Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (It is watered from a hot spring)
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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (It is watered from a hot spring)]
Allah the Exalted said: [al-Ghashiyah: 5-6] When He showed us their place—may Allah protect us from it—and that they are in the scorching Fire of Hell;He explained their food and their drink and said: meaning: the faces [Al-Ghashiyah 88:5] meaning: extremely hot. This is regarding their drinking. And with this, this drink does not come with ease, nor are they given to drink whenever they are thirsty. No.
They are only given this drink when their thirst becomes severe—may Allah protect us from it—and they call for help,As Allah the Exalted said: [al-Kahf: 29] This water, when it approaches their faces, scalds them and their flesh falls off,And when it enters their bellies, He says, Mighty and Majestic: [Muhammad: 15] So: they do not benefit from it, neither externally nor internally; not externally by coolness to cool the faces, nor internally by quenching thirst. But they—may Allah protect us from it—are relieved by this water,And for this he said: .
If someone were to say: How can this spring be in the Fire of Hell, when the custom is that water extinguishes fire? So
The matters of the Hereafter are not measured by the matters of this world. If they were measured by the matters of this world, we would not be able to imagine how it would be. Does not the sun approach the heads of people on the Day of Resurrection by the distance of a bowshot? And the bowshot is either the bowshot of the kohl applicator, which is half a finger, or the bowshot of distance, which is a kilometer and a third or something like that. And even if it were so, if the Hereafter were like this world, it would roast people thoroughly. But the Hereafter is not measured by this world.
Also: People are gathered on the Day of Resurrection in one place; some of them are in severe darkness, and some of them are in light [al-Hadid: 12] They are gathered in one place and they sweat. Some of them have sweat reaching their ankles, some of them have sweat reaching their knees, and some of them have sweat reaching their flanks. And yet they are in one place.
Therefore: The conditions of the Hereafter are not permissible to be measured by the conditions of this world,If someone were to say: How can water be in the fire?We said: First: The conditions of the Hereafter are not measured by the conditions of this world.
Second: Indeed, Allah is Able to do all things.
Here we are now finding that fire is kindled from green trees,As Allah the Exalted said: [Ya-Sin: 80] When green trees are struck by one another or struck with a fire-drill, a spark catches and a hot, dry fire comes out of them, while they are moist and cold. So Allah is Able to do all things.
So they are watered from a hot spring in the fire, and that does not contradict the power of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
Allah the Exalted said:
(5) They will be given drink from a boiling spring. (6) For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
تُسْقَى مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ * لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍwill be given to drink
تُسْقَىfrom a boiling spring.
مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍThey are only given this drink when their thirst becomes severe—may Allah protect us from it—and they call for help,As Allah the Exalted said:
And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink
وَإِنْ يَسْتَغِيثُوا يُغَاثُوا بِمَاءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِي الْوُجُوهَ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُand are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines?
وَسُقُوا مَاءً حَمِيماً فَقَطَّعَ أَمْعَاءَهُمْwill be given to drink from a boiling spring
تُسْقَى مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍIf someone were to say: How can this spring be in the Fire of Hell, when the custom is that water extinguishes fire? So
The matters of the Hereafter are not measured by the matters of this world. If they were measured by the matters of this world, we would not be able to imagine how it would be. Does not the sun approach the heads of people on the Day of Resurrection by the distance of a bowshot? And the bowshot is either the bowshot of the kohl applicator, which is half a finger, or the bowshot of distance, which is a kilometer and a third or something like that. And even if it were so, if the Hereafter were like this world, it would roast people thoroughly. But the Hereafter is not measured by this world.
Also: People are gathered on the Day of Resurrection in one place; some of them are in severe darkness, and some of them are in light
their light proceeding before them and on their right
يَسْعَى نُورُهُمْ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَانِهِمْTherefore: The conditions of the Hereafter are not permissible to be measured by the conditions of this world,If someone were to say: How can water be in the fire?We said: First: The conditions of the Hereafter are not measured by the conditions of this world.
Second: Indeed, Allah is Able to do all things.
Here we are now finding that fire is kindled from green trees,As Allah the Exalted said:
[It is] He who made for you from the green tree, fire, and then from it you ignite.
الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ الْأَخْضَرِ نَاراً فَإِذَا أَنْتُمْ مِنْهُ تُوقِدُونَSo they are watered from a hot spring in the fire, and that does not contradict the power of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.