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 As the joys of heaven are sensual and disgusting, consisting in mere carnal gratifications and indulgence, so the torments of hell are detailed in the most gross and revolting terms, with a savage malignancy and particularity, more suited to the rancour of a fiend than the dignity of a sin-avenging God. "They who believe not shall have garments of fire fitted unto them: boiling water shall be poured on their heads: their bowels shall be dissolved thereby; and also their skins; and they shall be beaten with maces of iron ."

"Ye shall eat of the fruit of the tree Al-Zakkum and shall fill your bellies therewith: and ye shall drink thereon boiling water; and ye shall drink as a thirsty camel drinketh ."

The sixth and concluding article under this