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35.   وَنَادَىٰٓ ..............  ..............أَنْ أَفِيضُوا۟ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ أَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

35. "And the dwellers of the ------------- will call to the dwellers of ---------------------: "Pour on us some water or anything that Allah has provided you with". They will say: "Both (water & provision) Allah has forbidden to the disbelievers."

Answer: Fire/Hell & Paradise (7:50) أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ and  أَصْحَـٰبَٱلْجَنَّةِ 

ﺴْـــــــﻢِﷲِﺍﻟﺮَّﺣْﻤَﻦِﺍلرَّﺣِﻴﻢ  ﺑ   

 

The dwellers of Fire are those:

*  who worship others beside Allah (2:165),

*  who disbelieved in the aayath of Allah  (4:56),

*  who deny the Hour (25: 11)

* who deny Resurrection (17:98),

* who earned evil deeds (10:27),

* who are led astray by Shaithan (36:63),

* who prevent man-kind from path of Allah (4:167),

* who are Fasiqun (32:20) and Zalimun (18:29,7:41 & 37: 63) 

* who eat up the property of orphans (4:10),

* who reject faith after accepting it (3:106),

* who were grouped  on the Left Hand (56:41),

* whose scales (of good deeds) are light (23:103),

* who draw themselves the wrath of Allah (3:162),

* who took religion as an amusement & play (7:51),

* who preferred the life of this world forgetting the Hereafter (79:38)

* who hated to strive and fight with their properties and their lives in the Cause of Allah (9:82),

 

Allah has mentioned  in the Quran:

On that Great Day of Al Qiyama, the Hell will be brought nearer (89:23). Hell Fire shall be made apparent in full view for EVERY ONE who sees (79:36). There is not one of you but will pass over it (Hell); this is with your Lord, a decree (order) which must be accomplished. (19:71). Some refer this verse to Bridge Sirat over which all must pass to their final destination. The name of the bridge is not mentioned in the Quran.

Hell is described in Al - Quran:

* as a place of ambush (78: 21),

* as a place prepared for the disbelievers (2: 24),

* as a resting place for worst (38:56) and evil (18: 29)

* as a place with permanent punishment (25:65).

* as a promised place to fill it with jinn and men al-together (11:119).

* it has Zaqqum tree with its fruit stalks looking like the heads of Shaithan (37:63- 65).

* as a place with the shades of black smoke, neither cool nor pleasant (56:43 & 44).

* it has seven gates, for each gate, a special class of sinners are assigned (15:44).

* it is guarded by 19 mighty and stern angels (74:30) 

* these angels disobey not,  the Commands of Allah.(66:6)

* its fuel is men and (their worshipping) stones (2:24; 21: 98 and 99 and 66:6).

* the raging and roaring of the blazing fire has been heard even from far away (25:12).

* the fire of which is seventy time more intense than worldly fire.

* it is wide, deep and with seven levels.

 

The sinners will be humiliated in the Hell:

The would be dwellers will be asked by Allah, "Seize him and fetter him, then throw him in the blazing Fire. Then fastened with a chain of seventy cubits’ length (69: 32) Or they are chained together in groups (25:13) gathered to Hell (prone) on their faces (25:34) and will be dragged by their forelock and feet (55:41). They will be given garments of tar to wear (14:50). Neither they die there nor live (20:74). Worst indeed its destination (67:6). There is no way for them to escape from it (18:53).

 

About the punishment in the Hell:

Those who hoard up gold and silver and spend not in the way of Allah, their gold and silver is heated up in the Hell Fire & branded onto their fore-heads, flanks & backs (9:34 & 35). Hell fire will surround them as a wall. And if they ask for help (relief, water, etc.) they will be granted water like boiling oil, a terrible drink that will scald their faces and it is an evil dwelling place (18:29). Hypocrites will be in the lowest depth of the fire (4:145). The fire will burn their faces and they will grin with displaced lips (23: 104).

Garments of fire will be cut out for them (22: 19). Amid the blazing fire, boiling water will be poured over their head (44: 47). With it, will melt or vanish away what is within their bellies, as well as (their) skins. (22:20). Their skin become roasted and renewed to feel constant pain (4:56). Every time when they try to get out, with hooked iron rods they are driven back to Hell (22:22). Death will come to them from every side. But they will not die. (14:17). The dwellers plead for their destruction but their destruction will be oft repeated (25:13).

 

The dwellers of Hell will cry:

"O Malik! (The name of guardian angel of Hell) Let not your Lord make an end of us". He will say: "Verily you shall abide forever" (43:77). They also call upon to the keepers of Hell: "Call upon your Lord to lighten for us the punihment for a day." They will ask: "Did there not come to you your Messengers with clear evidences. "Yes". They will reply, "Then call (as you like) but in vain." (40: 50 & 51). They will not see a friend or protector or a helper to rescue or to reduce the punishment. (33:65).

 

Their food and drink:

They will be given pus (38:56) & Zaqqum food to eat. Like boiling oil, it will boil their bellies (44: 44 to 46 & 56:52 - 54). Neither it will give nourishment, nor it will avail against hunger (88:7). Nothing cool shall they taste therein nor any other drink (78:24). They were made to drink boiling festering water (14: 16, 6:70 & 37:67) from a boiling spring (88:5). He will sip it unwillingly, and he will find a great difficulty to swallow it down his throat (14:17) Their drink will be like molten brass that scald their faces (18: 29)

The people in Paradise, Hell and Al Araf can recognize one another. The dwellers of Hell call those who are in the Paradise and ask for water or other provision. Allah prohibited the favors of Paradise for the disbelievers (7:50). Allah disgraced them, because they took the worldly life as play and amusement. (7:51 & 45:34). They never worked for Hereafter. They have forgotten Allah, so He has forgotten them. (9:67). Allah’s aayath came to them, but they disregarded them, and so this Day, they will be neglected. (20:126)

Ibn Khathir in his tafsir has explained, “Ath-Thawri said that `Uthman Ath-Thaqafi said that Sa`id bin Jubayr commented on this Ayah, "One of them will call his father or brother, `I have been burned, so pour some water on me.' The believers will be asked to reply, and they will reply, "Allah has forbidden water and provision to the disbelievers.''

 

So Allah  (ﷻ) has guided the believers in the Quran to seek refuge to Allah from Hell-Fire as:

★ "O Lord! Avert from us the punishment of Hell. Verily its punishment is grievous affliction" (25:65).

★ ''Our Lord! Grant us good in this world and good in the Here-after and save us from the torment of the Fire''(2:201).

 ★ "Our Lord! We have indeed believed, so forgive us our sins and save us from the punishment of the Fire." (3:16).

★ Our Lord! You have not created (all) this without purpose, Glory to You!  Give us salvation from the torment of the Fire. (3:191).

★ ''Our Lord! surely whomsoever You admit into the Fire, You will have abased and the harm doers      shall have no helpers''  (3:192).

 

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray like this:

★ "O Allah! Save me from the fire of Hell ''

★ "O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave and Hell-fire"

★ "O Allah! I ask You for Paradise and seek Your protection from the Fire."

Ameen! Ya Rabbul Alamin!

                               الحمدلله