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“Indeed, those who disbelieve in Our signs—We shall make them enter a Fire. Whenever their skins are burned through, We shall replace them with other skins so that they may taste the punishment. Surely Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.” (56)

Allah, Exalted is He, says: “Indeed, those who disbelieve in Our signs—We shall make them enter a Fire”: that is, We shall admit them into a Fire. “Whenever their skins are burned through”—that is, consumed by fire—“We shall replace them with other skins,” other than the skins that have been burned. Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “They will be replaced with white skins like sheets of paper.”

It is related that this verse was recited in the presence of Umar, may Allah be pleased with him. Umar said to the reciter, “Repeat it,” so he repeated it. Muadh ibn Jabal was with him, and Muadh said, “I know its interpretation: they are replaced one hundred times in an hour.” Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “This is how I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say it.” (1)

Al-Hasan said: “The Fire consumes them seventy thousand times every day. Whenever it consumes them, they are told, ‘Return,’ and they return as they were.”

Abd al-Wahid ibn Ahmad al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Nuaymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Ismail informed us; Muadh ibn Usayd informed us; al-Fadl ibn Musa informed us; al-Fudayl informed us, from Abu Hazim, from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: “The distance between the shoulders of the disbeliever is a three-day journey for a swift rider.” (2)

Ismail ibn Abd al-Qahir informed us; Abd al-Ghafir ibn Muhammad informed us; Muhammad ibn Isa al-Juludi informed us; Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Sufyan informed us; Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj informed us; Shurayh ibn Yunus informed us; Humayd ibn Abd al-Rahman informed us, from al-Hasan ibn Salih, from Harun ibn Sad, from Abu Hazim, from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The molar tooth—or canine tooth—of the disbeliever will be like Mount Uhud, and the thickness of his skin will be a three-day journey.” (3)

If it is asked: How can skins that did not exist in this world and did not disobey Him be punished?

It is said: The original skin is restored on every occasion.

He only said, “other skins,” because their qualities are changed—just as you might say, “I made another ring from my ring.” The second ring is the first one, except that its workmanship and appearance have changed. Likewise, when someone leaves his brother in good health, then after some time sees him seriously ill, he says:

(1) Ibn Hajar states in al-Kafi al-Shaf, p. 45: “It was narrated by Ibn Adi and al-Tabarani, and its chain includes Nafi ibn Yusuf al-Sulami, Abu Harmuz, who is weak.” Ishaq ibn Rahuyah stated in his Musnad: “Fudayl ibn Iyad was asked about this verse, and he related to us from Hisham, from al-Hasan, who said: ‘Their skins will be replaced seventy thousand times every day.’” (2) Narrated by al-Bukhari in al-Riqaq, chapter: “The Description of Paradise and Hell,” 11:415; Muslim in al-Jannah, chapter: “The Tyrants Will Enter Hell,” no. 2852, 4:2190; and the compiler of Sharh al-Sunnah, 15:250. It is a mawquf report stopping at Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him. (3) Narrated by Muslim in al-Jannah wa Sifat Naimiha, chapter: “The Tyrants Will Enter Hell,” no. 2851, 4:2189.

﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا سَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِمْ نَارًا كُلَّمَا نَضِجَتْ جُلُودُهُمْ بَدَّلْنَاهُمْ جُلُودًا غَيْرَهَا لِيَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا (٥٦) ﴾ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا سَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِمْ نَارًا﴾ نُدْخِلُهُمْ نَارًا، ﴿كُلَّمَا نَضِجَتِ﴾ احْتَرَقَتْ ﴿جُلُودُهُمْ بَدَّلْنَاهُمْ جُلُودًا غَيْرَهَا﴾ غَيْرَ الْجُلُودِ الْمُحْتَرِقَةِ، قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ﵄: يُبَدَّلُونَ جُلُودًا بَيْضَاءَ كَأَمْثَالِ الْقَرَاطِيسِ. وَرُوِيَ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ قُرِئَتْ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ ﵁، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ﵁ لِلْقَارِئِ: أَعِدْهَا فَأَعَادَهَا، وَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ، فَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ: عِنْدِي تَفْسِيرُهَا: تُبَدَّلُ فِي سَاعَةٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ﵁: هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ (١) . قَالَ الْحَسَنُ: تَأْكُلُهُمُ النَّارُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ كُلَّمَا أَكَلَتْهُمْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ عُودُوا فَيَعُودُونَ كَمَا كَانُوا. أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمُلَيْحِيُّ، أَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النُّعَيْمِيُّ، أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، أَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ أُسَيْدٍ، أَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ﵁ قَالَ: "مَا بَيْنَ مَنْكِبَيِ الْكَافِرِ مَسِيرَةُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ لِلرَّاكِبِ الْمُسْرِعِ" (٢) . أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْقَاهِرِ، أَنَا عَبْدُ الْغَافِرِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْجُلُودِيُّ، أَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ، أَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ، أَنَا شُرَيْحُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، أَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ﵃ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: "ضِرْسُ الْكَافِرِ أَوْ نَابُ الْكَافِرِ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ، وَغِلَظُ جِلْدِهِ مَسِيرَةُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ" (٣) . فَإِنْ قِيلَ: كَيْفَ تُعَذَّبُ جُلُودٌ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَمْ تَعْصِهِ؟ قِيلَ يُعَادُ الْجِلْدُ الْأَوَّلُ فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ. وَإِنَّمَا قَالَ: ﴿جُلُودًا غَيْرَهَا﴾ لِتَبَدُّلِ صِفَتِهَا، كَمَا تَقُولُ: صَنَعْتُ مِنْ خَاتَمِي خَاتَمًا غَيْرَهُ، فَالْخَاتَمُ الثَّانِي هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ إِلَّا أَنَّ الصِّنَاعَةَ وَالصِّفَةَ تَبَدَّلَتْ، وَكَمَنَ يَتْرُكُ أَخَاهُ صَحِيحًا ثُمَّ بَعُدَ مَرَّةً يَرَاهُ مَرِيضًا دَنَفًا فَيَقُولُ:

(١) قال ابن حجر في الكافي الشاف ص (٤٥) : أخرجه ابن عدي والطبراني، وفيه نافع بن يوسف السلمي. وأبو هرمز وهو ضعيف. وقال إسحاق بن راهويه في مسنده: سئل فضيل بن عياض عن هذه الآية فأخبرنا عن هشام عن الحسن قال: "تبدل جلودهم كل يوم سبعين ألف مرة". (٢) أخرجه البخاري في الرقاق: باب: صفة الجنة والنار: ١١ / ٤١٥، ومسلم في الجنة - باب: النار يدخلها الجبارون برقم: (٢٨٥٢) ٤ / ٢١٩٠، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ١٥ / ٢٥٠، وهو موقوف على أبي هريرة ﵁. (٣) أخرجه مسلم في الجنة وصفة نعيمها - باب: النار يدخلها الجبارون برقم (٢٨٥١) ٤ / ٢١٨٩.