Allegorical Description of Heaven & Hell

The definition of the term “Allegory”according to http://www.thefreedictionary.com/allegory is:

- The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.

- A story, picture, or play employing such representation. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress and Herman Melville’s Moby Dick are allegories.

- A symbolic representation
Allegorical Description of Hell

[88:2-7, 2:24,9:35, 10:4, 10:27, 76:4, 11:106, 14:16, 4:56]
Allegorical Description of Paradise

[2:25, 19:62, 35:33-35, 36:55-57, 13:35, 47:15, 37:41-49]

What heaven and hell are really like is far beyond our comprehension as we havent experienced them, hence the need for allegory. How can one explain what something is like to another person when that person has not experienced it themselves, hence, they use allegories
to explain.

So, When reading these verses, GOD has used allegories to describe both the paradise and hell.

[2:26] GOD does not shy away from citing any kind of allegory,* from the tiny mosquito and greater. As for those who believe, they know that it is the truth from their Lord. As for those who disbelieve, they say, “What did GOD mean by such an allegory?” He misleads many thereby, and guides many thereby. But He never misleads thereby except the wicked,

[13:35] The allegory of Heaven…..

[47:15] The allegory of Paradise……

[2:25] ……Thus, they are given allegorical descriptions……

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