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Hamim and Ghassaq حَمِيم وَغَسَّاق

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Two of the punishment-drinks of Hell — Ḥamīm (boiling/scalding water) and Ghassāq (purulent discharge) — paired in Surah An-Naba 78:25 as the recompense of disbelievers.

Overview

Ḥamīm and Ghassāq (Arabic: حَمِيم وَغَسَّاق) are two of the punishment-drinks of Hell, paired as a single phrase in Surah An-Naba 78:25:

"They will not taste therein [in Hell] coolness or any drink, except scalding water (ḥamīm) and foul purulence (ghassāq) — an appropriate recompense." — Surah An-Naba 78:24–26

Ḥamīm denotes boiling, scalding water that, the Quran describes elsewhere, scalds faces and ruptures the bowels. Ghassāq denotes purulent discharge — pus, blood, and decay liquid — flowing from the people of Hell themselves.

Quranic references

  • Surah An-Naba 78:24–26 — paired.
  • Surah Sad 38:57 — paired again: "This — so let them taste it: scalding water and ghassāq."
  • Surah Muhammad 47:15 — "...and given to drink scalding water that will rip apart their intestines."
  • Surah Al-Anʿam 6:70 — "They will have a drink of scalding water."
  • Surah Al-Wāqiʿah 56:54 — "And drinking on top of it from scalding water."

See also

References

  1. The Quran: Surahs Al-Anʿam 6:70; Muhammad 47:15; Sad 38:57; Al-Wāqiʿah 56:54; An-Naba 78:24–26.
  2. Ibn Kathir, Tafsīr, on Surah An-Naba.