Opening of Hell

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The Opening of Hell is an eschatological event in Islamic belief, referenced in Surah An-Naba, when Hell is unveiled and laid open as part of the final judgment of disbelievers.

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Opening of Hell canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic eschatology concept ⓘ
eschatological event ⓘ
ArabicName تَفْتَحُ جَهَنَّمُ ⓘ
associatedEmotion fear ⓘ
regret of the deniers ⓘ
associatedVerse Qur'an 78:21 ⓘ
Qur'an 78:22 ⓘ
associatedWith Day of Judgment ⓘ
Hellfire ⓘ
Hereafter ⓘ
linked to: the Hereafter

Resurrection ⓘ
audience disbelievers ⓘ
hypocrites ⓘ
sinful among the jinn and humankind ⓘ
category Islamic end-times event ⓘ
consequence beginning of entry of some people into Hell ⓘ
disbelievers see their punishment ⓘ
terror for the deniers of the truth ⓘ
consequenceFor disbelievers ⓘ
contrastWith Opening of Paradise ⓘ
cosmicContext part of the unfolding of the Hereafter ⓘ
describedAs Hell being brought forth and laid open ⓘ
describedIn Qur'an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
doctrineStatus matter of belief in the unseen (ghayb) ⓘ
epistemicStatusInIslam known only through Qur'an and authentic reports ⓘ
eschatologicalSequencePosition occurs after resurrection and gathering ⓘ
occurs after the trumpet is blown ⓘ
hasOpposite admission of believers into Paradise ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mentionedIn Surah An-Naba ⓘ
moralFunction encouragement to obey God ⓘ
warning to potential disbelievers ⓘ
purpose to expose Hell to the disbelievers ⓘ
to manifest divine justice ⓘ
to unveil Hell to creation ⓘ
relatedConcept Divine judgment ⓘ
Jahannam ⓘ
linked to: Hell

Paradise ⓘ
Reckoning ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
roleInBelief part of the events of the Day of Resurrection ⓘ
part of the events of the Final Judgment ⓘ
scripturalSourceType revelation ⓘ
temporalContext after resurrection of humankind ⓘ
during the final judgment ⓘ
theologicalSignificance manifestation of Allah's justice ⓘ
manifestation of Allah's threat to disbelievers ⓘ
viewedBy Muslims ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surah An-Naba → eschatologicalEvent → Opening of Hell ⓘ