Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: ((Indeed, it is a wretched place of settlement and abode...)).
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The Shaykh :[Al-Furqan 25:66] To what does the pronoun refer? To Hell. This is a great condemnation. It means: It is a wretched place of settlement in which a person settles, and a wretched abode in which he resides. So it is not good, neither in its settlement nor in its abode. And it is known that it will not be good while it contains this great punishment, which is known from the Book and the Sunnah. This description of Hell is the opposite of the description of Paradise. What did Allah say about Paradise? [Al-Furqan 25:76] So choose, my brother, choose this or that. And [Al-Furqan 25:66]. And in the saying of Allah the Exalted: there is evidence that the servants of Allah believe that the Fire is a permanent settlement for its people, who are its owners, because the owners of the Fire, who are its owners, do not come out of it. And the Fire does not perish. Allah the Exalted said: [An-Nisa 4:57]. And Allah the Exalted mentioned eternity in three places in the Qur'an. The eternity, the abiding of the people of the Fire, is in three places:
So He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said in Surat al-Nisa:[An-Nisa 4:168-169]. And He, the Exalted, said in Surat al-Ahzab: [Al-Ahzab 33:64-65]. And He, the Exalted, said in Surat al-Jinn: [Al-Jinn 72:23]. Forever, the eternity of eternities. The Fire does not perish [Al-Hijr 15:48].
If someone were to say: How do they endure it? Do they not burn? The answer is:[An-Nisa 4:56]. [Al-Anfal 8:50]. But the Creator, (Exalted and Majestic is He), is able to restore them a second time. He restores them. The skins cook, but they are renewed. And so on, forever. After a long period, they ask for water [Al-Kahf 18:29]. As soon as it is brought near their faces—may Allah protect us and you—it scalds them and they are torn apart. If it reaches the intestines, listen: [Muhammad 47:15] So there is no benefit. [Al-Furqan 25:66].
Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."
إِنَّهَا سَاءَتْ مُسْتَقَرّاً وَمُقَاماًIndeed, it
إِنَّهَاis a wretched place of settlement
سَاءَتْ مُسْتَقَرّاًGood is the settlement and residence.
حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرّاً وَمُقَاماًIndeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."
إِنَّهَا سَاءَتْ مُسْتَقَرّاً وَمُقَاماًa place of settlement and abode
مُسْتَقَرّاً وَمُقَاماًwherein they abide forever
خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَداًSo He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said in Surat al-Nisa:
(168) Indeed, those who disbelieve and commit wrong [or injustice] - never will Allah forgive them, nor will He guide them to a path. (169) Except the path of Hell; they will abide therein forever.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَظَلَمُوا لَمْ يَكُنْ اللَّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلا لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ طَرِيقاً إِلاَّ طَرِيقَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَداً(64) Indeed, Allah has cursed the disbelievers and prepared for them a Blaze. (65) Abiding therein forever, they will not find a protector or a helper.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَنَ الْكَافِرِينَ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ سَعِيراً خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَداً لا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيّاً وَلا نَصِيراًAnd whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever.
وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَإِنَّ لَهُ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَداًnor from it will they [ever] be removed.
وَمَا هُمْ مِنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَIf someone were to say: How do they endure it? Do they not burn? The answer is: