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According to some Islamic teachings, there are two categories of the people of heaven: those who go directly to it and those who enter it after enduring some torment in hell; Also, the people of hell are of two categories: those who stay there temporarily and those who stay there forever. [citation needed]
A Judeo-Arabic version of a popular narrative known as The Story of the Skull (whose earliest version is attributed to Ka'ab al-Ahbar) offers a detailed picture of the concept of Jahannam. [255] Here, Malak al-Mawt (the Angel of Death ) and a number of sixty angels seize the soul of the dead and begin torturing him with fire and iron hooks.
In Islam, al-A'raf (Arabic: الأعراف) is a separator realm or borderland between Jannah (heaven) and Jahannam (hell), [2] inhabited by those who are evenly balanced in their sins and virtues, they are not entirely evil nor
The concept of seven heavens as developed in ancient Mesopotamia where it took on a symbolic or magical meaning as opposed to a literal one. [4] The concept of a seven-tiered was likely In the Sumerian language, the words for heavens (or sky) and Earth are An and Ki. [5]
In Islam, the Arabic language is given more importance than any other language because the primary religious sources of Islam, the Quran and Hadith, are in Arabic, [1] [2] which is referred to as Quranic Arabic. [3] Arabic is considered the ideal theological language of Islam and holds a special role in education and worship.
Illiyin or Illiyun (Arabic: عِلِّيِّين, عِلِّيُّون, romanized: ʿilliyyīn, -ūn literally: Heaven, Upperworld) is a Quranic term referring to either the "most high" and "supreme" places above Jannah, i.e. the Garden of Eden or Paradise, in the seventh Heaven closest to the Throne of God (al-ʿArsh), [1] [2] or, according to a different interpretation, a register for the ...
Riḍwān (or Rızvan , Arabic: رضوان), is an angel in Islam, who guards the gates of heaven. The word Ridwan meaning pleasure of Allah, is mentioned in the Quran in Surah maidah verse 16. "Riḍwān", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
It is also called kalam allah — the word of God — and to most Muslims is eternal and uncreated [1] attribute of God, as opposed to something written or created by God. The Quran that resides in heaven is distinct from the earthly Quran. [5] [6] It is disputed whether the revealed Quran is a precise copy of the Heavenly Quran or an abridged ...