Tenth Premise, for it is sweet indeed and contains honey. Moreover, like other signs of the last times, the Barrier, about which nothing is known, may be concealed somewhere else and remaining there unknown through various revolutions until the end of the world, will then be destroyed.

Indication

As is well-known, habitations survive longer than their inhabitants. Citadels last longer than those who fortified them. Dwelling and fortification are the reason ('illet) for their existence, not for their continuance and survival. Even if they are the reason for their survival, this does not necessitate their enduring and not being vacant. The continuation of the purpose of something, or its existence even, is not one of the things that necessitate its continuance. Numerous buildings remain vacant and empty although they were built as dwellings or forts. Misunderstandings about this question have led to false notions.

Reminder

The aim of these details is to pave the way for distinguishing and differentiating between exegesis and interpretation, certitude and supposition, existence and modality, a question and various explanations of it, meaning and verifications of it, and occurrence and possibility.

The Fifth Matter

The Fifth Matter

As is well-known, Hell is beneath the earth, but we Sunnis cannot specify its location with any certainty. Nevertheless, what is clear is 'beneathness;' its being under the earth. Our globe, like the other celestial bodies (nücûm), is a fruit of the world's creation, which resembles the Tuba-tree. What is beneath the fruit encompasses all that is under the tree's branches. In consequence, Hell is among the branches under the earth. Its place is there wherever it is. Its distance below does not have to be long and contiguous. According to modern science, fire overruns most of the cosmos. This shows that beyond this Hell, which is the origin and basis of the fire