Surah Al-Waqi'ah

Quran 56:94

Read Quran 56:94 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 56:94

وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ٩٤

And roasting at hell-fire.

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
94 of 96
Revelation
Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
Reference
56:94

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 56:94

Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic. This commentary explains ayahs 56:93-94 together.

{ فَنُزُلٌ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ } أي: ضيافتهم يوم قدومهم على ربهم تصلية الجحيم التي تحيط بهم، وتصل إلى أفئدتهم، وإذا استغاثوا من شدة العطش والظمأ { يُغَاثُوا بِمَاءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِي الْوُجُوهَ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُ وَسَاءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا }