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ʾinna hādhā mā kuntum bihī tamtarūna
This is what you used to doubt!’
— Ali Quli Qarai
44Ad-DukhānالدخانVerse 50 of 59
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MeccanVerse 50 of 59
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The Smoke
This is what you used to doubt!’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah al-Dukhan - Verses 47 - 50
47. [It will be said] “Seize him and drag him into the midst of blazing Fire,
48. Then pour over his head the torment of boiling water.
49. Taste you [this]! Indeed, you were [were pretending to be] the mighty, the generous.
50. Indeed, this is that whereof you used to doubt!”
The torments of the Resurrection Day are both physical and non-physical. The former include the use of boiling material and the latter include hearing of humiliation and derision saying who you were who falsely claimed to be mighty and generous in your mundane life? The blessed Verse 47 asks the angels to seize the unbeliever and drag him forcefully into the midst of Hell surrounded by fire. The next Verse reads: Then pour over his head boiling water such that Zaqqum cuts them into pieces inwardly and burns them with it outwardly.
Regarding the third Verse exegest maintain that Abu Jahl would say unto the Messenger of God (S):
“O Muhammad! I enjoy power and I am held in esteem in Mecca but neither you nor your God may ever inflict any harm unto me.”
As a consequence of his boastful remarks, he will be held in contempt on the Resurrection Day and it will be said unto him derisively:
Verse 50 reads that when disbelievers taste the torments, it will be said unto them that this is the torment warned against by the prophets but you held them in doubt and slandered them.