Praise be to Allah, the One Whom we
ask for assistance and forgiveness. We ask for
Allah’s refuge to secure us from our own evil
selves, our wrong doings, and misdeeds; for
whomever Allah, His Almighty guides and leads
will never go astray, and whomever Allah, His
Almighty misleads will never find the right path.
I, also, testify that there is no God but Allah, the
Only, who has no partner, and I testify that
Muhammad is His prophet and His slave.

At the Beginning of the Road: Paradise was
the Goal
I was on the first steps of the path, the path of
Islam, which was at my early youth, gratitude and praise
be to Allah. I used to consider paradise as the place that I
should be working for. Probably, not only my hope, but
also my feelings were that I deserved it! I had the feeling
that the mere idea of hell and the thought of escaping from
it was not applicable to a person of my hard work and
prayers, for such a person as I am does not belong there,
by Allah’s will, and will not enter it. Therefore, such a
person does not have to fear it or to keep on asking Allah
to save him from it. However, If he does so, then he is
only following prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be on him, and imitating him, who himself asks
to be saved from Hell, with the assurance that he is not
one of its inhabitants. I have often felt, when I used to ask
for Allah’s forgiveness, that I haven’t committed deeds
that call for a so long regret, or a so much sorrow; Allah
has enabled me to give up, and apologize for the sin that I
have committed. This is repentance enough.

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“O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allah and fear Him, and speak
(always) the truth. He will direct you to do righteous good deeds and will
forgive you your sins. And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger ƅơȄǴǏ
ǶǴLJȁǾȈǴǟ he has indeed achieved a great achievement (i.e. he will be saved
from the Hell-Fire and made to enter Paradise.)” (ÐÑ. ÔÍ-ÔÎ)

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I have continued thinking in such a way for quite a
period of my religious life. Then, when I began
comprehending The Holly Qu'oran, realizing the true
meaning of faith, the true meaning of sin, and started
studying the morals of the prophets, the virtuous men, and
the men of faith, the previous feeling of security started to
disappear slowly. My prime and final worry circulated
totally around escaping hell, and escaping what comes
before it of painful torture. As for heaven, the whole
heaven, namely paradise, there are other measures, and
efforts that my will, power, and devotion were way below.
Moreover, if I cry over the sins that I have committed,
from this day until I die, my sorrows will not be enough,
and if Allah’s mercy does not over shadow me with His
forgiveness, then I will be one of the losers. So how did
that happen?

Ï. Comprehending the Meaning of Sin
A number of items caused me to go over my
previous thoughts and look at the subject from a new
perspective. The first reason that awakened my awareness
of my previous perceptions concerning heaven and hell, at
the start of my path, was my understanding of the meaning
of sin, and that disobeying Allah was an enormous matter.
One of the reasons of triggering such an understanding
was a sentence by a virtuous man that says: “Do not think
of how small the sin is, but think of whom you have
disobeyed.”

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I have found the proof of the previous sentence in
the qualities of the references and holly names of Allah,
indicating His perfection, His gifts, and His generosity
upon His creatures. His right, also, to be truly feared,
obeyed and not revolted against, thanked and not denied
the right to be worshipped, and to be remembered and not
forgotten. Who could perform all of those obligations, as
they should be? I found out that Allah, His Almighty,
warns His creatures of His punishment, and punishes for
sins, tiny or great. I became certain that Allah's rights over
His creatures are mightier and bigger than all the duties He
asks from them, and that all are subjects to His Mercy and
ready at His orders, and that His Almighty,
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Ð. Why Is Sin a Serious Crime?
Sin is indeed very great in itself for it is a rejection
to an order from God the One and Only, the Creator of the
skies and earth, the Creator of everything. He is the God
and the Owner of everything. He is the One to whom
everything else is a subject. To Him everything is base and
low. He is the Domineering over His creatures. He is all
wisdom and all experience, who is aware of every matter,
be it minute or big. He is
the One knowing each person's deeds, and is aware of
every particle in the skies or on earth. The greatest angels
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“So on that Day, none will punish as He will punish. And none will bind as
He will bind.”(ÖÍ. ÏÒ-ÏÓ)

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fear Him, His Almighty, and the skies are about to explode
of fear.
Allah is the One who holds the skies in their
places, and the earth in its own orbit. None of His
creatures know anything about Him, yet He is aware of
whatever goes on within the minds of His creatures. He
knows their wishes and the temptations within His
creatures’ hearts. He is the One who is all mercy and all
knowledge, and accepts nothing from His creatures but
total submission and complete surrender to Him.
Allah is the One who is generous with His
creatures and worshipers, His generosity is endless and
His gifts are bountiful. He humiliates whomever He
wishes of His creatures a matchless humiliation. He
punishes whomever He wishes of His creatures, a
matchless and an unimaginably endless punishment:

He is The God who has restricted creation and the
power of will to Himself; non-but He creates. Non but
Him has the ability to create a minute atom, a tiny grain,
or a fly. He is The One who can please His creatures or
harm them. Non but His Holly self that can please His

creatures or harm them according to His own non-
negotiable will. He is The God, whose creation of the

earth and the skies did not tire Him the least, and whose
control over them and keeping them in their specified, and
designated places and orbits does not cost Him the least of
fatigue.
Who else but Allah can keep the sun in its
designated and specified orbit? Whoever else but Allah
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Refer to Note No. Ñ

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who could keep the moon, the planets, and the galaxies
circulating within their own orbits? Who created such a
precision? Allah says:

Therefore, He is the
owner of all, The organizer of the whole universe, non has
assisted or helped Him creating the universe, or keeping it.
He is The creator of everything in this universe, its keeper,
and its protector. He is The One who can destroy the order
of this universe, and replace the earth and the skies
whenever He wishes. Allah says:

His Almighty also says:

“Verily! Allah grasps the heavens and the earth lest they move away from
their places, and if they were to move away from their places, there is not one

that could grasp them after Him. Truly, He is Ever Most Forbearing, Oft-
Forgiving.”

“When the Heaven is cleft asunder. And when the stars have fallen and
scattered. And when the seas are burst forth (got dried up). And when the
graves are turned upside down (and they bring out their contents.) (Then) a
person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of
good or bad deeds.) (ÕÏ: Î-Ò)
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“When the sun Kuwirat (wound round and lost its light and is overthrown.)
And when the stars shall fall; And when the mountains shall be made to pass
away; And when the pregnant she-camel shall be neglected; And when the
wild beasts shall be gathered together; And when the seas shall become as
blazing Fire or shall overflow; And when the souls shall be joined with their
bodies; And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to
do) shall be questioned. For what sin she was killed? And when the written
pages of deeds (good and bad) of every person shall be laid open; And when
the heaven shall be stripped off and taken away from its place; And when
Hell-Fire shall be kindled to fierce ablaze. And when Paradise shall be

This God, The Almighty, has described himself in
the holly Qu'oran saying:

 Allah has granted humankind certain span of life in this world and with it the ability to think and then decide their course in this life. After that, everyone will die and be buried. Then all of Allah’s creation will be brought back to life on the Day of Judgment. Those who did well on the earth will be rewarded with Heaven/Paradise, but those who were unfortunate i.e., the wrongdoers will be sent to Hell. Heaven is the abode of enjoyment, which Allah prepared for the righteous and Hell is the abode for penalty or torment, which He set up for the disbelievers. This book shows Hell from inside based on the authentic Hadeeths.