A Quranic Journal

Then Allah says that it is a Fire of extremely high heat with raging flames. The Prophet said, "Your fire is the seventieth part of that Fire." The Companions said "Even it is enough to destroy one." The Prophet said, "Yes, but that has sixty-nine more equal parts of heat." (Bukhari). Ahmad ibn Hanbal reported the Prophet as saying: "This fire despite its being a seventieth part of Hell-fire has been twice extinguished in the ocean. Had it not been so, you could not have benefitted from it." Another hadith said: "This fire is the hundredth part of the Hell-fire." Another hadith said, "That fire is seventy times darker than even the smoke of this fire of yours." (Tabarani). Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah reported the Prophet as saying, "The fire of the Hell was kept burning for one thousand years until it became red, then it was kept burning for one thousand years until it turned white. Then it was kept burning for another one thousand years until it turned black and extremely dark." Ahmad ibn Hanbal reported the Prophet as saying: "Among the inmates of Hell, the one suffering the lightest punishment will be the one who will be made to put on a pair of sandals made of fire and with the heat of them his brain will be boiled." Bukhari and Muslim reported that the Prophet said: "Hell complained to Allah, 'My one part is eating the other.' The the Almighty permitted it to breathe twice, once in winter and once in summer. The extreme cold weather which you experience is its cold breath and the extreme heat in summer is its hot breath." According to another hadith, "At the time of intense heat, the Prophet instructed us to offer prayer, as the extreme heat is because of the rage of Hell."