Is this verse [ Surah 19:70-71 ] kind of weird, or is it just me
OP - September 19, 2009, 07:41 AM
"And certainly We know best those who are most worthy of being burned therein. And there is not one of you but shall go into it [hell]; this is an unavoidable decree of your Lord. (19:70-71)"
ثُمَّ لَنَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِالَّذِينَ هُمْ أَوْلَى بِهَا صِلِيًّا {70}
وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا كَانَ عَلَى رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا {71}
Ok, sooooo.... everyone is going to hell? I was wondering, does it mean that everyone goes to hell to check it out, and then the good guys go to paradise... or is it only directed at infidels?
Its doesnt seem really clear to me, who how the word 'you' is being used
EDIT:
This is another translation, with the context
[Yusufali 19:66] Man says: "What! When I am dead, shall I then be raised up alive?"
أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ الْإِنسَانُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْئًا {67}
[Yusufali 19:67] But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of nothing?
فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَحْشُرَنَّهُمْ وَالشَّيَاطِينَ ثُمَّ لَنُحْضِرَنَّهُمْ حَوْلَ جَهَنَّمَ جِثِيًّا {68}
[Yusufali 19:68] So, by thy Lord, without doubt, We shall gather them together, and (also) the Evil Ones (with them); then shall We bring them forth on their knees round about Hell;
ثُمَّ لَنَنزِعَنَّ مِن كُلِّ شِيعَةٍ أَيُّهُمْ أَشَدُّ عَلَى الرَّحْمَنِ عِتِيًّا {69}
[Yusufali 19:69] Then shall We certainly drag out from every sect all those who were worst in obstinate rebellion against (Allah) Most Gracious.
ثُمَّ لَنَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِالَّذِينَ هُمْ أَوْلَى بِهَا صِلِيًّا {70}
[Yusufali 19:70] And certainly We know best those who are most worthy of being burned therein.
وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا كَانَ عَلَى رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا {71}
[Yusufali 19:71] Not one of you but will pass over it: this is, with thy Lord, a Decree which must be accomplished.
ثُمَّ نُنَجِّي الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوا وَّنَذَرُ الظَّالِمِينَ فِيهَا جِثِيًّا {72}
[Yusufali 19:72] But We shall save those who guarded against evil, and We shall leave the wrong-doers therein, (humbled) to their knees.
وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَيُّ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ خَيْرٌ مَّقَامًا وَأَحْسَنُ نَدِيًّا {73}
[Yusufali 19:73] When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelievers say to those who believe, "Which of the two sides is best in point of position? Which makes the best show in council?"
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَاثًا وَرِئْيًا {74}
It uses 'them' to refer to 'evil ones', and implies that everyone is going to go to hell (for a short time), and then the cool people get taken out
The foundation of superstition is ignorance, the
superstructure is faith and the dome is a vain hope. Superstition
is the child of ignorance and the mother of misery.
-Robert G. Ingersoll (1898)
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Topic: Is this verse [ Surah 19:70-71 ] kind of weird, or is it just me