The Ontology of Eternity and its Interpretations from the Perspective of Verses of Holy Quran

Every thinking Muslim who studies the Divine revelation (the Qur’an) and thinks deeply on its meanings, definitely, when confronted with the verses of the heaven and the hell, thinks a lot about the immortality of human being therein; then, he can easily accept the heaven and its eternal blessings and considers it compatible with the Grace and Mercy of God, but the immortality of the hell and eternal torment in it may make him think for some days and ask himself “How would God, the Merciful and the Compassionate, provide eternal torment for human beings?” “How can God who loves his servants more than anyone else - even more than a mother to her child - afflict them with torment and the hell, and mention the eternity of that torment?” The present article tries to take a step towards enlightening the eternal torment and reduce some of the ambiguities of the questioning mind; In this regard, we have presented the verses that agree with the theory of eternity and will discuss them. Later, we have discussed different methods of scholars for interpretation of the Qur’an regarding the problem of eternity and added some explanation to each discussion. Of course, the complexity of this issue and its mixing with other issues of theology has prevented the author from stating his opinion