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''Sijjīn '' ( lit. Netherworld, Underworld, Chthonian World) is in Islamic belief either a prison, vehement torment or straitened circumstances at the bottom of ''Jahannam'' or hell, below the earth (compare Ancient Greek religion, Greek Tartarus), or, according to a different interpretation, a register for the damned or record of the wicked, which is mentioned in Quran . ''Sijjin'' is also considered to be a place for the souls of unbelievers until resurrection. The idea that there is a hell underneath Earth's surface roots in the Quran, which speaks about "seven earths" (), while describing hell as a subterranean pit, divided into seven compartments. Thus, many Muslim authors coincided hell with layers of the Earth with ''sijjin'' at the bottom. For the lowest layer of hell, the term ''al-asfal'' is used too. The antithesis of ''Sijjin'' is ''Illiyin''. Etymology The wikt:س ج ن#Adjectives, word as an adjective means "vehement" or "intense" and is derived from the root S-J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world's Major religious groups, second-largest religious population after Christians. Muslims believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a Fitra, primordial faith that was revealed many times through earlier Prophets and messengers in Islam, prophets and messengers, including Adam in Islam, Adam, Noah in Islam, Noah, Abraham in Islam, Abraham, Moses in Islam, Moses, and Jesus in Islam, Jesus. Muslims consider the Quran to be the verbatim word of God in Islam, God and the unaltered, final revelation. Alongside the Quran, Muslims also believe in previous Islamic holy books, revelations, such as the Torah in Islam, Tawrat (the Torah), the Zabur (Psalms), and the Gospel in Islam, Injil (Gospel). They believe that Muhammad in Islam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
