And now i really can’t wait to listen to this series i have been waiting for a lecture like this for a while now so inshallah it will be enlightening just as your last one was.

The Suras and verses that came to my mind right away for the conversations in hell:

SURAT FURQAN: 27-30

27. And (remember) the Day when the Zalim (wrong-doer, oppressor, polytheist, etc.) will bite at his hands, he will say: “Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger ( Muhammad ).

28. “Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so-and-so as a friend!

29. “He indeed led me astray from the Reminder (this Qur’an) after it had come to me. And Shaitan (Satan) is ever a deserter to man in the hour of need.”

30. And the Messenger (Muhammad ) will say: “O my Lord! Verily, my people deserted this Qur’an (neither listened to it, nor acted on its laws and orders).

SURAT QAF: 21-30

21. And every person will come forth along with an (angel) to drive (him), and an (angel) to bear witness.

22. (It will be said to the sinners): “Indeed you were heedless of this, now We have removed your covering, and sharp is your sight this Day!”

23. And his companion (angel) will say: “Here is (this Record) ready with me!”

24. (And it will be said): “Both of you throw (Order from Allah to the two angels) into Hell, every stubborn disbeliever (in the Oneness of Allah, in His Messengers, etc.).

25. “Hinderer of good, transgressor, doubter,

26. “Who set up another ilah (god) with Allah, then (both of you) cast him in the severe torment.”

27. His companion (Satan devil)] will say: “Our Lord! I did not push him to transgress, (in disbelief, oppression, and evil deeds) but he was himself in error far astray.”

28. Allah will say: “Dispute not in front of Me, I had already, in advance, sent you the threat.

29. The Sentence that comes from Me cannot be changed, and I am not unjust (to the least) to the slaves.”

30. On the Day when We will say to Hell: “Are you filled?” It will say: “Are there any more (to come)?”

(38. Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,) (39. Except those on the Right.) (40. In Gardens they will ask one another,) (41. About criminals (and they will say to them):) (42. “What has caused you to enter Hell”) (43. They will say: “We were not of those who used to offer the Salah,”) (44. “Nor did we feed the poor;”) (45. “And we used to speak falsehood with vain speakers.”) (46. “And we used to deny the Day of Recompense,”) (47. “Until Al-Yaqin came to us.”) (48. So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.) (49. Then what is wrong with them that they turn away from admonition) (50. As if they were wild donkeys.) (51. Fleeing from a Qaswarah.) (52. Nay, everyone of them desires that he should be given pages spread out.) (53. Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter.) (54. Nay, verily, this is an admonition.) (55. So, whosoever wills receives admonition from it!) (56. And they will not receive admonition unless Allah wills; He is the One, deserving of the Taqwa and He is the One Who forgives
I think you covered this in the Mountain Pass Lecture….
Themes – Imporatance of social service, Feeding the poor, prayer, avoid vain talk etc

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/searchquran.html

AND HERE IS AN IN DEPTH CONVERSATION I HAVE FOUND BETWEEN BOTH PEOPLE FROM HELL AND HEAVEN.

AL-ARAF (THE HEIGHTS) 007.037 – 007.054

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YUSUFALI: Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His Signs? For such, their portion appointed must reach them from the Book (of decrees): until, when our messengers (of death) arrive and take their souls, they say: “Where are the things that ye used to invoke besides Allah?” They will reply, “They have left us in the lurch,” And they will bear witness against themselves, that they had rejected Allah.
PICKTHAL: Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah or denieth Our tokens. (For such) their appointed portion of the Book (of destiny) reacheth them till, when Our messengers come to gather them, they say: Where (now) is that to which ye cried beside Allah? They say: They have departed from us. And they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers.
SHAKIR: Who is then more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah or rejects His communications? (As for) those, their portion of the Book shall reach them, until when Our messengers come to them causing them to die, they shall say: Where is that which you used to call upon besides Allah? They would say: They are gone away from us; and they shall bear witness against themselves that they were unbelievers

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YUSUFALI: He will say: “Enter ye in the company of the peoples who passed away before you – men and jinns, – into the Fire.” Every time a new people enters, it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. Saith the last about the first: “Our Lord! it is these that misled us: so give them a double penalty in the Fire.” He will say: “Doubled for all” : but this ye do not understand.
PICKTHAL: He saith: Enter into the Fire among nations of the jinn and humankind who passed away before you. Every time a nation entereth, it curseth its sister (nation) till, when they have all been made to follow one another thither, the last of them saith unto the first of them: Our Lord! These led us astray, so give them double torment of the Fire. He saith: For each one there is double (torment), but ye know not.
SHAKIR: He will say: Enter into fire among the nations that have passed away before you from among jinn and men; whenever a nation shall enter, it shall curse its sister, until when they have all come up with one another into it; the last of them shall say with regard to the foremost of them: Our Lord! these led us astray therefore give them a double chastisement of the fire. He will say: Every one shall have double but you do not know.

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YUSUFALI: Then the first will say to the last: “See then! No advantage have ye over us; so taste ye of the penalty for all that ye did !”
PICKTHAL: And the first of them saith unto the last of them: Ye were no whit better than us, so taste the doom for what ye used to earn.
SHAKIR: And the foremost of them will say to the last of them: So you have no preference over us; therefore taste the chastisement for what you earned.

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YUSUFALI: To those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance, no opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the garden, until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: Such is Our reward for those in sin.
PICKTHAL: Lo! they who deny Our revelations and scorn them, for them the gates of heaven will nor be opened not will they enter the Garden until the camel goeth through the needle’s eye. Thus do We requite the guilty.
SHAKIR: Surely (as for) those who reject Our communications and turn away from them haughtily, the doors of heaven shall not be opened for them, nor shall they enter the garden until the camel pass through the eye of the needle; and thus do We reward the guilty.

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YUSUFALI: For them there is Hell, as a couch (below) and folds and folds of covering above: such is Our requital of those who do wrong.
PICKTHAL: Theirs will be a bed of hell, and over them coverings (of hell). Thus do We requite wrong-doers.
SHAKIR: They shall have a bed of hell-fire and from above them coverings (of it); and thus do We reward the unjust.

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YUSUFALI: But those who believe and work righteousness,- no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it can bear,- they will be Companions of the Garden, therein to dwell (for ever).
PICKTHAL: But (as for) those who believe and do good works – We tax not any soul beyond its scope – Such are rightful owners of the Garden. They abide therein.
SHAKIR: And (as for) those who believe and do good We do not impose on any soul a duty except to the extent of its ability– they are the dwellers of the garden; in it they shall abide.

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YUSUFALI: And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury;- beneath them will be rivers flowing;- and they shall say: “Praise be to Allah, who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could we have found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah: indeed it was the truth, that the messengers of our Lord brought unto us.” And they shall hear the cry: “Behold! the garden before you! Ye have been made its inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness).”
PICKTHAL: And We remove whatever rancour may be in their hearts. Rivers flow beneath them. And they say: The praise to Allah, Who hath guided us to this. We could not truly have been led aright if Allah had not guided us. Verily the messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth. And it is cried unto them: This is the Garden. Ye inherit it for what ye used to do.
SHAKIR: And We will remove whatever of ill-feeling is in their breasts; the rivers shall flow beneath them and they shall say: All praise is due to Allah Who guided us to this, and we would not have found the way had it not been that Allah had guided us; certainly the messengers of our Lord brought the truth; and it shall be cried out to them that this is the garden of which you are made heirs for what you did.

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YUSUFALI: The Companions of the Garden will call out to the Companions of the Fire: “We have indeed found the promises of our Lord to us true: Have you also found Your Lord’s promises true?” They shall say, “Yes”; but a crier shall proclaim between them: “The curse of Allah is on the wrong-doers;-
PICKTHAL: And the dwellers of the Garden cry unto the dwellers of the Fire: We have found that which our Lord promised us (to be) the Truth. Have ye (too) found that which your Lord promised the Truth? They say: Yea, verily. And a crier in between them crieth: The curse of Allah is on evil-doers,
SHAKIR: And the dwellers of the garden will call out to the inmates of the fire: Surely we have found what our Lord promised us to be true; have you too found what your Lord promised to be true? They will say: Yes. Then a crier will cry out among them that the curse of Allah is on the unjust.

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YUSUFALI: “Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah and would seek in it something crooked: they were those who denied the Hereafter.”
PICKTHAL: Who debar (men) from the path of Allah and would have it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Last Day.
SHAKIR: Who hinder (people) from Allah’s way and seek to make it crooked, and they are disbelievers in the hereafter.

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YUSUFALI: Between them shall be a veil, and on the heights will be men who would know every one by his marks: they will call out to the Companions of the Garden, “peace on you”: they will not have entered, but they will have an assurance (thereof).
PICKTHAL: Between them is a veil. And on the Heights are men who know them all by their marks. And they call unto the dwellers of the Garden: Peace be unto you! They enter it not although they hope (to enter).
SHAKIR: And between the two there shall be a veil, and on the most elevated places there shall be men who know all by their marks, and they shall call out to the dwellers of the garden: Peace be on you; they shall not have yet entered it, though they hope.

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YUSUFALI: When their eyes shall be turned towards the Companions of the Fire, they will say: “Our Lord! send us not to the company of the wrong-doers.”
PICKTHAL: And when their eyes are turned toward the dwellers of the Fire, they say: Our Lord! Place us not with the wrong-doing folk.
SHAKIR: And when their eyes shall be turned towards the inmates of the fire, they shall say: Our Lord! place us not with the unjust

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YUSUFALI: The men on the heights will call to certain men whom they will know from their marks, saying: “Of what profit to you were your hoards and your arrogant ways?
PICKTHAL: And the dwellers on the Heights call unto men whom they know by their marks, (saying): What did your multitude and that in which ye took your pride avail you?
SHAKIR: And the dwellers of the most elevated places shall ca!l out to men whom they will recognize by their marks saying: Of no avail were to you your amassings and your behaving haughtily:

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YUSUFALI: “Behold! are these not the men whom you swore that Allah with His Mercy would never bless? Enter ye the Garden: no fear shall be on you, nor shall ye grieve.”
PICKTHAL: Are these they of whom ye swore that Allah would not show them mercy? (Unto them it hath been said): Enter the Garden. No fear shall come upon you nor is it ye who will grieve.
SHAKIR: Are these they about whom you swore that Allah will not bestow mercy on them? Enter the garden; you shall have no fear, nor shall you grieve.

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YUSUFALI: The Companions of the Fire will call to the Companions of the Garden: “Pour down to us water or anything that Allah doth provide for your sustenance.” They will say: “Both these things hath Allah forbidden to those who rejected Him.”
PICKTHAL: And the dwellers of the Fire cry out unto the dwellers of the Garden: Pour on us some water or some wherewith Allah hath provided you. They say: Lo! Allah hath forbidden both to disbelievers (in His guidance),
SHAKIR: And the inmates of the fire shall call out to the dwellers of the garden, saying: Pour on us some water or of that which Allah has given you. They shall say: Surely Allah has prohibited them both to the unbelievers.

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YUSUFALI: “Such as took their religion to be mere amusement and play, and were deceived by the life of the world.” That day shall We forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and as they were wont to reject Our signs.
PICKTHAL: Who took their religion for a sport and pastime, and whom the life of the world beguiled. So this day We have forgotten them even as they forgot the meeting of this their Day and as they used to deny Our tokens.
SHAKIR: Who take their religion for an idle sport and a play and this life’s world deceives them; so today We forsake them, as they neglected the meeting of this day of theirs and as they denied Our communications.

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YUSUFALI: For We had certainly sent unto them a Book, based on knowledge, which We explained in detail,- a guide and a mercy to all who believe.
PICKTHAL: Verily We have brought them a Scripture which We expounded with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe.
SHAKIR: And certainly We have brought them a Book which We have made clear with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe.

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YUSUFALI: Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: “The messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past.” In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch.
PICKTHAL: Await they aught save the fulfilment thereof? On the day when the fulfilment thereof cometh, those who were before forgetful thereof will say: The messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth! Have we any intercessors, that they may intercede for us? Or can we be returned (to life on earth), that we may act otherwise than we used to act? They have lost their souls, and that which they devised hath failed them.
SHAKIR: Do they wait for aught but its final sequel? On the day when its final sequel comes about, those who neglected it before will say: Indeed the messengers of our Lord brought the truth; are there for us then any intercessors so that they should intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back so that we should do (deeds) other than those which we did? Indeed they have lost their souls and that which they forged has gone away from them.

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YUSUFALI: Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil o’er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!
PICKTHAL: Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then mounted He the Throne. He covereth the night with the day, which is in haste to follow it, and hath made the sun and the moon and the stars subservient by His command. His verily is all creation and commandment. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!
SHAKIR: Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time, and He is firm in power; He throws the veil of night over the day, which it pursues incessantly; and (He created) the sun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by His command; surely His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

i’m very excited about this one!! may Allaah help you make it successful! excellent choice mashaAllaah .. i hope and pray to Allaah that you do more halaqahs in the future!

I have a few verses, I’m sorry if I repeated some….

Surah Aal-E- Imran (ayah 25)

And give glad tidings to those who believe and do righteous good deeds, that for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). Every time they will be provided with a fruit therefrom, they will say: “This is what we were provided with before,” and they will be given things in resemblance (i.e. in the same form but different in taste) and they shall have therein Azwajun Mutahharatun (purified mates or wives), (having no menses, stools, urine, etc.) and they will abide therein forever.

Surah Al-Araf (ayah 44, 46, 50)

And the dwellers of Paradise will call out to the dwellers of the Fire (saying): “We have indeed found true what our Lord had promised us; have you also found true, what your Lord promised (warnings, etc.)?” They shall say: “Yes.” Then a crier will proclaim between them: “The Curse of Allah is on the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong¬doers, etc.),”
And between them will be a barrier screen and on Al¬ A’raf (a wall with elevated places) will be men (whose good and evil deeds would be equal in scale), who would recognise all (of the Paradise and Hell people), by their marks (the dwellers of Paradise by their white faces and the dwellers of Hell by their black faces), they will call out to the dwellers of Paradise, “Salamun ‘Alaikum” (peace be on you), and at that time they (men on Al-A’raf) will not yet have entered it (Paradise), but they will hope to enter (it) with certainty.
And the dwellers of the Fire will call to the dwellers of Paradise: “Pour on us some water or anything that Allah has provided you with.” They will say: “Both (water and provision) Allah has forbidden to the disbelievers.”

Surah Yunus (ayah 10)

Their way of request therein will be Subhanaka Allahumma (Glory to You, O Allah!) and Salam (peace, safe from each and every evil) will be their greetings therein (Paradise)! and the close of their request will be: Al-Hamdu Lillahi Rabbil-’Alamin [All the praises and thanks are to Allah, the Lord of 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists)].

Surah Al-Furqan (ayah 22)

On the Day they will see the angels, no glad tidings will there be for the Mujrimun (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, etc.) that day. And they (angels) will say: “All kinds of glad tidings are forbidden for you,”

Surah Ya-Seen (ayah 26, 27)

It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: “Would that my people knew, That my Lord (Allah) has forgiven me, and made me of the honoured ones!”

Surah Az- Zumar (ayah 24)

Is he then, who will confront with his face the awful torment on the Day of Resurrection (as he who enters peacefully in Paradise)? And it will be said to the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.): “Taste what you used to earn!”

Surah Az- Zumar (ayah 73, 74)

And those who kept their duty to their Lord will be led to Paradise in groups, till, when they reach it, and its gates will be opened (before their arrival for their reception) and its keepers will say: Salamun ‘Alaikum (peace be upon you)! You have done well, so enter here to abide therein.”
And they will say: “All the praises and thanks be to Allah Who has fulfilled His Promise to us and has made us inherit (this) land. We can dwell in Paradise where we will; how excellent a reward for the (pious good) workers!”

Surah Al- Fajr (ayah 24)

He will say: “Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!”

** Alhamdulilah what you did for the last halaqa was great. GazakaAllah khair.
Just to give a suggestion, with the new episodes you could probably take us on the path of those who went to Jannah, and use the conversations to describe how we got there and what we are going through. And then take us on another path of those who went to hell fire. (or you could do it on a single character -ex: foolana did this, and then he ended up in jannah, and he said this, and experienced this, etc….) That way, we may feel as if we actually took both paths, and experienced the results.
— i hope you understood what i said…..its hard to explain….

*** You could also just do the same thing you did for the first series and be successful, inshaAllah. Because it was wonderful.

Wasalamulaykum

I enjoyed the Perished Nations Lectures. I learned a lot in terms of the personalities and behaviour of the disbelivers. This helped become more aware of their tactics so that I would not be fooled and for myself to be careful in not following in their footsteps.

I truly pray to have the same feeling as Ali R.A. did about Heaven and Hell. He believed so deeply in the Al-Akhirah that he could actually see heaven in one hand and hell in the other.

May Allah guide us all to feel this way so that we become absoluted motivated to be patient, grateful, and devoted worshippers of Allah.

TYPO Correction: Surah Maarij: wa izza massahul khayru manua’

2. Surah Mursalat: haza yawmul fasl jamanakum wal awaleen fa in kana lakum kaydun fakiydun wayluyawmaidhilil mukazibeen ….

3. Surah haqqah faamma man utiya kitabahu bi yaminihi fayaqulu haumuqrau kitabiyyahinni dhanantu aniy mulaqin hisabiya fahuwa fi iyshatir adhiya fi jannatin aliya kutufuha daniya kulu wash rabu haniyam bi ma aslaftum fil ayamil khaliyaa wa ama man utiya kitabahu bi shimalihi fa yaqulu…..

4. Surah Maarij inal insana khuliqa haluwa izza massahu sharu jazua wa izza massahu sharu manua illalmusaleen alzina hum fi salatihim khashiun….

You can mention reasons why they enter jannah or jahannam along with the conversations: like in surah mudathir they say we didnt pray and etc and in surah maarij they mention the characteristics of the believer that they were musaleen so they are then warithun of jannah. You can touch on this slightly to emphasize the reason why they are saying such conversations is becuase they have such qualities.

You can ask the audience to think of the liqaa with Allah what will our individual conversations be?

This sounds awesome. Inshallah we’ll be bringing as many people to attend as we can.

I think it would be great if we could see all the verses references compiled together too…I know the comments here are a great starting point, but I mean in a nice document that is comprehensive and easy to read – it would be a great reference.

What about conversations between those in Jannah and those in Jahannam?

This one alway struck me, from Surah Mudaththir:
40 In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
41 About Al-Mujrimoon (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers, etc.),
42 “What has caused you to enter Hell?”
43 They will say: “We were not of those who used to offer their Salat (prayers)
44 “Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
45 “And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers .
46 “And we used to belie the Day of Recompense
47 “Until there came to us (the death) that is certain.”