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Agreed !
Hell is not eternal for Muslims… they will have to pay for sins they bought here and after a wash down they will be able to enter into Paradise… so it is not eternal for them…
Depending on the intensity of the sin they performed …some have to stay in hell longer and some for shorter time. Allah has promised that All Muslim will enter into Paradise after washing except for Musrhik…
No Paradise for Mushrik and Kafir / non-Muslims …
Hell itself is eternal… 
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Thanks for the wonderful replies guys…:k:
One person I’d like to address apart from the crowd, Mr. Channmahi:
Channmahi ji, this is Islam we are talking about and Islam is of the heart…Every little revelation and knowledge brings calm to a Muslim’s ticker…
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very interesting topic lajjo :k:…this is the first time I have heard about this point of view
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Anwaar bhai, since I didn't have an answer to your question. I submitted it to IslamToday.com. Following is what I received from them:
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Question: Assalamo alaykum, A brother asked the following question, I would appreciate if you can answer it: Can you find out if Time exists beyond the world. I mean time is a creation of ALLAH (SWT) and it is relevent to the world. What if when the world is no more here, there is no concept of time either.. There is no concept of past, present, future so everything is just without time hence no ending of anything for future is not there? I would really appreciate it, if you can answer it. Jazakumullahu khairan. WasSalaam, Sadiyah
Dear questioner:
Al-Salâm `Alaykum wa Rahmah Allah wa Barakâtuh.
Your question is dependent on what you mean by “beyond the world”.
Time as a phenomenon is surely working beyond the limits of the Earth. It is an indeed a directly observable phenomenon throughout the visible universe.
If you mean something else regarding the physical nature of time, then this question might be something best referred to experts in the fields of physics and cosmology.
If you are asking whether there is time in the Hereafter, then we would say that a number of the sacred texts discussing the Hereafter make reference to durations of time.
For instance, Allah says: “The angels and the spirit ascend unto Him on a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.” [Sûrah al-Ma`ârij: 4]
This verse is talking about the Day of Judgment. It is a specific day that will last fifty thousand years. This has been authentically related from Ibn Abbâs. Alî b. Abî Talhah relates that IbnAbbâs said concerning this verse: “It is the Day of Judgment that Allah has made to be the measure of fifty thousand years for the unbelievers.”
And Allah knows best.
Fatwâ Department Research Committee of IslamToday chaired by Sheikh `Abd al-Wahhâb al-Turayrî
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^^ Cool. He used the same verse as a proof as I did. I feel like a scholar now 
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^^
It could have discounted it had it just been Dr. Israr Ahmed who said it…It was also said by another scholar…
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I understand my friend…beleive me we all want to keep your ticket calm.
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The Hunk and Sadiyah: thank you so much… that guided me to what I was looking for. I always thought that the time Quran talks about is a measurement with respect to time in this world, which it is but based on interpretation (which seems correct to me), I agree with the posts by both of you.
