jahannam

Japanese: jahannam
jahannam

...The image is particularly characterized by the intensity of the flames, and words such as naar (fire), sayr (flame), and jahim (fire furnace) are used to describe hell. In the Quran, hell is also called jahannam, which comes from the aforementioned Gehenna. The shape of hell is not entirely clear from the Quranic descriptions, but it is imagined as a huge hole with seven gates, where sinners are judged and where they are assigned to live among the seven levels depending on their sins.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "jahannam" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのイメージはとりわけ業火の激しさによって特色づけられており,ナール(火),サイール(炎),ジャヒーム(火のかまど)などの語が地獄をあらわす際に使われる。また,コーランでは地獄のことをジャハンナムjahannamともよぶが,これは前述のゲヘナに由来する。コーランの記述からは地獄の形状は必ずしも明らかではないが,七つの門をもつ巨大な穴としてイメージされており,罪人はここで裁きをうけ,その罪に応じて7層に分けられた場所のどこに住むかが決められるという。…

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