وَالْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ مَخْلُوقَتَانِ لَا تَفْنَيَانِ أَبَدًا وَلَا تَبِيدَانِ
Paradise and Hell have both been created. They will never perish or cease to exist.
Claim under examination: Someone says: Since Paradise and Hell will never perish, they must be beginningless and uncreated like Allah.
What the text establishes: Makhlūqatān affirms that they are created, while lā tafnayān affirms their permanence. Createdness and everlasting continuance can coexist without attributing the Creator’s beginninglessness to creation.
What does not follow: Not perishing in the future is no proof of having no beginning. This distinction separates beginninglessness from enduring permanence.
Application: Contrast the uncreated, beginningless Creator with created things granted permanence.