The seven divisions of hell are given by Muslim commentators as follows:—
1. Jahannam (جهنم), γεέννα, the purgatorial hell for all Muḥammadans. For according to the Qurʾān, all Muslims will pass through the regions of hell. [Sūrah xix. 72]: “There is not one of you who will not go down to it (hell), that is settled and decided by thy Lord.”
2. Laz̤ā (لظى). [Sūrah xcvii. 5]: “For Laz̤ā, dragging by the scalp, shall claim him who turned his back and went away, and amassed and hoarded.”
3. Al-Ḥut̤amah (الحطمة). [Sūrah civ. 4]:—
“Nay! for verily he shall be flung into al-Ḥut̤amah;
“And who shall teach thee what al-Ḥut̤amah is?
“It is God’s kindled fire,
“Which shall mount above the hearts of the damned;
“It shall verily rise over them like a vault,
“On outstretched columns.”