Verses about Hell

And food that chokes and a painful punishment -

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

Blackening the skins.

Over it are nineteen [angels].

And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, ‘ What does Allah intend by this as an example?’ Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.

No! By the moon

And [by] the night when it departs

And [by] the morning when it brightens,

Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

As a warning to humanity -

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained

Except the companions of the right,

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

About the criminals,

[And asking them], ‘ What put you into Saqar?’

They will say, ‘ We were not of those who prayed,

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Until there came to us the certainty.’

So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

As if they were alarmed donkeys

Fleeing from a lion?

Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

[But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame.’

Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,

As if they were yellowish [black] camels.

Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

Who made [as equal] with Allah another deity; then throw him into the severe punishment.’

His [devil] companion will say, ‘ Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he [himself] was in extreme error.’

[Allah] will say, ‘ Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the warning.

The word will not be changed with Me, and never will I be unjust to the servants.’

On the Day We will say to Hell, ‘ Have you been filled?’ and it will say, ‘ Are there some more,’

The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], ‘ Taste the touch of Saqar.’

Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.

This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.

And other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds.

[Its inhabitants will say], ‘ This is a company bursting in with you. No welcome for them. Indeed, they will burn in the Fire.’

They will say, ‘ Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement.’

They will say, ‘ Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire.’

And they will say, ‘ Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?

Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?’

Indeed, that is truth - the quarreling of the people of the Fire.

[That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together.’

They will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

And when their eyes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they say, ‘ Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people.’

And the companions of the Elevations will call to men [within Hell] whom they recognize by their mark, saying, ‘ Of no avail to you was your gathering and [the fact] that you were arrogant.’

And [Allah revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant provision

So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into arduous punishment.

[Enter to] burn therein today for what you used to deny.’

That Day, We will seal over their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify about what they used to earn.

When the Hellfire sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.

And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.

Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence.’

And they will cry out therein, ‘ Our Lord, remove us; we will do righteousness - other than what we were doing!’ But did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember therein to remember, and the warner had come to you? So taste [the punishment], for there is not for the wrongdoers any helper.

And there is none of you except he will come to it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed.

Then We will save those who feared Allah and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.

[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

And a shade of black smoke,

Neither cool nor beneficial.

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

And they used to persist in the great violation,

And they used to say, ‘ When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

And our forefathers [as well]?’

Say, [O Muhammad], ‘ Indeed, the former and the later peoples

Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day.’

Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,

Will be eating from trees of zaqqum

And filling with it your bellies

And drinking on top of it from scalding water

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water

And burning in Hellfire

And it will be said to them, ‘ Where are those you used to worship

Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?’

So they will be overturned into Hellfire, they and the deviators

And the soldiers of Iblees, all together.

They will say while they dispute therein,

By Allah, we were indeed in manifest error

[Allah] said, ‘ Go, for whoever of them follows you, indeed Hell will be the recompense of you - an ample recompense.

That is their recompense because they disbelieved in Our verses and said, ‘ When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected [in] a new creation?’

For those their refuge will be the Fire because of what they used to earn.

Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do.

So is one who [stands] upon a clear evidence from his Lord [like the aforementioned]? And a witness from Him follows it, and before it was the Scripture of Moses to lead and as mercy. Those [believers in the former revelations] believe in the Qur’an. But whoever disbelieves in it from the [various] factions - the Fire is his promised destination. So be not in doubt about it. Indeed, it is the truth from your Lord, but most of the people do not believe.

He will precede his people on the Day of Resurrection and lead them into the Fire; and wretched is the place to which they are led.

[They will be] abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will. Indeed, your Lord is an effecter of what He intends.

And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.

It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated.’

Other than Allah, and guide them to the path of Hellfire

Who would say, ‘Are you indeed of those who believe

That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?”

He will say, ‘ Would you [care to] look?’

And he will look and see him in the midst of the Hellfire.

He will say, ‘ By Allah, you almost ruined me.

If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].

Then, are we not to die

Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?’

Indeed, this is the great attainment.

For the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.

Is Paradise a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqum?

Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.

Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,

Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.

And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.

Then indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.

Then indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.

Indeed they found their fathers astray.

So they hastened [to follow] in their footsteps.

They will have canopies of fire above them and below them, canopies. By that Allah threatens His servants. O My servants, then fear Me.

[To them] it will be said, ‘ Enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and wretched is the residence of the arrogant.’

Those [angels] who carry the Throne and those around it exalt [Allah] with praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who have believed, [saying], ‘ Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your way and protect them from the punishment of Hellfire.

You invite me to disbelieve in Allah and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I invite you to the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.

Assuredly, that to which you invite me has no [response to a] supplication in this world or in the Hereafter; and indeed, our return is to Allah, and indeed, the transgressors will be companions of the Fire.

And [mention] when they will argue within the Fire, and the weak will say to those who had been arrogant, ‘ Indeed, we were [only] your followers, so will you relieve us of a share of the Fire?’

Those who had been arrogant will say, ‘ Indeed, all [of us] are in it. Indeed, Allah has judged between the servants.’

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, ‘ Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment.’

They will say, ‘ Did there not come to you your messengers with clear proofs?’ They will say, ‘ Yes.’ They will reply, ‘ Then supplicate [yourselves], but the supplication of the disbelievers is not except in error.’

In boiling water; then in the Fire they will be filled [with flame].

Is food for the sinful.

Like murky oil, it boils within bellies

Like the boiling of scalding water.

[It will be commanded], ‘ Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Hellfire,

Then pour over his head from the torment of scalding water.’

[It will be said], ‘ Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble!

Indeed, this is what you used to dispute.’

[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire

And We will present Hell that Day to the Disbelievers, on display -

Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance, and they were not able to hear.

Then do those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants instead of Me as allies? Indeed, We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers as a lodging.

That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.

Before him is Hell, and he will be given a drink of purulent water.

He will gulp it but will hardly [be able to] swallow it. And death will come to him from everywhere, but he is not to die. And before him is a massive punishment.

[It is] Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the settlement.

And they have attributed to Allah equals to mislead [people] from His way. Say, ‘ Enjoy yourselves, for indeed, your destination is the Fire.’

Their garments of liquid pitch and their faces covered by the Fire.

Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.

For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.

Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed.

They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.

The Fire will sear their faces, and they therein will have taut smiles.

[It will be said]. ‘ Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?’

They will say, ‘ Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray.

Our Lord, remove us from it, and if we were to return [to evil], we would indeed be wrongdoers.’

He will say, ‘ Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.

Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],

This is the Fire which you used to deny.

Then is this magic, or do you not see?

[Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do.’

Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,

Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.

When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up.

It almost bursts with rage. Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, ‘ Did there not come to you a warner?’

They will say,’ Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, ‘Allah has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.”

And they will say, ‘ If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze.’

And they will admit their sin, so [it is] alienation for the companions of the Blaze.

And had not known what is my account.

I wish my death had been the decisive one.

My wealth has not availed me.

Gone from me is my authority.’

[Allah will say], ‘ Seize him and shackle him.

Then into Hellfire drive him.

Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him.’

Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

None will eat it except the sinners.

For the transgressors, a place of return,

In which they will remain for ages [unending].

They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

An appropriate recompense.

Indeed, they were not expecting an account

And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

But all things We have enumerated in writing.

So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment.’

So as for he who transgressed

And preferred the life of the world,

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, ‘ Taste [the result of] what you used to do.’

Yes, whoever earns evil and his sin has encompassed him - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

Those are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error and forgiveness for punishment. How patient they are in pursuit of the Fire!

And when he goes away, he strives throughout the land to cause corruption therein and destroy crops and animals. And Allah does not like corruption.

And when it is said to him, ‘ Fear Allah,’ pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place.

[This is] so that Allah may distinguish the wicked from the good and place the wicked some of them upon others and heap them all together and put them into Hell. It is those who are the losers.

That is because they say, ‘ Never will the Fire touch us except for [a few] numbered days,’ and [because] they were deluded in their religion by what they were inventing.

Our Lord, indeed whoever You admit to the Fire - You have disgraced him, and for the wrongdoers there are no helpers.

[It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.

Abiding therein forever, they will not find a protector or a helper.

The Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, ‘ How we wish we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger.’

And whoever does that in aggression and injustice - then We will drive him into a Fire. And that, for Allah, is [always] easy.

Indeed, those who disbelieve in Our verses - We will drive them into a Fire. Every time their skins are roasted through We will replace them with other skins so they may taste the punishment. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted in Might and Wise.

Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly gone far astray.

They call upon instead of Him none but female [deities], and they [actually] call upon none but a rebellious Satan.

Whom Allah has cursed. For he had said, ‘ I will surely take from among Your servants a specific portion.

And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them [sinful] desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah.’ And whoever takes Satan as an ally instead of Allah has certainly sustained a clear loss.

Satan promises them and arouses desire in them. But Satan does not promise them except delusion.

The refuge of those will be Hell, and they will not find from it an escape.

Indeed, those who disbelieve and commit wrong [or injustice] - never will Allah forgive them, nor will He guide them to a path.

Except the path of Hell; they will abide therein forever. And that, for Allah, is [always] easy.

They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

So the outcome for both of them is that they will be in the Fire, abiding eternally therein. And that is the recompense of the wrong-doers.

By which is melted that within their bellies and [their] skins.

And for [striking] them are maces of iron.

Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.

They took their [false] oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allah, and for them is a humiliating punishment.

Never will their wealth or their children avail them against Allah at all. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally

On the Day Allah will resurrect them all, and they will swear to Him as they swear to you and think that they are [standing] on something. Unquestionably, it is they who are the liars.

Allah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so those prophets did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, ‘ Enter the Fire with those who enter.’

They will wish to get out of the Fire, but never are they to emerge therefrom, and for them is an enduring punishment.

The Day when it will be heated in the fire of Hell and seared therewith will be their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, [it will be said], ‘ This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you used to hoard.’