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XV.—HELL.
Hell, or the place of torment, is called in Arabic Jahannam, and in Persian Dozakh; and is said to have seven portals or divisions,[1] which the Commentator Baghawi distributes as follows:—
1. Jahannam, for Muhammadans; for, according to the Qurán, all Muslims will pass through hell.[2]
2. Lazwá, a blazing fire for Christians (Sura lxx. 15 only).
3. Hutama, an intense fire for Jews (Sura civ. 4 only).
- ↑ Sura xv. 44. "It hath seven portals, and at each portal a separate band;" a tradition founded on the Talmud. Thus in Sota 10, David is said to have rescued Absalom from the seven dwellings of hell. (Rodwell.)
- ↑ Sura xix. 44, "Verily there is not one of you that shall not go down into hell. Jahannam is the Arabic form of the Greek γεέννα, and it is remarkable that the word should be used for a purgatorial hell and not ἄδης which, according to the Papists, denotes that state.
