LessonsCreed Dialogues: Clarifying Beliefs Through QuestionsQuiz

Question: Does Allah’s power over all things entail that Paradise and Hell must cease to exist?

Answer: No. The general affirmation of divine power and the specific revealed teaching about the enduring Hereafter address different questions. A theoretical possibility does not negate an established promise.

وَالْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ مَخْلُوقَتَانِ لَا تَفْنَيَانِ أَبَدًا وَلَا تَبِيدَانِ
Paradise and Hell are created; they will neither perish nor pass away.

Follow-up: What is the difference between possible annihilation and actual annihilation?

Clarification: A creature’s not being necessary in itself is not the same as its actually ceasing to exist. The affirmed belief concerns the continued existence of Paradise and Hell.

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Paradise, Hell and divine power

Creed Dialogues: Clarifying Beliefs Through Questions

Question: Does Allah’s power over all things entail that Paradise and Hell must cease to exist?

Answer: No. The general affirmation of divine power and the specific revealed teaching about the enduring Hereafter address different questions. A theoretical possibility does not negate an established promise.

وَالْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ مَخْلُوقَتَانِ لَا تَفْنَيَانِ أَبَدًا وَلَا تَبِيدَانِ
Paradise and Hell are created; they will neither perish nor pass away.

Follow-up: What is the difference between possible annihilation and actual annihilation?

Clarification: A creature’s not being necessary in itself is not the same as its actually ceasing to exist. The affirmed belief concerns the continued existence of Paradise and Hell.