74إِنَّ المُجرِمينَ في عَذابِ جَهَنَّمَ خالِدونَMuhammad Asad[But,] behold, they who are lost in sin shall abide in the suffering of hell:1I.e., for an unspecified period: see the last paragraph of 6:128 and the corresponding note 114, as well as the saying of the Prophet quoted in note 10 on 40:12, indicating that - in accordance with the Quranic statement, "God has willed upon Himself the law of grace and mercy" (6:12 and 54) - the otherwordly suffering described as "hell" will not be for unlimited duration. Among the theologians who hold this view is Razi, who stresses in his comments on the above passage that the expression "they shall abide (khalidun) in the suffering of hell" indicates only an indeterminate duration, but "does not convey the meaning of perpetuity" (la yafidu 'd-dawam).