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The idea that there is a hell underneath Earth's surface roots in the Quran, which speaks about "seven earths" (65:12), while describing hell as a subterranean pit, divided into seven compartments.[2]: 166 Thus, many Muslim authors coincided hell with layers of the Earth with sijjin at the bottom.[2]: 166 For the lowest layer of hell, the term al-asfal is used too.[2]: 42 The antithesis of Sijjin is Illiyin.
Etymology
The
A similar-sounding word (but of unrelated etymology from
) and is translated as "scroll". Some exegetes who interpret the word sijjīn as a register for the damned or a book listing the names of the sinful draw a connection between the two words.Interpretations
Sunni Islam
- It is a book containing the evil deeds of the sinners: "their works are in a book in the lowest earth."
- A prison for the damned: "it is the seventh lowest earth, in which Satan (Iblis) is chained, and in it are the souls (arwah) of the infidels (kufar).[5]
The idea that Sijjin is the place after Iblis was cast out from heaven, is also held by other Sunni scholars, such as Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi and Nasafi.[6]
Shia tradition
According to some
Sufi cosmology
According to Annemarie Schimmel, traditional Sufi leaders linked the seven gates of hell each to a specific sin.[2]: 241 This image of an ethical hell often associates each sin with a specific body part. Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya, written between 1203 and 1240 by Ibn Arabi, visualises this idea, correlating each layer of hell to one specific body part, sijjin being the gravest: jahannam – feet, al-jahim – genitals, al-sa'ir – belly, saqar – hands, laza – tongue, al-hutama – ears, sijjin – eyes.[2]: 242
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In popular culture
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See also
References
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