• 4. Think they not that they will be resurrected (for reckoning),
• 5. On a Great Day,
• 6. The Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists)? 7. Nay! Truly, the Record (writing of the deeds) of the Fujjar (disbelievers, sinners, evil-doers and wicked) is (preserved) in Sijjin.
• 8. And what will make you know what Sijjin is? 9. A Register inscribed. 10. Woe, that Day, to those who deny [(Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Day of Resurrection, and Al-Qadar (Divine Preordainments)]. 11. Those who deny the Day of Recompense. 12. And none can deny it except every transgressor beyond bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and disobedience of Allah, the sinner!)

• 19. And what will make you know what ‘Illiyyun is?
• 20. A Register inscribed. 21. To which bear witness those nearest (to Allah, i.e. the angels).
• 22. Verily, Al-Abrar (the pious who fear Allah and avoid evil) will be in delight (Paradise). 23. On thrones, looking (at all things).24. You will recognise in their faces the brightness of delight.
• 25. They will be given to drink pure sealed wine. 26. The last thereof (that wine) will be the smell of musk, and for this let (all) those strive who want to strive (i.e. hasten earnestly to the obedience of Allah). 27. It (that wine) will be mixed with Tasnim.

28. A spring whereof drink those nearest to Allah.Sijjin and ` illiyin

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ‌ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ (Never! [ i.e. they should never forget that Day.] Indeed the Record of Deeds of the sinners is in sijjin. [ 83:71′ The word sijjin is derived from sajana which means to ‘imprison in a narrow place’. According to Qamus, the word sijjin means ‘eternal imprisonment’. Traditions indicate that sijjin is a special place where the souls of the Disbelievers are kept, and in the same place, the Record of the evil deeds of every wicked person is kept separately. It is also possible that in this there is a consolidated book in which the deeds of all the non-believers of the world are recorded.

Where is this place? According to a lengthy hadith reported by Sayyidna Bara’ Ibn ` Azib ؓ ، the Holy Prophet ﷺ has said that sijjin is beneath the seventh level of the earth, and ` illiyin is in the seventh heaven beneath the Divine Throne. [ Baghawi, and Ahmad etc., as quoted by Mazhari ]. According to certain Traditions, sijjin is the seventh earth which contains the souls of the disbelievers, and ` illiyin is the seventh heaven which contains the souls of the believers.

The Locale of Paradise and Hell

Baihaqi has recorded a narration from Sayyidna ` Abdullah Ibn Salam ؓ that Paradise is in the heaven, and Hell is in the earth. Ibn Jarir cites in his commentary on the authority of Sayyidna Mu’adh Ibn Jabal ؓ a narrative of the Holy Prophet ﷺ ، according to which he was asked about the meaning of the following verse:

وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ

‘and Jahannam (Hell), on that day, will be brought forward, [ 89:23] ‘

The Prophet ﷺ was asked from where the Hell be brought forward? He replied: “From the seventh earth.” These narratives indicate that Hell will be brought forward from the seventh earth. It will suddenly flare up there, and all the oceans will join its blazing fire, and come forward in full view of all. This interpretation is reconcilable with narratives that define sijjin as the name of a place in Hell. [ Mahari ]. And Allah knows best!

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