Al-Baqarah 162: They will stay there (in hell) eternally. There is no alleviation of their punishment and their faces will not be looked at.

To Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 162. After reading this too, with verse 163 we will end our lesson. Yes.

They will remain there eternally. Look what it says. They there — the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will their faces be looked upon, it says. What a beautiful thing Allah Almighty says. So people will see Allah Almighty — what does it say? Nor will their faces be looked upon. That is, I will lift My mercy from them and cut off My attention from them, He says. Upon the punishment given to each, they will face the eternal punishment of hell, Allah protect us. May our Lord protect us all from such a punishment. Those who rebel against Allah Almighty, turn away from Allah, deny His verses and die in this state — with the verse our Lord made known, they will remain in hell eternally, He declares.

So spirits are immortal. Since Allah Almighty gave man of His spirit, and since in the hereafter we will be driven out of the guise of the body too, since we will enter paradise and hell with our spirits, that is, with those spirits that were created first, our Lord who made a covenant with us — that spirit of ours will enter paradise and hell. Since spirits are immortal, paradise and hell are eternal and everlasting.

Our spirits are eternal and everlasting there.

Since Allah Almighty has the attribute of Judge, the one who knows and the one who doesn't, the one who works and the one who doesn't, the one who worships and the one who doesn't, the one who is Muslim and the one who isn't, can never be the same. These cannot be compared with each other. Because they are each other's opposites. That's why everyone will surely find the recompense for what he did.

What you earn is the return of your two hands, according to the verse. While completing his life, man forgets that this world is a place of trial for him, he opposes his Creator, without shame or fear he challenges Allah, admiring his own reason, ignoring Allah's laws, he turns his back on Allah. Raised to the life after death, the moment he sees that Allah's verses are true, he will grasp the truth, and that the matter is undeniable, not to be taken lightly, not to be mocked — this he will understand. Who? In the hereafter — what does it say? In His verse: send me back once more. I have seen, he says. And I have known.

Send me back once more. How I will worship You! He understood that the matter is undeniable. In one verse he even says, woe to us. Who raised us? What the prophets said was true, he says. It was true. Who raised you? The One who created us first raised us. He promised so, and that promise will truly be fulfilled. The bodies say this, don't they, Hodja? The bodies say this. Who says it? The bodies. The bodies, of course. Who raised us? Yes. Because it isn't these bodies, it's the spirits saying it, the spirits again. They met with the bodies, you see; in that intermediate world we were like asleep, you see; when we came to ourselves, what did we say: how long did we lie under the earth?

What will the body say? It's the spirit saying it again. In fact the body too — as if the body is speaking. It says — the spirit distinguishes, you see. Some say one day, some say less than a day. In fact, like the body, like the body saying it, its speaking is the spirit's speaking. And Allah Almighty in this world does not address our bodies. Gentlemen, He does not address our bodies. If He had addressed our bodies, He would hold our bodies accountable and our spirit would slip out of the matter. Spirit, nafs and soul are one; the flesh is separate. So He will make the flesh die a second time, and in the hereafter our spirits will be called to account. We will be called to account with our spirits.

There, just as you lie down in the evening and in the morning say, how much time has passed, I couldn't remember — so the spirit's coming to itself: woe, again in this world — look, this is not the world, I had died, it says, now I have been raised, that is, I got up, I came to myself. Exactly like the world of sleep. Do you know where your spirit is in sleep? Where are you? How long did you lie? Yes.

So there he will understand the truth of the matter and realize that it is not to be mocked. But the opportunity has slipped away. These worlds will not be set up again for them. What is it? Send me back once more, look what I will do for You. No, there is no setting up again, it's over. The opportunity is gone. Why is it gone? Allah Almighty does not make trial runs like we do. Why not? Because we don't know the unseen. We make trial runs. Come on, take one more chance. Come on, do it once more and let's see. We don't know what it is, after all. But Allah Almighty knows his chance. He knows what it is. Even if He sent him fifty thousand times, he would do the same thing again.

Now there is a (?) of mine in hand. Is it gold? Is it copper? Is it brass? It's not clear. Who knows this? The jeweler knows. He knows how many carats it is, right away, its — He strikes it on the stone, what does it say? He strikes it on the touchstone, he knows what it is. If I have no touchstone in hand, what do I know about it? Is it gold, copper, silver? Maybe the jeweler understands, but you can't know what it is. I'm giving this as an example, you see. But since our Lord knows all the characters of people, He has no need to test people. He knows them all. Anyway, however he proved his existence in the world — without proving what kind of person he is you will learn, according to the verse — he proved himself, and his journey continued to a world from which there is no return.

But, the opportunity having slipped away, these worlds will not be set up for him again. Their places have been prepared according to their conduct in the world. People's places. If good, paradise has been prepared. If bad, hell has been prepared. According to the states and actions each soul did in the world, after giving account before the Judge of judges, they will be taken to their places. For such deniers, in eternal life, in the life of hell, their punishment will not be lightened, nor will their faces be looked upon. Why? Because Allah Almighty has lifted His attribute of mercy from them. They are there without anyone and alone.

Because Allah has left them alone. In this loneliness they will be left alone with their own troubles and by the angels of punishment they will remain constantly subjected to punishment. In a verse Allah Almighty declares: after they have burned many thousands of years, We will bring them into a state where they neither taste nor feel. After that they will continue their existence as logs of hell. This verse will be opened later, we said.