Were Heaven and Hell in existence before the creation of Adam (peace be upon him)?
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Paradise and Hell are created now and will never perish. What appears from the texts is that they were created before the creation of Adam, peace be upon him; Adam was made to dwell in Paradise, and the jinn were created from fire before Adam, as Allah Almighty said: "And the jinn We created aforetime from scorching fire." Scholars have explicitly stated that Paradise and Hell were created before the creation of humans and jinn.
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