هَٰذَا فَلۡيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٞ وَغَسَّاقٞ ٥٧
This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- هَٰذَاThis (is so)hādhā
- فَلۡيَذُوقُوهُThen let them taste itfalyadhūqūhu
- حَمِيمٞboiling fluidḥamīmun
- وَغَسَّاقٞand purulencewaghassāqun
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.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran