What does Jahannam mean?
Described throughout the Quran as a warning meant to shape a person's choices in this life, belief in Jahannam sits alongside hope for Jannah as one of the core beliefs about the afterlife.
The Afterlife
Jahannam
جهنم · /d͡ʒæˈhæn.næm/
Jahannam is the Islamic term for hell, the place of punishment in the afterlife for those who reject or defy Allah's guidance.