Jahannam (Arabic: جهنم‎, Bengali: জাহান্নাম, Malayalam: Naraka, TurkishCehennem) in Islam refers to an afterlife place of punishment for evildoers. The punishments are carried in accordance with the degree of evil one has done during his life. In the QuranJahannam is also referred as al-Nar النار‎ (‘The Fire’), Jaheem جحيم‎ (‘Blazing Fire’), Hutamah حطمة‎ (‘That which Breaks to Pieces’), Haawiyah هاوية‎ (‘The Abyss’), Ladthaa لظى‎, Sa’eer سعير‎ (‘The Blaze’), Saqar سقر‎, also the names of different gates to hell. Just like the Islamic heavens, the common belief holds that Jahannam coexists with the temporary world.

Suffering in hell is both physical and spiritual, and varies according to the sins of the condemned. As described in the Quran, Hell has many levels (each one more severe than the one above it); each for a specific group of sinners); a blazing fire, boiling water, and the Tree of Zaqqum. Not all Muslims and scholars agree whether hell is an eternal destination or whether some or even all of the condemned will eventually be forgiven and allowed to enter paradise.

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