Therefore the penalties too...

Therefore the penalties too, are not eternal and forever and finally the inhabitants of Hell will move up to live in Paradise. The other theologians hold that, if the above condition exists, it exists for both parties, and inhabitants of Paradise too must have an end. But there is also a second condition in the above verses that, ©EXCEPT AS GOD WILLS¨ which may solve the problem easier. That is to say if God wills.

he can give an end to the penalties and change the condition and position of both, raising the inhabitants of Hell up to [ 214 ] the Gardens of Bliss if He wills, and promote the inhabitants of Paradise, in accordance to the Law of Evolution, to a higher grade of life. And this idea agrees more with the limitless Mercy and infinite power and knowledge of God.

A reason to support the latter suggestion is the ending of the above verse (NO.108) that says:ِ ``A GIFT THAT WILL NOT BE CEASED'' This implies that the gifts of God that are bestowed upon the inhabitants of Paradise are uninterrupted, and they shall never be ceased, be they bestowed in the Paradise or elsewhere in the new heavens and earth.

Some people and critics have objected on the matter of KHOLOOD=everlasting of penalties, saying:ِ `` What sort of a justice is this, that man for a short period of life time, of doing good or bad, should taste an eternal punishment or reward!?'' To answer this question we have to consider a few points first:ِ 1ِ That eternal punishments is not applied to all the sinners and guilties.

There are a certain group of people who have immersed in their passions, caprices, and vanity so that they do nothing but sin; and even if they continue for ever they continue with sinnings, and they never change their minds. They have indeed sold their self and soul to Satan, and have closed all the windows and loopholes of rescue and salvation upon themselves. These are the very incarnation of Badness and Devil!

And after all, in the Hell, there is not an apparent flaming Fire; and one who lives there he burns with his inner fire, that he has earned its fuel through his life history. 2ِ The relation of a sin and its punishment, is not a quantitative or a timely relation. It rather is a qualitative relation that exists between deeds and rewards, be they positive or negative. 3ِ The punishments in the Dooms Day are the natural effects of sins and wrongs.

The torments and agonies that the sinners suffer is the direct and natural effect, and the fruit of their deeds.