Al-Takhwif min al-Nar

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Al-Takhwif min al-Nar is a classical Islamic treatise that vividly details the torments of Hell in order to inspire fear of sin and encourage repentance and piety.

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Al-Takhwif min al-Nar canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic prose work ⓘ
Islamic eschatological work ⓘ
Islamic religious treatise ⓘ
aimsToContrast worldly pleasures and eternal punishment ⓘ
associatedDiscipline Islamic ethics ⓘ
Islamic spirituality ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
circulation manuscript tradition ⓘ
emphasizesConcept accountability in the hereafter ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ
divine punishment ⓘ
focus consequences of disobedience to God ⓘ
punishments of sinners in the afterlife ⓘ
genre ascetic literature ⓘ
ethical treatise ⓘ
intendedAudience Muslim believers ⓘ
intendedEffect deterring sinful behavior ⓘ
promoting moral reform ⓘ
strengthening fear of God ⓘ
literaryStyle didactic ⓘ
vivid description ⓘ
mainTopic Hell in Islam ⓘ
Islamic eschatology ⓘ
piety in Islam ⓘ
repentance in Islam ⓘ
torments of Hell ⓘ
moralMessage this-worldly actions determine otherworldly fate ⓘ
true piety requires fear and hope ⓘ
narrativeTechnique exemplary stories ⓘ
graphic imagery ⓘ
purpose moral exhortation ⓘ
to encourage piety ⓘ
to encourage repentance ⓘ
to inspire fear of sin ⓘ
religiousCategory zuhd and waʿz literature ⓘ
religiousFunction preaching aid ⓘ
tool for spiritual admonition ⓘ
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
settingDescribed scenes of the Day of Judgment ⓘ
various levels of Hell ⓘ
teaches avoidance of major sins ⓘ
urgency of repentance before death ⓘ
titleLanguage Arabic ⓘ
usesSource Quranic verses ⓘ
hadith reports ⓘ
sayings of early Muslim scholars ⓘ

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Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali → notableWork → Al-Takhwif min al-Nar ⓘ