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King Sakhr answered, ‘O Bulukiya, of very sooth
Allah created the fire in seven stages, one
above the other, and each distant a thousand
years journey from its neighbour. The first
stage he named Jahannam and appointed the
same for the punishment of the transgressors
of the True-believers, who die unrepentant; the
second he named Lazá and appointed for
Unbelievers: the name of the third is Jahím
and is appointed for Gog and Magog. The
fourth is called Sa’ír and is appointed for the
host of Iblis. The fifth is called Sakar and is
prepared for those who neglect prayer. The
sixth is called Hatamah and is appointed for
Jews and Christians. The seventh is named
Háwiyah and is prepared for hypocrites. Such
be the seven stages.’ Quoth Bulukiya, ‘Haply
Jahannam hath least of torture for that it is the
uppermost.’ ‘Yes,’ quoth King Sakhr, ‘the
most endurable of them all is Jahannam;
natheless in it are a thousand mountains of fire,
in each mountain seventy thousand cities of
fire, in each city seventy thousand castles of
fire, in each castle seventy thousand houses of
fire, in each house seventy thousand couches of
fire and in each couch seventy thousand
manners of torment. As for the other hells, O
Bulukiya, none knoweth the number of kinds
of torment that be therein save Allah Most
Highest.’ 585
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King,
that the Queen continued: “When the angel said,
‘And know thou that my hands lay hold upon the
roots of the earth,’ he asked, ‘And hath Allah
created other worlds than this within the mountain
Kaf?’ The Angel answered, ‘Yes, He hath made
a world white as silver, whose vastness none
knoweth save Himself, and hath peopled it with
585 THE BOOK of the thousand nights and a night. v. 5. Ed. e Trad. Richard Francis Burton.
[London:] Burton Club, 1885. p. 318-319. Disponível em:
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Acessado em: 08 abr. 2010. (Grifo nosso.) Omitiram-se as notas na transcrição.