The Qur’an says that Jahannam, the Islamic hell, has seven gates.
This detail appears in Qur’an 15:44, which describes each gate as having an assigned share of people. The verse is one of the clearest numerical descriptions of the Islamic afterlife, although it does not provide a complete map of the gates or explain every assignment in detail.
Jahannam is commonly translated as hell, but Islamic descriptions present it through several images, including fire, boiling water, scorching wind, and levels of punishment. Islamic theology also distinguishes Jahannam from Jannah, the paradise promised to the righteous.
The number seven should not be confused with the eight gates of Jannah mentioned in several hadith traditions. The Qur’anic reference to seven gates concerns Jahannam specifically, not the total number of entrances to the Islamic afterlife.