"Life after death is actually the starting-point of further progress for man. Those in paradise are advancing to higher and higher stages in knowledge and perfection of faith. Hell is meant to purify those in it of the effects of their bad deeds, and so make them fit for further advancement. Its punishment is, therefore, not everlasting." (Muslim.org, an Ahmadiyya website)
Note that Roman Catholic doctrine of PURGATORY
( purge-a-tory ) where those "not good enough" for paradise go to be purged...
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