Purgatory 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! === Islam === ''[[Araf (Islam)|Al-A'raf]]'' has similarities to purgatory. In this way, Al-A'raf is a more analogous concept to Christian Purgatory. ''[[Jahannam#Timeline|Jahannam]]'' refers to hellfire as well as hell as a location itself;<ref>Günther, Sebastian, Todd Lawson, and Christian Mauder. "Roads to Paradise." Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam 1 (2017): 2.</ref> <ref>Hamza, Feras. "Temporary Hellfire Punishment and the Making of Sunni Orthodoxy." Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam (2 vols.). Brill, 2017. 371-406.</ref> Some scholars asserted by referring to God's mercy (''r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi'') that hell will eventually end. This doctrine is referred to as ''fana' al-nar'' ('annihilation of fire'). However, this doctrine is not universally accepted in Islam and rejected by the majority.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/afterlife|title=Islamic Beliefs About the Afterlife|work=ReligionFacts|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en|archive-date=2017-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509161028/http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/afterlife|url-status=live}}</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