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Islamic Hell

Islamic Hell Ideas about punishment in hell (the Fire, Jahannam ) have an important place both in the Qur'an and in later Muslim literature. The article surveys the scenarios of hell given in these sources and discusses the various functions of hell-talk in Islamic discourse. In particular, a tension exists between conceiving hell as a place of punishment for sins and as a place reserved for disbelievers, or non-Muslims. The two perspectives meet in the idea that disbelief ( kufr ) is the worst of all sins, though ambiguities regarding who belong in hell remain. Strategies to mediate this ambiguity are found in the ideas that hell is divided into several levels or that the punishment in hell is only temporary. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Numen Brill

Islamic Hell

Numen , Volume 56 (2-3): 401 – Jan 1, 2009

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0029-5973
eISSN
1568-5276
DOI
10.1163/156852709X405062
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Abstract

Ideas about punishment in hell (the Fire, Jahannam ) have an important place both in the Qur'an and in later Muslim literature. The article surveys the scenarios of hell given in these sources and discusses the various functions of hell-talk in Islamic discourse. In particular, a tension exists between conceiving hell as a place of punishment for sins and as a place reserved for disbelievers, or non-Muslims. The two perspectives meet in the idea that disbelief ( kufr ) is the worst of all sins, though ambiguities regarding who belong in hell remain. Strategies to mediate this ambiguity are found in the ideas that hell is divided into several levels or that the punishment in hell is only temporary.

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NumenBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: HELL IN ISLAM; JAHANNAM; KAFIR; ETERNALITY OF HELL

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