Surah Al-Waqi'ah
Quran 56:42
Read Quran 56:42 from Surah Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 56:42
فِي سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ٤٢
In scorching wind and scalding water
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 56. Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable)
- Ayah
- 42 of 96
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 56:42
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 56:42
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
فذكر [الله] لهم من العقاب، ما هم حقيقون به، فأخبر أنهم { فِي سَمُومٍ } أي: ريح حارة من حر نار جهنم، يأخذ بأنفاسهم، وتقلقهم أشد القلق، { وَحَمِيمٍ } أي: ماء حار يقطع أمعاءهم.