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and accompanies humankind on the road to eternity, will one day  rend the veil and emerge, commanding attention. I want to draw attention to this point.

Secondly: It is under the earth and is its centre inside it. Because of this, the globe is pregnant with the seed of the Zakkum-tree of Hell, and one day it will give birth to it. Indeed, the earth flying through space will lay such an egg that even if it is not Hell in its entirety, it will comprise its head or some other organ, folded up. On the Last Day, uniting with others of its parts, the ghastly demons of Hell will assault the people of rebellion. Think of it! Even if you yourself are not destined for Hell, reckoning and calculation can take you that far. For heat increases one degree approximately every thirty-three metres, which means it reaches around two hundred thousand degrees at the centre. This is two hundred times hotter than our heat, which generally reaches one thousand degrees, as is proved by the Hadith: "The fire of Hell is two hundred times fiercer than ours o" Furthermore, part of Hell is extremely cold. This cold (zemherir) burns as it freezes. It is established by natural science (hikmet-i tabiiyye) that fire may reach such a degree it freezes water. It instantaneously consumes the heat and burns with its cold. This means that fire encompasses all degrees, one of which is extreme cold.

Reminder

It should be known that the world of the hereafter, which is destined for eternity, cannot be measured or dealt with with the criteria of this world, which doomed to pass. Be ready! The hereafter will be offered in small part for your consideration at the end of the Third Article.

Indication

The testimony of the order established by all the sciences, and the instruction of philosophy's (hikmet) inductive reasoning, and the intimations of the essence of humanity, and the signs of never-ending human hope, and the indications of the repeated resurrections of all the realms of beings like the days and the years, and the

4–6 October 2026 · Istanbul

13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium

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