بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
All that we are experiencing in life are means for us to draw closer to Allah. Heat is no exception. Cooking in the kitchen while outside it is over 100 degrees fahrenheit (over 40 degrees celsius) and surely much higher inside a concrete home with not much ventilation and surrounded by other concrete buildings, should remind you some of the images of Hell depicted in the Quran. We seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of Hell.
Hell is real. It is no joke. Protect yourself against this great
calamity by armoring yourself with the knowledge of Islam and live by it
while there is time. Even a very slight detour in Hell is no small
matter, a painful torment none of us will ever live long enough to
experience it in this life.
It is extremely important to get your prayers, fasting and zakat in
place, and as soon as you are financially and physically able, to not
delay performing hajj. If you don't, nothing else is going to work for
you. But once you get them in place, don't think that you have a one way
ticket to Paradise without a detour to a place where no one care to
go--the Hellfire.
People also have rights on us and society has rights on us. We have to
know those rights and give people their due rights. They are rules we
have to follow in dealing with people. We cannot harm people--their person, their property, their honor. We
cannot treat people like animals. In fact, even animals we cannot do
whatever we like with them; we cannot be cruel to them; we have to show mercy towards them. We have to protect our environment, and that include, the animals, trees, waterways and highways.
We have to be acutely aware of the rights of Allah and all His creatures. If we
don't we will suffer tremendously here before the Hereafter. A mistake or sinful act of one person can have a ripple effect that could harm not just that one person, but many others, families, communities, societies, ecosystem and the world. That's why we don't take a sin lightly, no matter how small we might think.
Allah created Hellfire for disbelievers and disobedient people. Hell is a
blessing for people because it pushes people to protect themselves
against it. It is as if Allah is telling us, "You must enter Paradise."
But if people want to be stubborn, then wait and see and they will be
sorely sorry, to put it mildly.
Hell is an actual place, not a mere state of mind or a spiritual
entity. The horror, terror, agony, pain, anguish, and punishment are all
real. Hell is an ultimate humiliation and loss. Nothing is worse than
it.
“Our Lord! Surely, whom You admit to the Fire, indeed You have
disgraced him, and never will the wrongdoers find any helpers.” (Quran
3:192)
“Know they not that whoever opposes God and His Messenger (Muhammad),
certainly for him will be the Fire of Hell to abide therein? That is
the extreme disgrace.” (Quran 9:63)
The intensity of the fire of Hell will be such that people will be
willing to give up their dearest possessions and loved ones to escape it
but they never will be able to escape it.
“Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers –
never would the (whole) capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from
one of them if he would (seek to) ransom himself with it. For those
there will be a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers.”
(Quran 3:91)
“The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of
that Day by his children, and his wife and his brother, and his nearest
kindred who shelter him, and all – all that is on earth – so it could
save him. No! Indeed, it is the Flame (of Hell), plucking out (his
being) tight to the skull!” (Quran 70:11-16)
The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:
“On the Day of Resurrection, God will ask the one whose
punishment in the Fire is lightest, ‘If you had whatsoever you wanted on
earth, would you give it to save yourself?’ He will say, ‘Yes.’ God
will say, ‘I wanted less than that from you when you were still in the
loins of Adam, I asked you not to associate anything in worship with Me,
but you insisted on associating others in worship with Me.’”
[Bukhari]
A few moments in Hell, the person will forget all the good times he had
in this life. He will forget all the good and pleasures he is enjoying
now.
“One of the people of Hell who found most pleasure in the life of this
world will be brought forth on the Day of Resurrection and will be
dipped into the Fire of Hell. Then he will be asked, ‘O son of Adam,
have you ever seen anything good?’ Have you ever enjoyed any pleasure?’
He will say, ‘No, by God, O Lord.”[Muslim]
Hell exists at the present time and will continue to exist forever. It
will never die down, and its inhabitants will remain in it forever. No
one will come out of Hell except sinful believers who believed in the
Oneness of God in this life and believed in the specific prophet sent to
them (before the coming of Muhammad). The polytheists and unbelievers
will reside in it forever.
“And fear the Fire which is prepared for the disbelievers.” (Quran 3:131)
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
When any of you dies, he is shown his position (in the
Hereafter) morning and evening. If he is one of the people of Paradise,
he is shown the place of the people of Paradise. If he is one of the
people of Hell, he is shown the place of people of Hell. He is told,
‘this is your position, until God resurrects you on the Day of
Resurrection.
(Bukhari and Muslim)
“Surely, God has cursed the disbelievers, and has prepared for them a
flaming Fire wherein they will abide for ever.” (Quran 33:64)
“And whosoever disobeys God and His Messenger, then surely, for him is
the fire of Hell, he shall dwell therein forever.” (Quran 72:23)
Mighty and stern angels stand over Hell who never disobey Allah. They do precisely as ordered.
“O you who believe, save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose
fuel is men and stones over which are (appointed) angels, stern and
severe, who flinch not (from executing) the commands they receive from
God, but do (precisely what) they are commanded.” (Quran 66:6)
They are nineteen keepers of Hell. Allah says:
“Soon I will cast him into Hell Fire. And what will explain to you what
is Hellfire? Nothing does it allow to endure, and nothing does it
leave alone! Darkening and changing the color of man! Over it are
nineteen (angels as keepers of Hell).” (Quran 74:26-30)
Don't think that the inhabitants of Hell will be able to overcome the
keepers of Hell because there are just 19 of them. Everyone of them has
the strength to subdue all humanity by himself.
These angels are called the Guards of Hell in the Quran.
“And those in the Fire will say to the Guards of Hell, ‘Call upon your
Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!’” (Quran 40:49)
The name of the chief angel guarding over Hell is Malik, as mentioned in the Quran:
“Surely, the disbelievers will be in the torment of Hell to abide
therein forever. (The torment) will not be lightened for them, and they
will be plunged into destruction with deep regrets, sorrows and in
despair therein. We wronged them not, but they were the wrongdoers.
And they will cry: ‘O Malik! Let your Lord make an end of us’ He will
say: ‘Surely, you shall abide forever.’ Indeed We have brought the
truth to you, but most of you have a hatred for the truth” (Quran
43:74-78)
Hell is huge and immensely deep. Innumerable people will enter Hell,
each, as described in a hadith, with the molar teeth as large as Uhud, a
mountain in Madina. [Muslim]
The distance between the shoulders of the inhabitants of Hell has also
been described as being equivalent to three days of walking. [Muslim]
Hell will house all the unbelievers and sinners from the beginning of time and there will still be room for more. Allah says:
“On the Day when We will say to Hell: ‘Are you filled?’ It will say, ‘Are there any more (to come)?’” (Quran 50:30)
The Fire of Hell is likened to a mill that grinds thousands and thousands of tons of grain and then waits for more to come.
Hell has various degrees and levels of heat and punishment, each is
reserved according to the extent of their disbelief and sins of those
being punished. The lower the level of Hell, the greater is the
intensity of heat. Since the hypocrites will suffer the worst
punishment, so will they be in the lowest part of Hell.
“Surely, the hypocrites will be in the lowest depths (grade) of the Fire.” (Quran 4:145)
“For all will be (ranked) by degrees according to what they did.” (Quran 6:132)
“Is one who seeks the good pleasure of God then like the one who draws
on himself the wrath of God? His abode is Hell – and worst, indeed, is
that destination! They are in varying grades with God, and God is
All-Seer of what they do.” (Quran 3:162-163)
“And surely, Hell is the promised place for them all. It has seven
gates, for each of these gates is a class of sinners assigned.” (Quran
15:43-44)
Each gate has an allotted share of the damned who will enter through
it. Each will enter according to his deeds and assigned a level of Hell
accordingly. When the unbelievers are brought to Hell, its gates will
open, they will enter it, and stay in it forever.
“And those who disbelieved will be driven to Hell in groups until, when
they reach it, its gates are opened and its keepers will say, ‘Did there
not come to you messengers from yourselves, reciting to you the verses
of your Lord and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?’ They
will say, ‘Yes, but the word (meaning the decree) of punishment has
come into effect upon the disbelievers.’” (Quran 39:71)
“Enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and wretched is the residence of the arrogant.” (Quran 39:72)
“But those who reject Our signs, they are the companions of the left
hand. On them will be Fire vaulted over (meaning the gates will be
locked).” (Quran 90:19-20)
“Woe to every scorner and mocker, who collects wealth and (continuously)
counts it. He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal. No! He
will surely be thrown into the Crusher. And what can make you know what
is the Crushers? It is the fire of God, (eternally) fueled, Which
mounts directed at the hearts. Indeed, it (Hellfire) will be closed
down upon them in extended columns.” (Quran 104:1-9)
Stones and stubborn unbelievers make the fuel of Hell.
“O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones...” (Quran 66:6)
“…then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.” (Quran 2:24)
Another source of fuel for Hell will be the pagan gods that were worshipped besides God:
“Indeed, you (disbelievers) and what you worship other than God are the
firewood of Hell. You will be coming to (enter) it. Had these (false
deities) been (actual) gods, they would not have come to it, but all are
eternal therein.” (Quran 21:98-99)
The dress of the people of Hell will be garments of fire tailored for them.
“…But those who disbelieved will have cut out for them garments of
fire. Poured upon their heads will be scalding water.” (Quran 22:19)
The heat of Hellfire is intense. Everything we use to cool down in this
world – Air Conditioners, fans, shade, umbrellas, air, water – will be useless in
Hell. There won't be AC, fans, umbrellas. The air of Hell will be hot
wind and the water will be boiling. The shade will be black smoke.
“And you will see the criminals that Day bound together in shackles,
their garments of liquid pitch (melted copper) and their faces covered
by the Fire.” (Quran 14:49-50)
“And the companions of the left – what are the companions of the left?
(They will be) in scorching fire and scalding water and a shade of
black smoke, neither cool nor beneficial.” (Quran 56:41-44)
“But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be light, will have his home
in a (bottomless) pit. And what will explain to you what this is? (It
is) a Fire blazing fiercely.” (Quran 101:8-11)
The smoke that rises from Hell will be divided into three columns. Its
shade will neither cool nor offer any protection from the raging Fire.
The flying sparks will be like huge castles similar to string of
marching yellow camels.
“Proceed to a shadow (of smoke) having three columns (but having) no
cool shade and availing not against the flame. Indeed, it throws sparks
(as huge) as a fortress, as if they were yellow camels (marching
swiftly).” (Quran 77:30-33)
The Fire consumes everything, leaving nothing untouched. It burns skin
reaching all the way to the bones, melting the contents of the stomach,
leaping up to the hearts, and exposing the vital organs.
“I will drive him into Hellfire. And what can make you know what is
Hellfire? It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing (unburned),
altering the skins.” (Quran 74:26-29)
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
Fire as we know it is one seventieth part of the Fire of
Hell. Someone said, ‘O Messenger of God, it is enough as it is!’ He
said, ‘It is as if sixty-nine equal portions were added to fire as we
know it.’
(Bukhari)
The Fire never extinguishes.
“So taste you (the results of your evil deeds). No increase shall We give you except in torment.” (Quran 78:30)
“…Whenever it abates, We shall increase for them the fierceness of the Fire.” (Quran 17:97)
The torment will never be reduced and the unbelievers will not have any break.
“…Their torment shall not be lightened nor shall they be helped.” (Quran 2:86)
“No food will there be for them except from a bitter, thorny plant which
neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.” (Quran 88:6-7)
The food in Hell will neither nourish nor taste good. It will only serve as a punishment to the people of Hell.
A special food of Hell is zaqqum. It is a repulsive tree; its roots go
deep into the bottom of Hell; its branches stretching all over. Its ugly
fruit is like the heads of the devils.
“Indeed, the tree of zaqqum is food for the sinful, like murky oil, it
boils within bellies, like the boiling of scalding water.” (Quran
44:43-46)
“Is that (Paradise) better as hospitality or the tree of zaqqum?
Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers. Indeed, it is a
tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire, its emerging fruit as if
it was heads of the devils. And, indeed, they will eat from it and fill
with it their bellies. Then, indeed, they will have after it a mixture
of scalding water. Then, indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.”
(Quran 37:62-68)
“Then indeed you, O those astray (who are) deniers, will be eating from
trees of zaqqum and filling with it your bellies, and drinking on top of
it from scalding water, and will drink as the drinking of thirsty
camels. That is their hospitality on the Day of Recompense.” (Quran
56:51-56)
People of Hell will get so hungry that they will eat from the obnoxious
tree of zaqqum. When they will fill their bellies with it, it will
start to churn like boiling oil causing immense suffering. At that point
they will rush to drink extremely hot water. They will drink it like
thirsty camels, yet it will never quench their thirst. Rather their
internals will be torn.
“…They will be given to drink boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces).” (Quran 47:15)
The thorny bushes and zaqqum will choke them and stick in their throats because of their foulness.
“Surely, with us are fetters (to bind them) and a ranging Fire (to burn
them), and a food that chokes and a penalty grievous.” (Quran 73:12-13)
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
If a drop from zaqqum were to land in this world, the people
of earth and all their means of sustenance would rot. So how must it be
for one who must eat it?
(Tirmidhi)
Another food served to the people of Hell will be festering puss that
oozes out of their skin, the discharge that flows from the private parts
of adulterers and the decaying skin and flesh of those being burnt. It
is the “juice” of the people of Hell.
“So no friend has he here this Day, nor has he any food except filth
from the washing of wounds which none do eat but those in sin.” (Quran
69:35-37)
“This – so let them taste it – is scalding water and (foul) purulence.
And other (punishments) of its type (in various) kinds.” (Quran
38:57-58)
Some sinners will be fed fire from Hell as a punishment.
“Indeed, those who devour the property of orphans unjustly are only consuming into their bellies fire.” (Quran 4:10)
“Indeed, they who conceal what God has sent down of the Book and
exchange it for a small price – those consume not into their bellies
except the Fire.” (Quran 2:174)
Allah tells in the Qur'an about the drink of people of Hell.
“They will be given to drink boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces).” (Quran 47:15)
“…And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like
murky oil, which scalds (their) faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil
is the resting place.” (Quran 18:29)
“Before him is Hell, and he will be given a drink of purulent water. He
will gulp it but will hardly (be able to) swallow it. And death will
come to him from everywhere, but he is not to die. And before him is a
massive punishment.” (Quran 14:16-17)
“A boiling fluid and fluid dark, murky, intensely cold.” (Quran 38:57)
“They will go around between it and scalding water, heated (to the utmost degree).” (Quran 55:44)
“They will be given drink from a boiling spring.” (Quran 88:5)
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
Anyone who drinks intoxicants will be made to drink the mud
of khabal. They asked, ‘O Messenger of God, what is the mud
of khabal?’ He said, ‘The sweat of the people of Hell’ or the ‘juice of
the people of Hell.’
[Muslim]
The punishments of Hell will vary in degree. The torment of some levels
of Hell will be greater than others. People will be put in a level
according to their deeds.
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
There are some whom the Fire will reach their ankles, others up to their
knees, others up to their waists, and yet others up to their necks.
[Muslim]
The person who will receive the least punishment among the people of
Hell on the Day Resurrection will be a man, a smoldering ember will be
placed under the arch of his foot. His brains will boil because of it.
[Bukhari]
This person will think no one else is being punished more severely than
himself, even though he will be the one receiving the lightest
punishment.[Muslim]
The Qur'an speaks of various levels of punishment for the people of Hell:
“The hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire.” (Quran 4:145)
“and on the Day that Judgment will be established (it will be said to
the angels): Cast the people of Pharaoh into the severest penalty!”
(Quran 40:46)
The Fire kindled by God will burn the skin of the people of Hell. The
skin is the largest organ of the body and the site of sensation where
the pain of burning is felt. God will replace the burnt skin with a new
one to be burnt again, and this will keep on repeating:
“Indeed, those who disbelieve in Our verses – We will drive them into a
Fire. Every time their skins are roasted through We will replace them
with other skins so they may taste the punishment. Indeed, God is ever
Exalted in Might and Wise.” (Quran 4:56)
Another punishment of Hell is melting. When super-heated water will be poured on their heads, it will melt away the internals:
“…poured upon their heads will be scalding water by which is melted that
within their bellies and (their) skins.” (Quran 22:19-20)
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
Super-heated water will be poured onto their heads and will
dissolve through it until it cuts up their innards, expelling them;
until it comes out of their feet, and everything is melted. Then they
will be restored as they were.
[Tirmidhi]
One of the ways God will humiliate the sinful in Hell is by gathering
them on Judgment Day on their faces, blind, deaf, and dumb.
“and We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection (fallen) on their
faces – blind, dumb and deaf. Their refuge is Hell; every time it
subsides We increase them in blazing fire.” (Quran 17:97)
“And brings an evil deed — such will be flung down on their faces into
the Fire, (and it will be said), ‘Are you recompensed for anything but
what you used to do?’” (Quran 27:90)
“The Fire will burn their faces and they will grin therein, their lips displaced.” (Quran 23:104)
“The Day their faces will be turned over in the Fire, they will say,
‘How we wish we had obeyed God and obeyed the Messenger.’” (Quran 33:66)
Another painful punishment of unbelievers will be getting dragged on their faces into Hell.
“Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness. The Day they are
dragged into the Fire on their faces (it will be said), ‘Taste the touch
of Hell.’” (Quran 54:47-48)
They will be shackles around their necks and chained and dragged in boiling water into Hell.
“Those who deny the Book (the Quran) and that with which We sent Our
messengers – they are going to know, when the shackles are around their
necks and the chains; they will be dragged in boiling water; then in the
Fire they will be filled (with flame).” (Quran 40:70-72)
Allah will blacken the faces of the people of Hell.
“On the Day (some) faces will turn white and (some) faces will turn
black. As for those whose faces turn black. (to them it will be said),
‘Did you reject faith after your belief? Then taste the punishment for
what you used to reject.’” (Quran 3:106)
Their faces will be such as if the night has covered them:
“But they who have earned (blame for) evil doings – the recompense of an
evil deed is its equivalent, and humiliation will cover them. They
will have from God no protector. It will be as if their faces are
covered with pieces of the night – so dark (are they). Those are the
companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.” (Quran
10:27)
The Fire will surround the unbeliever on all sides just as sins surrounded him like a sheet wound around his body:
“Theirs will be a bed of Fire and over them coverings (of Fire)…” (Quran 7:41)
“On the Day when the torment (of Hell) will cover them from above them and from underneath their feet.” (Quran 29:55)
“…and surely Hell will surround the unbelievers…” (Quran 9:49)
The Fire of Hell will leap up to the hearts. The Fire will penetrate their super-sized bodies
and reach the innermost depths:
“No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher. And what can make you
know what is the Crushers? It is the fire of God, (eternally) fueled,
which mounts directed at the hearts.” (Quran 104:4-7)
The Fire will split the entrails. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and thrown
into the Fire. Then his entrails will be spilled out into the Fire and
he will be forced to walk around and around like a donkey in a
treadmill. The people of Hell will gather around him and say, ‘O
so-and-so, what is wrong with you? Did you not enjoin us to do good and
forbid us to do wrong?’ He will say, ‘I used to order you to do good,
but I did not do it and I used to forbid you to do evil, but I used to
do it myself.’ Then he will walk around and around like a donkey in a
treadmill.
[Bukhari]
God has described the chains, yokes, and fetters of Hell. They will be
tied up with chains and dragged with yokes on their necks:
“for the rejecters We have prepared iron chains, yokes, and a blazing Fire.” (Quran 76:4)
“With Us are fetters (to bind them), and a Fire (to burn them), and a
food that chokes, and a penalty grievous.” (Quran 73:12-13)
“We will put yokes on the necks of the unbelievers. It would only be requital for their evil deeds.” (Quran 34:33)
“when yokes will be put round their necks and the chains, they will be dragged along.” (Quran 40:71)
“(The stern command will say): seize him and bind him, and burn him in
the blazing Fire, further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length
is seventy cubits.” (Quran 69:30-32)
The pagan gods and all other deities that were worshipped besides God
who people thought will be their intercessors with God and bringing them
closer to Him will be thrown into Hell with them.
Allah says:
“Indeed, you (disbelievers), and that which you worship other than God,
are but fuel for Hell. Verily, you will enter it. Had these (false
deities) been (actual) gods, they would not have entered there, but all
will eternally abide therein.” (Quran Al-Anbiya' 21:98-99)
When the unbelievers will see Hell, they will be filled with remorse, but it will not be of any benefit.
“And they will feel regret when they see the punishment; and they will
be judged in justice, and they will not be wronged.” (Quran 10:54)
“And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains,
they will cry out thereupon for destruction. (They will be told), ‘Do
not cry this Day for one destruction but cry for much destruction.’”
(Quran 25:13-14)
“And they will cry out therein, ‘Our Lord, remove us; we will do righteousness – other than what we were doing!’” (Quran 35:37)
They will realize theirs sins and the error of stubborn disbelief:
“And they will say, ‘If only we had been listening or reasoning, we
would not be among the companions of the Blaze.’ And they will admit
their sin, so (it is) alienation for the companions of the Blaze.”
(Quran 67:10-11)
“They will say, ‘Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a
people astray. Our Lord, remove us from it, and if we were to return
(to evil), we would indeed be wrongdoers.’ He will say, ‘Remain
despised therein and do not speak to Me.’” (Quran 23:106-108)
After that, they will call the keepers of Hell asking them to intercede to God on their behalf for reduction in torment:
“And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, ‘Supplicate your
Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment.’ They will say, ‘Did
there not come to you your messengers with clear proofs?’ They will
say, ‘Yes.’ They will reply, ‘Then supplicate (yourselves), but the
supplication of the disbelievers is not except in error.’” (Quran
40:49-50)
Their will even plead for their own destruction to relieve themselves of the pain:
“And they will call, ‘O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!’ He will say, ‘Indeed, you will remain.’” (Quran 43:77)
They will be told the punishment will never be reduced, it is eternal:
“Then be patient or impatient – it is all the same for you. You are
only being recompensed for what you used to do.’” (Quran 52:16)
“So let them laugh a little and then weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.” (Quran 9:82)
They will weep until no tears are left, then that they will weep blood,
which will leave its traces. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said:
The people of Hell will be made to weep, and they will weep
until they have no tears left. Then they will weep blood until they
have, as it were, channels in their faces, if ships were put in them,
they would float.
[Ibn Majah]
May Allah protect us from disobedience and make us of those who say, "We hear and we obey"
وَقَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ...
... And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination." [Quran, Al-Baqarah 2:286]
اللهم جعلنا من عتقائك من النار
O Allah make us from those whom You ransom from Hell.
رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ
Our
Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter
[that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
Ameen.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.
And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.
Wassalaam
