Hell Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Seven stages of punishment ==== The seven gates of ''jahannam'', mentioned in the Quran, inspired [[Tafsir|Muslim exegetes]] (''tafsir'') to develop a system of seven stages of hell, analogue to the seven doors of paradise. The stages of hell get their names by seven different terms used for hell throughout the Quran. Each is assigned for a different type of sinners. The concept later accepted by Sunni authorities list the levels of hell as follows, although some stages may vary:<ref>Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam (2 Vols.): Volume 1: Foundations and Formation of a Tradition. Reflections on the Hereafter in the Quran and Islamic Religious Thought / Volume 2: Continuity and Change. The Plurality of Eschatological Representations in the Islamicate World. (2017). Niederlande: Brill. p. 174</ref><ref>A F Klein Religion Of Islam Routledge 2013 ISBN 978-1-136-09954-0 page 92</ref> #'''[[Gehenna|Jahannam]]''' (جهنم Gehenna) #'''Laza''' (لظى fierce blaze) #'''Hutama''' (حُطَمَة crushing fire) #'''Sa'ir''' (سعير raging fire) #'''Saqar''' (سقر scorching fire) #'''Jahim''' (جحيم furnace) #'''[[Abyss (religion)|Hawiya]]''' (هاوية infernal abyss) The highest level (''jahannam'') is traditionally thought of as a type of [[purgatory]] reserved for Muslims. Polytheism ([[shirk (Islam)|''shirk'']]) is regarded as a particularly grievous sin; therefore entering Paradise is forbidden to a polytheist ''([[Shirk (Islam)|mushrik]])'' because his place is hell;<ref>see [[Quran 5:72]]: [https://quran.com/5:72 5:72] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720070539/http://quran.com/5:72 |date=20 July 2016 }}</ref> and the second lowest level (''jahim'') only after the bottomless pit for the hypocrites (''hawiyah''), who claimed aloud to believe in [[God in Islam|God]] and his messenger but in their [[Qalb|hearts]] did not.<ref name=lazarus-287>{{cite book|last1=Lazarus|first1=William P.|title=Comparative Religion For Dummies|publisher=Wiley|page=287|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oTtcFiGbW2kC&pg=PA287|isbn=978-1-118-05227-3|date=2011}}</ref> =====Gatekeepers===== *'''Sukha'il''' (صوخائيل) of Jahannam *'''Tufa'il''' (طوفائيل) of Laza *'''Tafta'il''' (طفطائيل) of Sa'ir *'''Susbabil''' (صوصَابيل) of Saqar *'''Tarfatil''' (طرفاطيل) of Jahim *'''Istafatabil''' (اصطافاطابيل) of Hawiya <ref>Christiane Gruber ''The Ilkhanid Book of Ascension: A Persian-Sunni Devotional Tale'' I.B.Tauris 2010 {{ISBN|978-0-857-71809-9}} page 54</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page