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Saqar

سَقَر

Saqar is a specific and profoundly intense name given in the Holy Quran to describe an aspect or level of Hellfire, serving as a stark warning and a vivid depiction of divine justice. It is presented as a formidable destination for those who willfully reject the truth and engage in significant wrongdoing. The Quran emphasizes its severity, asking [And what can make you know what is Saqar?], implying its terrifying nature is beyond full human grasp. It is further described as that which [lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned]], and that which is [blackening the skins], illustrating its all-consuming and transformative power. On the Day of Judgment, transgressors will be [dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."] This powerful imagery serves as a crucial reminder within Islamic tradition of the ultimate accountability for one's deeds and the grave consequences that await those who stray from God's path, encouraging introspection, piety, and adherence to righteous conduct.

Quran 7 verses

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ

Yawma yushaboona fin Naari'alaa wujoohimim zooqoo massa saqar

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

اس روز منہ کے بل دوزخ میں گھسیٹے جائیں گے اب آگ کا مزہ چکھو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Lexicological analysis The word زُبُر zubur (in verse 43) is the plural of zabur, which stands for any written book. It specifically refers to the Scripture that was revealed to Prophet Dawud (علیہ السلام) . أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ‌ (...more calamitous and more bitter...54:46). The word adha means more o...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The day when they are dragged into the Fire on their faces in the Hereafter and it is said to them ‘Taste now the touch of Saqar’ Hell’s affliction of you.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Destination of the Criminals Allah the Exalted states that the criminals are misguided away from the truth and engulfed in confusion, because of the doubts and uncertainty they are in. This description befits every disbeliever and innovator of all types and forms of sects. Allah the Exalted said...

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

Sa usleehi saqar

I will drive him into Saqar.

ہم عنقریب اس کو سقر میں داخل کریں گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Annual Income of Walid Ibn Mughirah: Ten Million Guineas The disbeliever referred to here is Walid Ibn Mughirah. Allah had favoured him with abundant wealth, property and children. According to Ibn ` Abbas 4his land, property and gardens stretched from Makkah to Ta'if. According to Thauri, his a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: I shall soon admit him into Saqar! — Hell.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Threat for Whoever claims that the Qur'an is Magic Allah threatens this wicked person whom He has favored with the blessings of this world, yet he is ungrateful for the blessings of Allah and he meets them with disbelief (in Allah) and rejection of His Ayat. He invents lies against Allah's Ayat an...

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

Wa maaa adraaka maa saqar

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

اور تم کیا سمجھے کہ سقر کیا ہے؟

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Annual Income of Walid Ibn Mughirah: Ten Million Guineas The disbeliever referred to here is Walid Ibn Mughirah. Allah had favoured him with abundant wealth, property and children. According to Ibn ` Abbas 4his land, property and gardens stretched from Makkah to Ta'if. According to Thauri, his a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And how would you know what is Saqar? — this interrogative is intended to emphasise its enormity.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Threat for Whoever claims that the Qur'an is Magic Allah threatens this wicked person whom He has favored with the blessings of this world, yet he is ungrateful for the blessings of Allah and he meets them with disbelief (in Allah) and rejection of His Ayat. He invents lies against Allah's Ayat an...

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

Laa tubqee wa laa tazar

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

(وہ آگ ہے کہ) نہ باقی رکھے گی اور نہ چھوڑے گی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Annual Income of Walid Ibn Mughirah: Ten Million Guineas The disbeliever referred to here is Walid Ibn Mughirah. Allah had favoured him with abundant wealth, property and children. According to Ibn ` Abbas 4his land, property and gardens stretched from Makkah to Ta'if. According to Thauri, his a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: It neither spares nor leaves behind anything of flesh or nerve but destroys it all after which he is restored to his former state.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Threat for Whoever claims that the Qur'an is Magic Allah threatens this wicked person whom He has favored with the blessings of this world, yet he is ungrateful for the blessings of Allah and he meets them with disbelief (in Allah) and rejection of His Ayat. He invents lies against Allah's Ayat an...

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ

Lawwaahatul lilbashar

Blackening the skins.

اور بدن جھلس کر سیاہ کردے گی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Annual Income of Walid Ibn Mughirah: Ten Million Guineas The disbeliever referred to here is Walid Ibn Mughirah. Allah had favoured him with abundant wealth, property and children. According to Ibn ` Abbas 4his land, property and gardens stretched from Makkah to Ta'if. According to Thauri, his a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: It burns away the flesh scorching the surface of skin.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Threat for Whoever claims that the Qur'an is Magic Allah threatens this wicked person whom He has favored with the blessings of this world, yet he is ungrateful for the blessings of Allah and he meets them with disbelief (in Allah) and rejection of His Ayat. He invents lies against Allah's Ayat an...

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

'Alaihaa tis'ata 'ashar

Over it are nineteen [angels].

اس پر اُنیس داروغہ ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Annual Income of Walid Ibn Mughirah: Ten Million Guineas The disbeliever referred to here is Walid Ibn Mughirah. Allah had favoured him with abundant wealth, property and children. According to Ibn ` Abbas 4his land, property and gardens stretched from Makkah to Ta'if. According to Thauri, his a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: There are nineteen keepers standing over it angels its keepers; a certain disbeliever who was a mighty stalwart said ‘I will avail you seventeen of them if you avail me just two’. God exalted be He says
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Threat for Whoever claims that the Qur'an is Magic Allah threatens this wicked person whom He has favored with the blessings of this world, yet he is ungrateful for the blessings of Allah and he meets them with disbelief (in Allah) and rejection of His Ayat. He invents lies against Allah's Ayat an...

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

Maa salakakum fee saqar

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

کہ تم دوزخ میں کیوں پڑے؟

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِيْنَةٌ اِلَّآ اَصْحٰبَ الْيَمِيْنِ (Everyone will be detained [ in the Hell ] because of what he did, [ 38] except the People of the Right, [ i.e. those who will be given their Book of Deeds in their right hands ] 74:38-39) The word rahinah is used in the sense of ma...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: ‘What has landed you in what has made you enter Saqar?’
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): What will take place in the Discussion between the People of Paradise and the People of the Hellfire Allah informs that, كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ (Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,) meaning, bound to his deed on the Day of Judgement. Ibn `Abbas and others have said this. ...

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