He (p.b.u.h.) said...

He (p.b.u.h.) said: '/wariduha/ (come to it (Hell)) means 'enter into it'. There will be no good doer and no evildoer but he will enter into it (Hell). Then it (Fire) will be cold and safe for the believers, the same as it was for Abraham; so that 'Fire' or 'Hell' (Jabir was doubtful) will cry because of its coldness.

Then Allah will rescue those who kept from evil, and leave the unjust therein on their knees'."(1) But, the compiler of the commentary of Atyab-ul-Bayan, upon the commentary of this verse, says: It seems, and there are many Islamic tradition on it, and is among the self-evident knowledge of the religion that the question of 'Sirat?' (path, way) is the 'bridge' of Hell, through which the people of Heaven must pass.

Coming to this path is the same as entering into Hell and passing from it is a rescue. 1- Nur-uth-Thaqalayn, vol. 3, p. 353 Thus, the meaning of "And (there is) not one of you but shall come to it (Hell)" is 'entering on the Path'. There is an expressive saying upon the bridge of the Path (S?irat) in Islamic traditions which denotes there is a bridge over Hell leading to Paradise which is thinner than a hair, sharper than the blade of a sword.

This meaning is another evidence for this commentary, and it has been verified and supported by a lot of the commentators of two great sects of Islam. Another tradition narrated from the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) indicates that he said: "On the Day of Judgment, Hell-Fire will tell the believer 'Pass quickly, O' believer!

Verily your light has extinguished my flame'." It has been cited in Tafsir-i-Tabari: "One day, when 'Abdullah-ibn-Rawah?ah was sick, he was crying and his wife, seeing him, began weeping. 'Abdullah asked her why she was weeping. She answered it was because of his weeping. 'Abdullah said that he was crying for this word of Allah Who said: 'And (there is) not one of you but shall come to it (Hell)'.

Our arrival is certain, but 'Abdullah does not know whether he will rescue or not." The Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h.) said: "On the Day of Hereafter, all human being (good and evil) will enter Hell, but Fire will not harm the believers, like Abraham for whom the fire became cold." 1- At-Tafsir-ul-MuNur, p. 145; Zad-ul-Masir, Commentary, vol. 5, p. 256; Rauh-ul-Ma'ani by 'Alusi, vol. 16, p. 133; Tafsir-i-Safi, p. 290, Tafsir-i-Jami'-ul-Bayan, p. 110, Tafsir-i-Mazhari, vol. 6, p.

112; Tafsir-i-Jawami'-ul-Jami', narrated by Ibn-Mas'ud, Hassan Basri, and Ibn-Abbas, Tafsir-i-Th?'alibi, vol. 3, p.