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It is so hot that when a tumbler of it would be brought forth to drink, before the contents could be taken in the mouth, the heat of this liquid would cause the flesh of the face to melt and drop. Believers are Certain When the infidels hear all this, they say: It is only fiction.[^7] It is like the stories of Rustam and Isfandiyar. But it is not so. The Quran is truth. The Paradise and Hell are facts.[^8] When the believers hear all this, they believe it all.

When the verses of Quran are recited in their presence, there is increase in their faith.[^9] In fact the most confirmed report is that which the Almighty Allah has conveyed.

The Garment of Hell would be of Fire “Their shirts made of pitch and the fire covering their faces.” [^10][^11] It is mentioned in the Holy Quran in many places that the folks of Hell would be wearing garments of fire.[^12] Like the inmates of prison are made to wear a special dress, the folks of Hell would also be dressed in a special dress of Hell made of fire.

It is also worth knowing about the salient features of Hell and it is mentioned in the Holy Quran that an inmate of Hell would be made to wear a chain seventy yards in length. After that he would be dragged into the fire.[^13] Entreaty of Imam Ali (a.s.) It is Ali (a.s.) who swoons during worship at midnight and entreats to the Almighty Allah to give refuge from such a chastisement and says in his whispered prayers (Munajat): O Allah, I seek Your refuge on Judgment Day.

The day when children and wealth would give no one any advantage; except to those bestowed with a perfect conscience by Almighty Allah.[^14] Some Examples of the Chastisement of Hell Even if a single link of the chains of Hell is brought into the world, it would reduce the whole world to ashes. Among the sections of chastisement is that the caretakers are very nasty tempered and horrible.

When the inmates of Hell want to come out of the fire of Hell, they are turned back with fire only.[^15] It is narrated that the inmates of Hell would fall for seventy years and then thrash their limbs in order to come up.

And when they would be about to reach the surface, the caretakers of Hell would hit at their heads with their maces (called Maqma plural Maqameh) and send them down again.[^16] Maces of Hell on Heads of the Inmates of Hell It is a statement of the Holy Quran and not a weak report. On the contrary, it is clearly the Holy Quran.