The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam — Page 134
128 turn away from God and worship other things or require their own worship, as is said: b 179 إِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ Meaning that false deities and their worshippers will all be thrown into hell. The second type of fuel of hell is the idols. If there had been no false gods and no idols, nor any worshippers of these, there would have been no hell. All these verses show that in the Holy word of God, heaven and hell are not like the physical world. Their source is spiritual, though it is true that in the Hereafter they will take on concrete forms and yet they will not belong to this world. Means of Establishing Perfect Spiritual Relationship with God The method of establishing perfect spiritual relationship with God that the Holy Quran teaches us is Islam, meaning devoting one's whole life to the cause of God and being occupied with the supplications which we have been taught in Surah Fātiḥah. This is the essence of Islam. Complete surrender to God and the supplication taught in Surah Fātiḥah are the only methods of meeting God and drinking the water of true 179. 'Surely, you and that which you worship beside Allah are the fuel of Hell. (The Holy Quran, al-Anbiya' 21:99)