Definitions

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  • proper noun Islam Islamic concept of hell, where unfaithful Muslims not true to their religion will be punished, but will eventually be forgiven.

Etymologies

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From Arabic جهنم (jahánnam).

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Examples

  • Jahannam from the world, which verily would else be consumed thereby.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • As for us, the Almighty Maker created us of the fire for the first that he made in Jahannam were two of His host whom he called Khalít and Malít.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • "Jahannam") from the furnace-like ravine East of Jerusalem (Night cccxxv.).

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • The Greeks call it Tartarus, a place even worse than Hades; the Hebrews, Gehenna or Sheol; for Islam it is Jahannam; in China and Japan it is referred to as Di Yu; the Buddhists and Hindus call it Naraka.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • The Greeks call it Tartarus, a place even worse than Hades; the Hebrews, Gehenna or Sheol; for Islam it is Jahannam; in China and Japan it is referred to as Di Yu; the Buddhists and Hindus call it Naraka.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • The Greeks call it Tartarus, a place even worse than Hades; the Hebrews, Gehenna or Sheol; for Islam it is Jahannam; in China and Japan it is referred to as Di Yu; the Buddhists and Hindus call it Naraka.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • Jahannam; natheless in it are a thousand mountains of fire, in each mountain seventy thousand cities of fire, in each city seventy thousand castles of fire, in each castle seventy thousand houses of fire, in each house seventy thousand couches of fire and in each couch seventy thousand manners of torment.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Quoth Bulukiya, ‘Haply Jahannam hath least of torture for that it is the uppermost.’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The seven Hells are given in vol.v. 241; they are intended for Moslems (Jahannam); Christians (Lazà); Jews

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Answered they, ‘We are of the dwellers in the Jahannam-hell; and Almighty Allah created us for the punishment of Kafirs.’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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