LessonsReading the Creed Text: Terms, Qualifications and MeaningQuiz

وَالْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ مَخْلُوقَتَانِ لَا تَفْنَيَانِ أَبَدًا وَلَا تَبِيدَانِ
Paradise and Hell have both been created. They will never perish or cease to exist.

Reading the terms: Makhlūqatān affirms both are created; lā tafnayān abadan affirms that they will not perish.

Boundary of meaning: Being created does not require that Allah must end a being’s existence. Continued existence of creation is unlike divine beginninglessness.

Takeaway: Paradise and Hell are created and will endure by Allah’s will.

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The continued existence of Heaven and Hell

Reading the Creed Text: Terms, Qualifications and Meaning

وَالْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ مَخْلُوقَتَانِ لَا تَفْنَيَانِ أَبَدًا وَلَا تَبِيدَانِ
Paradise and Hell have both been created. They will never perish or cease to exist.

Reading the terms: Makhlūqatān affirms both are created; lā tafnayān abadan affirms that they will not perish.

Boundary of meaning: Being created does not require that Allah must end a being’s existence. Continued existence of creation is unlike divine beginninglessness.

Takeaway: Paradise and Hell are created and will endure by Allah’s will.