Why Are the Majority of Those in Hell the Poor and Oppressed Masses?

[Emre_1974tr]

(Surah Az-Zukhruf, 43:54): "Thus he (Pharaoh) belittled his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient."

Certain verses in the Quran state that in Hell, the "oppressed" (mustad'afun) will curse the "arrogant" (mustakbirun) who oppressed them in the world. This reveals a striking truth: In Hell, there are more poor and oppressed masses who obeyed without questioning than there are others. This is because these people, using their powerlessness merely as an excuse, bowed down to wrong and betrayed their own free will. Furthermore, evil people begin to suffer in this world as well; for this reason, the majority of hell-bound people live in poverty and oppression in this universe too...

(Surah An-Nisa, 4:97): When the angels take the lives of those who have wronged their own selves/nafs, they ask, "In what state were you?" They reply, "We were weak and oppressed (mustad'af) on earth." The angels say, "Was not Allah’s earth spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?" Their refuge is Hell; and what an evil destination.

(Surah Ibrahim, 14:21): They will all appear before Allah/God. The weak (the oppressed) will say to those who were arrogant, "Indeed, we were your followers; so can you avail us against anything of God's punishment?" They will say, "Had God guided us, we would have guided you. It is all the same for us whether we panic or are patient; there is no place of refuge for us."

Emre Karaköse (Emre_1974tr)

 

[Steve]

Your omnipotent god planned it that way. ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ god, right?

 

[Skeptical Greg]

Why Are the Majority of Those in Hell the Poor and Oppressed Masses?​

Because your sadistic God has a warped sense of humor?

 

[turingtest]

In the spirit of fanfic, I would suggest that the (obvious) reason there are "more poor and oppressed masses" in hell than the rich and powerful is because there are more poor and oppressed on earth (unless we're talking relative percentages here, in which case I'll need to see a cite for the stats). In any case, it was a nice touch for the angels to ask those poor people why they didn't just move if they didn't like it- very 1970's American right-wing "love it or leave it" of them.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

You will be punished with eternal torment for doing as you are told.

Isn't that a curiously self-destructive lesson for any society to teach people?

 

[Mojo]

Because rich oppressors created your god in their own image.

 

[8enotto]

Haven't read Dantes Inferno yet?

Or the complete version either, obviously.
I have. Ain't no poor oppressed in heaven either.

 

[8enotto]

Moral of the story. Not be in constant rebellion in the name of your gods and you are denied your 72 virgins, rivers of wine and worse, you are out of favor with Allah.

Seems to benefit regional warlords needing an army somehow.

 

[Mojo]

Moral of the story. Not be in constant rebellion in the name of your gods and you are denied your 72 virgins raisins, rivers of wine and worse, you are out of favor with Allah.

Fixed.

 

[Carrot Flower King]

Have you been and checked?

 

[Mojo]

Have you been and checked?

No, I'm not too keen on raisins.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

You shoulda made a poll.

1. The indomitable laws of capitalism apply even in the depths of Hell, so wealth is inevitably concentrated in the hands of the few. The proletariat must toil in wage slavery until they rise in armed revolution.
2. They are hopeless losers who should pull themselves up by the bootstraps. Ask not what Hell can do for you, ask what you can do for Hell!
3. They are helpless emasculated victims of immigration, the gay-trans agenda, and women!
4. In the Hell under Planet X, they have a stateless, classless, moneyless society where the citizens answer to no one and local residents take turns directing their commune.

 

[8enotto]

In 3 above are women included in the oppressed masses being emasculated by women?

 

[junkshop]

In 3 above are women included in the oppressed masses being emasculated by women?

That depends. Are they rich?

 

[Carrot Flower King]

No, I'm not too keen on raisins.

Currants? Sultanas? Prunes, especially if they are pruneaux d'Agen? Apricots?

Which dried fruit would you go for?

 

[The Great Zaganza]

there are no poor in Hell, because they get to keep the Earth, living fat on the rent.

 

[Myriad]

Apart from any questions regarding divine nature or even actual existence as anything other than a character in a narrative, these passages show that Jesus (or his authors) had access to concepts of justice that Mohammed could never grasp. Someone immersed in and committed to a culture that has "might makes right" at its core should get some credit for noticing that injustice exists, but when it comes to remediation the best they can come up with is to blame the victims.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Since Hell does not exist, this topic is quite moot.

 

[Helen]

Since Hell does not exist, this topic is quite moot.

A moot once bit my sister.

 

[Steve]

A moot once bit my sister.

Was she Karving her initials on the m00t with the sharpened end of an interspace t00thbrush given by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian m0vies: “The H0t Hands of an Oslo Dentist”, “Fillings of Passion”, “The Huge M0lars of Horst Nordfink”.?