“My heart trembled when I learned that the people of Hell, after a long torment whose duration we do not know, ask for four wishes.
The Qur’an describes them in four scenes:
#The_First_Wish:
(‘Our Lord, bring us out of it, and if we ever return [to sin], then indeed we would be wrongdoers.’)
They wish to leave the Fire, but Allah replies:
(‘Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.’)
After that, they lose hope and realize there will be no escape from it.
#The_Second_Wish:
They ask it from Malik, the keeper of Hell:
(‘And they will call, “O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!”’)
They wish to die just to find relief from the torment, but Malik replies:
(‘Indeed, you will remain.’)
Then they turn to—
#The_Third_Wish:
—to the guardians of Hell (the angels), asking for a wish so heartbreaking it makes the body shiver. What is that wish?
(‘And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, “Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment.”’)
Allah… they only wish to rest for one day, just one day.
But the angels answer them:
(‘Did there not come to you your messengers with clear proofs?’)
(‘They will say: Yes.’)
(The angels will say: ‘Then supplicate yourselves, but the supplication of the disbelievers is not except in error.’)
Meaning: your prayers will not be answered.
#Then_Comes_The_Fourth_Wish:
And from whom do they ask it? From the people of Paradise.
What a simple wish it is:
(‘And the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise: “Pour upon us some water…”’)
Or what else?
(‘…or from whatever Allah has provided you.’)
But they will reply:
(‘Indeed, Allah has forbidden them both to the disbelievers.’)
Why? What were they doing?
(‘Those who took their religion as amusement and play…’)
And what else?
(‘…and whom the worldly life deluded.’)
So what is their recompense?
(‘So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs…’)”
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