Surah 43. Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 74

I.e., for an unspecified period: see the last paragraph of 6:128 and the corresponding note [114], as well as the saying of the Prophet quoted in note [10] on 40:12 , indicating that - in accordance with the Qur'anic statement, "God has willed upon Himself the law of grace and mercy" ( 6:12 and [54]) - the otherworldly suffering described as "hell" will not be of unlimited duration. Among the theologians who hold this view is Razi, who stresses in his comments on the above passage that the expression "they shall abide (khalidun) in the suffering of hell" indicates only an indeterminate duration, but "does not convey the meaning of perpetuity" (la yafidu 'd -dawam).