Review of Human Eternity in the torture of Hell from the View point of Ibn Arabi and Imam Khomeini

The torture of Hell which is one of the most controversial issues of beliefs related to eschatology has attracted many religious scholars and has challenged many clear-sighted scholars from different sciences. The mystics, philosophers, theologians, commentators, and other religious scholars have commented on this issue and expressed their own comprehension. Ibn Arabi and Imam Khomeini, two well-known mystics and thinkers of Islamic world, believe that humans will not have a permanent torture in Hell and they will be saved from it eventually, although their permanent position is in Hell. According to them, the eternity of being in Hell does not mean the eternity of torture and does not accord with it either. Humans who are caught up in Hell will reach the Almighty God’s mercy and are saved from the torture of Hell after experiencing it and being able to get God’s special grace. However, these two great thinkers have minor differences in this issue. This research with analytic method, while explaining and comparing these two viewpoints, criticizes and rejects their theory.