Surah 44:46
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إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
Surely the tree of al-Zaqqūm
طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِيمِ
is the food of the sinner,
كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ يَغۡلِي فِي ٱلۡبُطُونِ
like molten metal boiling in the belly,
كَغَلۡيِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ
as hot (water) boils.
خُذُوهُ فَٱعۡتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
‘Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Furnace.
ثُمَّ صُبُّواْ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ
Then pour over his head from the punishment of hot (water)!’
ذُقۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡكَرِيمُ
‘Taste (it)! Surely you are the mighty, the honorable!
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمۡتَرُونَ
Surely this is what you doubted about.’
Allah tells us how He will punish the disbelievers who deny the meeting with Him:
Those who sinned by their words and in deeds. These are the disbelievers. More than one commentator stated that this referred to Abu Jahl; undoubtedly he is included among those referred to in this Ayah, but it is not specifically about him.
Ibn Jarir recorded that Abu Ad-Darda' was reciting to a man:
The man said, "The food of the orphan." Abu Ad-Darda', may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Say, the tree of Zaqqum is the food of the evildoer." i.e., he will not have any other food apart from that. Mujahid said, "If a drop of it were to fall on the earth, it would corrupt the living of all the people of earth ." A similar Marfu' report has been narrated earlier.
{Like boiling oil,} means, like the dregs of oil.
means, because of its heat and rancidity.
{Seize him} means the disbeliever. It was reported that when Allah says to the keepers of Hell, "Seize him," seventy thousand of them will rush to seize him.
{and drag him} means, drag him by pulling him and pushing him on his back. Mujahid said:
{Seize him and drag him} means, take him and push him.
{into the midst of blazing Fire, }means, into the middle of it.
{Then pour over his head the torment of boiling water.} This is like the Ayah:
(22:19-20).
The angel will strike him with a hooked rod of iron and split his head open, then he will pour boiling water over his head. It will go down through his body, melting through his stomach and intestines, until it goes through his heels; may Allah protect us from that.
means, they (the keepers of Hell) will say that to him by way of ridicule and rebuke. Ad-Dahhak reported that Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "This means, you are neither mighty nor generous."
And Allah's saying:
is like His saying:
{The Day when they will be pushed down by force to the fire of Hell, with a horrible, forceful pushing. This is the Fire which you used to deny. In this magic, or do you not see?} (52:13-15)
Similarly Allah said:
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 8, Page 691-693)