A questioner inquires about the noble verse: “As for those who have failed, they will be in the Fire. For them therein is a sighing and a gasping. They will abide therein as long as the heavens and the earth remain, except for what your Lord wills. Indeed, your Lord is the Doer of what He wills.”
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The questioner : He inquires about the noble verse in the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Hud 11:106-107]?
The Shaykh : The meaning of the noble verse is that Allah the Exalted divided the people on the Day of Resurrection into two groups. Allah the Exalted said:[Hud 11:103-108] The meaning of the verse is that these who have failed, who are the disbelievers, will be eternally abiding in the Fire of Hell, with eternal abiding, as Allah Blessed and Exalted is He said in Surat al-Nisa: [An-Nisa 4:168-169] And His saying in Surat al-Ahzab: [Al-Ahzab 33:64-65] And He said in Surat al-Jinn: [Al-Jinn 72:23] And His saying: [Hud 11:107] As for the people of the Fire, they will be eternally abiding in it with eternal abiding. As for His saying: [Hud 11:107] it is like an answer to a question that is asked: Why did Allah the Exalted punish the people of the Fire with eternal abiding in it? He said: Indeed, your Lord is the Doer of what He wills, so no one can turn back His command, and He is not asked about what He does.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
(106) As for those who were [destined to be] wretched, they will be in the Fire. For them therein is [violent] exhaling and inhaling. (107) [They will be] abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will. Indeed, your Lord is an effecter of what He intends.
فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ شَقُواْ فَفِي النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ * خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ إِلاَّ مَا شَاء رَبُّكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُThe Shaykh : The meaning of the noble verse is that Allah the Exalted divided the people on the Day of Resurrection into two groups. Allah the Exalted said:
That is a Day for which the people will be collected, and that is a Day [which will be] witnessed. (104) And We do not delay it except for a limited term. (105) The Day it comes no soul will speak except by His permission. And among them will be the wretched and the prosperous. (106) As for those who were [destined to be] wretched, they will be in the Fire. For them therein is [violent] exhaling and inhaling. (107) [They will be] abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will. Indeed, your Lord is an effecter of what He intends. (108) And as for those who were [destined to be] prosperous, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will - a bestowal uninterrupted.
ذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّجْمُوعٌ لَّهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّشْهُودٌ * وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُ إِلاَّ لِأَجَلٍ مَّعْدُودٍ * يَوْمَ يَأْتِ لاَ تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِيٌّ وَسَعِيدٌ * فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ شَقُواْ فَفِي النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ * خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ إِلاَّ مَا شَاء رَبُّكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ * وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ سُعِدُواْ فَفِي الْجَنَّةِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ إِلاَّ مَا شَاء رَبُّكَ عَطَاء غَيْرَ مَجْذُوذٍ(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. And that, for Allah, is [always] easy.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَظَلَمُواْ لَمْ يَكُنِ اللّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلاَ لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ طَرِيقاً * إِلاَّ طَرِيقَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى اللّهِ يَسِيرًا(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 سَعِيرًا * خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا لَّا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًاBut [I have for you] only notification from Allah, and His messages." And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever.
إِلَّا بَلَاغًا مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرِسَالَاتِهِ وَمَن يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَإِنَّ لَهُ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًاexcept what your Lord should will
إلا ما شاء ربكIndeed, your Lord is an effecter of what He intends.
إن ربك فعال لما يريدThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.