Tafsir al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (715)

Tafsir al-SadiAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

(55–64) “All this is so. But indeed, the transgressors shall have an evil return: Hell, which they will enter to burn. What a wretched resting place! This—let them taste it: scalding water and foul discharge, and other torments of the same kind, in many varieties. ‘Here is a host rushing in with you. No welcome for them! They shall burn in the Fire.’ They will say, ‘Rather, no welcome for you! You brought this upon us. What a wretched abode!’ They will say, ‘Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us, increase his punishment twofold in the Fire.’”

“This” reward for the God-fearing is as We have described it. “But indeed, the transgressors”—those who overstep all bounds in unbelief and sin—“shall have an evil return,” an evil destination and place to which to return.

He then explains it in detail: “Hell,” where every kind of torment is gathered, whose heat is fierce and whose cold is extreme. “They will enter it to burn”—that is, they will suffer a torment that encompasses them on every side. They will have layers of fire above them and layers beneath them.

“What a wretched resting place,” prepared for them as their dwelling and abode!

“This” resting place—this severe torment, humiliation, disgrace, and chastisement—“let them taste it: scalding water,” water of unbearable heat which they will drink, tearing their intestines apart, “and foul discharge”—the most loathsome drink imaginable, consisting of pus and festering discharge, bitter to the taste and foul-smelling.

“And other torments of the same kind,” that is, of the same nature, “in many varieties”—several ⦗716⦘ different kinds of torment with which they will be punished and humiliated.

As they pour into the Fire, they will revile one another, one group saying to another: “Here is a host rushing in with you” into the Fire. “No welcome for them! They shall burn in the Fire.”

“They will say”—that is, the approaching host rushing into it—“Rather, no welcome for you! You brought it”—that is, the punishment—“upon us” by calling us, tempting us, leading us astray, and causing this. “What a wretched abode”—the abode of them all, an abode of evil and misery!

They will then pray against those who led them astray, saying: “Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us, increase his punishment twofold in the Fire.”

And in another verse He says: “Each will have a double punishment, but you do not know.”

﴿٥٥ - ٦٤﴾ ﴿هَذَا وَإِنَّ لِلطَّاغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَآبٍ * جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ * هَذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ * وَآخَرُ مِنْ شَكْلِهِ أَزْوَاجٌ * هَذَا فَوْجٌ مُقْتَحِمٌ مَعَكُمْ لا مَرْحَبًا بِهِمْ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا النَّارِ * قَالُوا بَلْ أَنْتُمْ لا مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ * قَالُوا رَبَّنَا مَنْ قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِي النَّارِ﴾ . ﴿هَذَا﴾ الجزاء للمتقين ما وصفناه ﴿وَإِنَّ لِلطَّاغِينَ﴾ أي: المتجاوزين للحد في الكفر والمعاصي ﴿لَشَرَّ مَآبٍ﴾ أي: لشر مرجع ومنقلب. ثم فصله فقال: ﴿جَهَنَّمَ﴾ التي جمع فيها كل عذاب، واشتد حرها، وانتهى قرها ﴿يَصْلَوْنَهَا﴾ أي: يعذبون فيها عذابا يحيط بهم من كل وجه، لهم من فوقهم ظلل من النار ومن تحتهم ظلل. ﴿فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ﴾ المعد لهم مسكنا ومستقرا. ﴿هَذَا﴾ المهاد، هذا العذاب الشديد، والخزي والفضيحة والنكال ﴿فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ﴾ ماء حار، قد اشتد حره، يشربونه فَيقَطعُ أمعاءهم. ﴿وَغَسَّاقٌ﴾ وهو أكره ما يكون من الشراب، من قيح وصديد، مر المذاق، كريه الرائحة. ﴿وَآخَرُ مِنْ شَكْلِهِ﴾ أي: من نوعه ﴿أَزْوَاجٌ﴾ أي: عدة ⦗٧١٦⦘ أصناف من أصناف العذاب، يعذبون بها ويخزون بها. وعند تواردهم على النار يشتم بعضهم بعضا، ويقول بعضهم لبعض: ﴿هَذَا فَوْجٌ مُقْتَحِمٌ مَعَكُمْ﴾ النار ﴿لا مَرْحَبًا بِهِمْ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا النَّارِ﴾ ﴿قَالُوا﴾ أي: الفوج المقبل المقتحم: ﴿بَلْ أَنْتُمْ لا مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ﴾ أي: العذاب ﴿لَنَا﴾ بدعوتكم لنا، وفتنتكم وإضلالكم وتسببكم. ﴿فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ﴾ قرار الجميع، قرار السوء والشر. ثم دعوا على المغوين لهم، فـ ﴿قَالُوا رَبَّنَا مَنْ قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِي النَّارِ﴾ وقال في الآية الأخرى: ﴿قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَكِنْ لا تَعْلَمُونَ﴾ .