Laughing at Unbelievers in Hell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mu6BX1P_DQ
Tell me honestly, if you saw your mother, father, brother, sister, best friend, colleague at work or neighbour being tortured in Hell, would you gloat and laugh at the flames peeling their skin from their bones, as they cry out to you?
If your answer is; “No, I wouldn’t laugh,” then is the Qur’an wrong?
Or isn’t that the real you in heaven? Have you been transformed into a different person than you are here on earth?
The Qur’an says; “We will remove all malice from their hearts.” (7:43) What does that mean when you laugh at the torture of others? When you feel no pity towards family or close friends? Have certain emotions been removed so you won’t flinch but stare blankly and unemotionally? Or worse than that, so you find it pleasurable?
Will Muhammad — the best of creation — laugh at his uncle Abu Talib who protected and tirelessly defended his nephew for years, but refused to renounce the religion of his forefathers? Will Muhammad — the mercy to the worlds — refuse him a drop of water?
After a few billion years of pleasure in paradise will you not pause, even for a fleeting moment, to pity those suffering endless torture?
Apart from the sickening display of delight and shocking lack of compassion presented in this verse, wouldn’t carrying such vindictive hatred — at the very least — diminish your peace of mind? Or is the existence of eternal torture an essential feature of divine bliss in the afterlife?
Is the existence of eternal suffering something God wanted? If not, then is it something he didn’t want? Does the eternal evil of unreconciled souls tortured in Hell represent a failure of some sort? Or did God want evil to remain eternally — within sight of paradise?
FYI, these are the quotes and references as they appear in the video:
- “Today the believers will be laughing at the unbelievers, watching while reclining on raised couches.” (83:35)
“Indeed the sinners used to laugh at those who believed. And when they passed them by, they would wink at each other mockingly. And when they returned to their own people, they would return exultantly. And whenever they saw them, they would say, “Behold! These are the people truly astray!” But they had not been sent as guardians over them. So today the believers will be laughing at the unbelievers, watching while reclining on raised couches. Have not the disbelievers been paid back for what they used to do?” (83:29-36)
“I had a close friend (on the earth), who used to say, ‘what! art thou amongst those who bear witness to the Truth (of the Message)? When we die and become dust and bones, shall we indeed receive rewards and punishments?’ (A voice) said: “Would you like to look down?” He looked down and saw him in the midst of the Fire. (37:51–55)
“The dwellers of Paradise will call out to the dwellers of Hell: “We have found that what our Lord promised us is true. Have you found that what your Lord promised you is true?” They will say: “Yes, we have!”… (Quran 7:44)
“The dwellers of Hell will call out to the dwellers of Paradise: “Throw down some water to us, or some of what Allah has provided you with.” They will say: “God has forbidden them to the disbelievers.” (Quran 7: 50)
“We will remove all malice from their hearts.” (7:43)
Quote from Ibn Abbas in the Tafseer of al-Tabari on this verse:
إن السور الذي بين الجنة والنار يُفتح لهم فيه أبواب، فينظر المؤمنون إلى أهل النار، والمؤمنون على السرر ينظرون كيف يعذّبون، فيضحكون منهم، فيكون ذلك مما أقرّ الله به أعينهم، كيف ينتقم الله منهم.
“The wall between Paradise & Hell will be opened for them, in it are doors so believers can watch the people of Hell. The believers will be reclining on elevated seats watching the ways they are tortured and will laugh at them, because this is amongst that which Allah will gladden their eyes with, how Allah takes revenge on them.”
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