بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Severity of Hellfire (In the Light of the Quran)

Faces will be scorched and flesh burned

تَلْفَحُ وُجُوۡهَهُمُ النَّارُ وَهُمۡ فِيۡهَا كَالِحُوۡنَ
Transliteration: Talfahu wujūhahumu n-nāru wa hum fīhā kāliḥūn
Translation: "The Fire will scorch their faces, and they will be therein disfigured." (Al-Mu’minun 104)

كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهَا لَظٰى ۙ نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوٰى
Transliteration: Kallā innahā laẓā, nazzā‘atan lish-shawā
Translation: "No! Indeed, it is the blazing Fire, stripping away the skin." (Al-Ma‘arij 15–16)

Sparks of Hell like huge fortresses

اِنۡطَلِقُوۡۤا اِلٰى ظِلٍّ ذِىۡ ثَلٰثِ شُعَبٍۙ لَّا ظَلِيۡلٍ وَّلَا يُغۡنِىۡ مِنَ اللَّهَبِؕ اِنَّهَا تَرۡمِىۡ بِشَرَرٍ كَالۡقَصۡرِۙ كَاَنَّهٗ جِمٰلَتٌ صُفۡرٌ
Transliteration: Intaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shu‘ab, lā ẓalīlin wa lā yughni mina l-lahab. Innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣr, ka’annahu jimālatun ṣufr
Translation: "Proceed to a shadow of three columns, neither cooling nor protecting from the flame. Indeed, it throws sparks like huge fortresses, as if they were yellow camels." (Al-Mursalat 30–33)

Hellfire will never cool

فَاَنۡذَرۡتُكُمۡ نَارًا تَلَظّٰى
Transliteration: Fa-andhartukum nāran talaẓẓā
Translation: "So I have warned you of a blazing Fire." (Al-Layl 14)

تَصۡلٰى نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Transliteration: Taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyah
Translation: "He will enter a scorching Fire." (Al-Ghashiyah 4)

فَاُمُّهٗ هَاوِيَةٌ ۙ وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا هِيَهۡ ؕ نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
Transliteration: Fa-ummuhu hāwiyah, wa mā adrāka mā hiyah, nārun ḥāmiyah
Translation: "His refuge will be the Abyss. And what will make you know what it is? It is a blazing Fire." (Al-Qari‘ah 9–11)

The Fire will be intensified again and again

كُلَّمَا خَبَتۡ زِدۡنٰهُمۡ سَعِيۡرًا
Transliteration:  khabat zidnāhum sa‘īrā
Translation: "Whenever it subsides, We will increase for them the blaze." (Al-Isra 97)

Hell will crush and penetrate hearts

كَلَّا لَيُنۡۢبَذَنَّ فِى الۡحُطَمَةِؕ وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الۡحُطَمَةُؕ نَارُ اللّٰهِ الۡمُوۡقَدَةُ ۙ الَّتِىۡ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الۡاَفۡـِٕدَةِؕ اِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ مُّؤۡصَدَةٌ ۙ فِىۡ عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍ
Transliteration: Kallā layunbadhanna fil-ḥuṭamah. Wa mā adrāka mal-ḥuṭamah. Nāru l-lāhil-mūqadah. Allatī taṭṭali‘u ‘alal-af’idah. Innahā ‘alayhim mu’ṣadah. Fī ‘amadim mumaddadah
Translation: "No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher. And what will make you know what the Crusher is? The Fire of Allah, kindled, which rises over the hearts. Indeed, it will be closed over them in extended columns." (Al-Humazah 4–9)

The punishment of Allah is truly to be feared

اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحۡذُوۡرًا
Transliteration: Inna ‘adhāba rabbika kāna maḥẓūrā
Translation: "Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever to be feared." (Al-Isra 57)

Hadith about intensity of Hellfire

"تمہاری یہ (دنیا کی) آگ جہنم کی آگ کا سترہواں حصہ ہے۔" صحابہ نے عرض کیا: یا رسول اللہ! یہی کافی تھی۔ آپ ﷺ نے فرمایا: "وہ اس سے انہتر درجے زیادہ گرم ہے، اور ہر درجہ دنیا کی آگ کے برابر ہے۔" (Sahih Muslim)

اللہ تعالیٰ ہمیں جہنم کی آگ سے اپنی پناہ میں رکھے اور ایمان و عمل کی توفیق عطا فرمائے۔ آمین۔