(29–34) “Proceed to that which you used to deny. * Proceed to a shadow with three branches, * providing neither shade nor protection from the flames. * Indeed, it hurls sparks as huge as a fortress, * as though they were yellowish-black camels. * Woe on that Day to the deniers!”

This is part of the woe prepared [for the criminals] who denied the truth: on the Day of Resurrection, they will be told, “Proceed to that which you used to deny.” He then explained this by saying, “Proceed to a shadow with three branches”—that is, to the shadow of the Fire of Hell, within which ⦗905⦘ three branches diverge, meaning three sections of fire that assail them in turn and converge around them.

“Providing no shade”—that shadow affords neither comfort nor tranquility—“nor protection” to anyone who remains beneath it “from the flames.” Rather, the flames surround him from the right, the left, and every side, as Allah Most High says:

“They will have canopies of fire above them and canopies beneath them.”

“Hell will be their bed, with coverings over them. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.”

He then described the tremendous size of the Fire’s sparks, which attests to its immensity, horror, and dreadful appearance. He said:

“Indeed, it hurls sparks as huge as a fortress, as though they were yellowish-black camels.”

These are black camels whose color tends toward yellow. This indicates that the Fire is dark—its flames, embers, and sparks—and that it is black, repulsive to behold (1), and intensely hot. We ask Allah to preserve us from it [and from deeds that bring one near to it].

“Woe on that Day to the deniers!”