because they had the intention of sinning forever, they are punished forever. That is why intention is so important. (more…)
