My biggest regret for being an athiest/agnostic

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Being merciful contradicts with eternal hell. You can claim it's not eternal but most Muslims would disagree. Kaffirs, mushriks, murtids, will burn in Hell along with Satan for eternity.

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Like I said, if the evidence for God is not sufficient for you - you don't need to worry (because if one doesn't submit to God rationally, then he wouldn't have any reason to submit to His Miracles (the Qur'an) and the discussion of the ayat is futile). Unless you're just arguing gratuitously - which I doubt.
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I am open to debate, I am not stubborn either. I don't post much on religion section but this thread was specifically about agnostics/atheism so I jumped in. Don't doubt my intention, I am not here to hurt anyones feelings, just a healthy discussion regarding islam vs agnosticsm/atheism.

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If you're on the fence, then you're perfectly capable of studying the miraculous nature of the Qur'an for yourself and come to your own conclusions through proofs (please do go further than Urdu translations).
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I have raid Maududi's translation and many different tafseers. Sorry, I didn't find anything miraculous.

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And just to clarify... As for me being 'the only Muslim claiming hell isn't eternal'...

  1. Do you know of Al-Jawhari? He's just one example of the same interpretation.
  2. I'm just telling you what the Ayat of the Qur'an say. You cannot exclude the ayat that suggest it to be a limited time [78:23], and the ultimate caveat: 'unless God wills it otherwise' [6:128]. This is why I was trying to explain to you that concepts of 'time' and 'eternity' are limited to our current existence - they have a completely different meaning in the next life, if any at all. In fact, *even if *you give 'eternity' the meaning of never-ending time - it is not rational to conclude that Allah swt could not control that time or end it - because if eternity was greater (more powerful) than Allah swt - then He would be limited - and wouldn't be Allah.
  3. An illustration of Allah swt's Mercy and His Will: The Prophet said, "When the people of Paradise will enter Paradise and the people of Hell will go to Hell, Allah will order those who have had faith equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed to be taken out from Hell. [Sahih Al-Bukhari Volume 1 Number 21]. [/quote]

Will Satan be in eternal Hell or not?

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