Urdu Dictionary

Arabic · noun · Faith & Sacred History

Jahannum

जहन्नुम

said ja-han-num

also written: Jahannam

Meaning

Hell, the abode of punishment in the afterlife.

Literally: hell, the fire

See it in the verse

Jahannum in Iqbal’s couplets

Amal se zindagi banti hai jannat bhi jahannum bhi
Ye khaki apni fitrat mein na noori hai na naari hai

By our deeds we make life a heaven or a hell. This creature of dust is, by nature, neither angel of light nor demon of fire.

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Related words

Dozakh

Hell; the abode of fire and punishment for the wicked in Islamic belief.

Naar

Fire, used in scripture as a name for the fire of Hell.

Jannat

Paradise; the garden of eternal reward promised to the faithful.

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