Torments of hell
Verses describing the physical suffering, eternal duration, and terrifying environment of hellfire.
- 39
- verses
- 36
- Meccan
- 3
- Medinan
- 0.92
- cohesion
Cohesion is how alike these verses are to the group’s centre, from 0 to 1. This is on the loose side, so the group holds together less tightly than most.
The verses
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سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ
And [by] the sea filled [with fire],
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ
And never therefrom will they be absent.
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ
They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
Over them will be fire closed in.
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
[Containing] the fire full of fuel,
وَءَاخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجٌ
And other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds.
فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِۦ نَقْعًا
Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living.
إِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ فِيهَا سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِىَ تَفُورُ
When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up.
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا وَهُمْ فِى مَا ٱشْتَهَتْ أَنفُسُهُمْ خَٰلِدُونَ
They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ
It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.
كِتَٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ كُلَّمَآ أُلْقِىَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ
It almost bursts with rage. Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, "Did there not come to you a warner?"
وَلَهُم مَّقَٰمِعُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ
And for [striking] them are maces of iron.
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ
Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.
كِتَٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ
Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].
ٱصْلَوْهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ
[Enter to] burn therein today for what you used to deny."
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
وَءَاخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِى ٱلْأَصْفَادِ
And others bound together in shackles.
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
لَوْ كَانَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةً مَّا وَرَدُوهَا وَكُلٌّ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ
Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَٰمِلُونَ
For the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
قَوَارِيرَا۟ مِن فِضَّةٍ قَدَّرُوهَا تَقْدِيرًا
Clear glasses [made] from silver of which they have determined the measure.
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.
إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَٱلْقَصْرِ
Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
لَّقَدْ أَحْصَىٰهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّا
He has enumerated them and counted them a [full] counting.
لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ
Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
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How it sounds
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