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b. 37:63; 44:44, 45. (close)

c. 37:63; 44:44-45. (close)

4119. Commentary:

The verse purports to say that disbelievers indulged in all sorts of iniquitous activities; they, as it were, drained life to the dregs. Therefore, as a punishment, their bellies will be filled with fire and they will drink of the hot water which instead of quenching will increase their thirst. (close)

c. 37:67. (close)

4120. Important Words:

الھیم (thirsty camels) is the plural of الأھیم which is derived from ھام which means, he went at random, not knowing where he was going, he became thirsty. الھیام means, (a) severe thirst; (b) dropsy; or a kind of disease from which camels suffer from insatiable thirst; (c) insanity caused by extreme love. رجل ھیمان means, a thirsty man. رجل ھائم means, a confused and perplexed man. الھیم means, thirsty camels, sandy plains which suck all water (Aqrab). (close)

a. 37:68. (close)

2971. This and the preceding verses describe the punishment that will be meted out to the guilty in the afterlife in a language which suits the enormity of their sins in the present life. They devoured what other people had earned with the sweat of their brows and suffered from an insatiable lust for wealth, amassing it by fair means and foul and, being proud of it, rejected the Divine Message. As a punishment, they will be given the tree of Zaqqum to eat, which will burn their inside, and they will have scalding water to quench their thirst, and like sick thirsty camels their thirst will remain unsatisfied. (close)

4121. Commentary:

This and the preceding three verses describe the punishment that will be meted out to the guilty in the afterlife, in a language which befits the enormity of their sins or crimes in the present life. They devoured what other people had earned with the sweat of their brows. They suffered from an insatiable lust for wealth, amassing it by fair means or foul, and being proud of their riches rejected the Divine Message. As punishment for their sins, they will be given the tree of Zaqqum to eat, which will burn their inside, and they will have scalding water to quench their thirst, and like diseased camels their thirst will remain unsatisfied. (close)

4122. Commentary:

نزلھم (their entertainment) means, their provision and food. The expression seems to have been used ironically. (close)

4123. Commentary:

With this verse begins a series of arguments in support of life after death. The first argument in the present verse is taken from the very subtle and wonderful phenomenon of man’s birth, starting with a drop of semen and developing into a full-fledged human being,—the crown of all creation—having been equipped with all moral and spiritual powers in order that he might assimilate and demonstrate in himself Divine attributes. (close)

d. 75:38. (close)

a. 75:38. (close)

b. 52:36. (close)

a. 71:5. (close)

c. 71:5. (close)

4124. Commentary:

The end of all physical life is death. This is the eternal law of God from which there is no escape. Death frees the human soul from the fetters and shackles of its physical habitat and enables it to start its journey on the road to spiritual development which knows no end. (close)

2972. The disintegration of man’s physical tabernacle does not mean the end of his life. Death is only a change of state or form. After its flight from the physical habitat human soul is given another body, which grows and develops and takes forms which it is not possible for man to know or even to conceive of. (close)

d. 76:29. (close)

4125. Commentary:

The disintegration of man’s physical tabernacle does not mean the end of his life. Death is only a change of state or form. After its flight from the body the human soul is given another body, which, it is not possible for man to conceive. The verse may also imply a warning to disbelievers that they should not remain lulled into a false state of complacency that they would continue to enjoy power, prestige and prosperity. The time was fast approaching when all their power would be broken and their glory would depart and another people—the Muslims—would take their place, and they could not conceive of this great change in their present prosperous condition. The fulfilment of this prophecy will constitute an argument in support of life after death. (close)