JANNAT AND JAHANNAM

Jannat and Jahannam are two abodes or places which have already been created. Both these abodes are physical and material places, which are developed to perfection in their respective spheres. Jannat is the world of luxury, comfort and pleasure while Jahannam is the abode of hardship, misery and punishment. The comforts of Jannat and the terrors of Jahannam are mentioned in the Qur'aan and Hadith are literal, real and physical and not figurative expressions conveying some mental or spiritual state of pleasure and pain. The ancient philosophers as well as modernists who have strayed from the Path of Islaam give a figurative interpretation to Jannat and Jahannam. By such interpretation they argue away the Jahannam and Jannat stated and explained by the Qur'aan and Rasoolullah (SAW).

All such figurative and allegorical interpretations denying the reality of Jannat and Jahannam are baatil and kufr. Muslims should, therefore, be alert and not barter away their Imaan by subscribing to kufr theories.

Jannat and Jahannam are everlasting abodes. Their inmates will never perish. Those in Jannat will remain therein forever. Their existence therein will never come to an end. The non-Muslims will remain in Jahannam forever, never emerging therefrom while those Muslims who were consigned to Jahannam will, after serving their sentence be taken out and sent to Jannat.