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[8] About the Quranic Verse 7:48

 

 It is a common misunderstanding among the Sunnites that the Quranic verse 7:46 refers to some resurrected souls on the Last Day whose quantity of good deeds will be exactly equal to that of their bad deeds. The Lord God says the following in the Holy Quran: "And between them is a partition, and on the Elevations are rijal (i.e., those standing on their feet) who recognize everyone by their features. They will call to the inhabitants of Paradise, “Peace be upon you.” They have not entered it, but they are hoping." (7:46). In the Modern Standard Arabic, the word ''rijal'' means ''men''; this is why Sunnites today misunderstand the Quranic verse 7:46. In contrast, the Quranic term (rijal) literally means (those standing on their feet). The same Quranic term (rijal) has the same meaning of (those standing on their feet) in other two Quranic contexts: "And announce the pilgrimage to humanity. They will come to you on foot/rijal, and on every transport. They will come from every distant point." (22:27); "Guard your prayers…But if you are in fear, then on foot/rijal, or riding…" (2:238-239). Hence, we assert here that in 7:46, the term (rijal) refers to angels who will be standing on their feet and who will recognize the human souls about to enter into Hell as per their ugly faces and the human souls about to enter into Paradise as per their radiant faces: "Faces on that Day will be radiant. Laughing and rejoicing. And Faces on that Day will be covered with misery. Overwhelmed by remorse. These are the disbelieving sinners." (80:38-42). Thus, in 7:46, the angels standing on their feet will greet the souls of those who will be about to enter into Paradise; they will be impatient to enter into it: "…They have not entered it, but they are hoping." (7:46). While they are impatiently waiting to enter into Paradise, they will do and say the following: "And when their eyes are directed towards the dwellers of the Hell-Fire, they will say, “Our Lord, do not place us among the unjust people.”" (7:47). The angels standing on their feet will rebuke the souls of those who will be about to enter into Hell and remind them how they arrogantly ridiculed, in the transient world, the pious ones and swore they will not be included in the Lord God's mercy; the souls of losers will regret their disbelief and sins in vain as they will know that the pious ones will enter into Paradise: "And those on the Elevations will call to rijal they recognize by their features, saying, “Your hoardings did not avail you, nor did your arrogance.” “Are these the ones you swore God will not touch with mercy?” “Enter into Paradise; you have nothing to fear, and you will not grieve.”" (7:48-49). Of course, the Quranic term (rijal) in 7:48 refers to the souls of losers standing on their feet before they will be made to enter into Hell for eternity. The role of the angels standing on their feet will end when Hell-dwellers enter into Hell and the Paradise dwellers enter into Paradise; both groups will engage into a conversation: "The dwellers of the Hell-Fire will call on the inhabitants Paradise, “Pour some water over us or some of what God has provided for you.” They will say, “God has forbidden them for the disbelievers.”" (7:50). The term (forbidden) in 7:50 means that no sinful 'Muslims' inside Hell will be made to get out of Hell and to enter into Paradise. Anyone entering into Hell will abide therein for eternity.


 

Would Sinful Muslims Get out of Hell to Enter into Paradise?
Most people assume that sinful Muslims who died without acceptable repentance will enter into Hell temporarily, as if to purge such sins within a purgatory stage, before getting out of Hell to enter into Paradise to abide therein forever. We refute this myth using the Holy Quran. We trace the roots of this erroneous notion in the eras before and after the descent of the Holy Quran. Refuting this notion using the Quranic verses clarifies the truth to all monotheists.
Signat ure: Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour – 1987 – Cairo – Egypt.

Translation By:
Ahmed Fathy
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