Surah Sad 38:57 — translation and meaning
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هَذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ
Word by Word
هَذَا
hadha
This (is so)!
فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ
falyadhuquhu
Then let them taste it
حَمِيمٌ
hamimun
boiling fluid
وَغَسَّاقٌ
waghassaqun
and purulence
Transliteration
Haazaa falyazooqoohu hameemunw wa ghassaaq
Translation
This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
This punishment is extremely hot water, and pus which will flow from the bodies of the people of hell being punished in it, so they should taste it as it is their drink. However it is a drink which does not quench thirst.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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