Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (The Day We say to Hell, “Have you been filled?” and it says, “Is there any more?”)
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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (The Day We say to Hell, “Have you been filled?” and it says, “Is there any more?”).
We begin, as is customary, with the exegesis of verses from the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and we are in Surat Qaf,At His saying, (Blessed and Exalted is He): [Qaf: 30]: (The Day) is a temporal adverb, and temporal and spatial adverbs, as well as prepositions, must have a related word,Meaning: they must be related to a verb or something that carries the meaning of a verb.
So what is the related word of His saying:[Qaf 50:30] ؟We say: It is omitted,and the implied meaning is: [the meaning is] “Mention the Day We say to Hell,” and it should be known that in the Arabic language there are words that are omitted, and sometimes even sentences are omitted, and that is when the context indicates them. Here, the word to which the word (The Day) is related is omitted, with the implied meaning: “Mention the Day We say to Hell: Have you been filled? And it says: Is there any more?”
Allah (Mighty and Majestic) asks it:: And He knows, (Glorified and Exalted is He), whether it has been filled or not; because nothing is hidden from Him;But He asks it: Have you been filled? So that He may confirm for it what He (Glorified and Exalted is He) promised it, for Allah says: [Hud: 119].
So He asks it:: Meaning: Has what Allah promised come to pass? Because Allah undertook to fill Paradise and to fill the Fire.
She says:[Qaf 50:30]: (Is there) here is a particle of interrogation, and it is a letter. (Is there) is it an interrogative of request or an interrogative of negation? Pay attention to the difference. Is it an interrogative of request, meaning it is asking for more?Or an interrogative of negation, meaning it says: Is there no more than what is in me?In this, the scholars have two opinions: The first opinion is that the meaning is [Qaf 50:30], i.e., there is no more than what is in me, and (Is there) is used for an interrogative of negation, as in the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Fatir: 3], meaning: there is no creator. And on this basis, the Fire has been filled,If she says: there is no more than that, so the meaning is that it has been filled.
The second opinion: (Is there) is for request: meaning it is asking for more.
And if the scholars differ in exegesis or other matters, the reference is to what Allah and His Messenger said. So let us look at which of the two opinions is more likely to be correct? It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: (Hell will continue to be thrown into, and it will say, “Is there any more?” until the Lord of Majesty places His foot upon it,or he said: His leg upon it,And some of it recedes toward some of it and it says: bit by bit).
So which of the two opinions is more likely to be correct? That it is an interrogative of request, meaning it is asking for more, but the mercy of Allah preceded His anger, and He (Mighty and Majestic) places His leg upon it in the manner He willed, then some of it recedes,Some of it folds in on some of it and narrows and it says: there is no more than that, or it asks and then the situation ends.
So the word of Allah has become true that He will fill Hell with the jinn and mankind, all of them.
In the hadith I quoted, it affirms the foot or leg for Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Is it a foot in reality, or a foot meaning the one who brings forward, i.e., the Lord (Mighty and Majestic) places those He brings forward into the Fire until it is filled? And is the leg in reality, or does the leg mean a group, because it is said: a leg of locusts, like a group of locusts. Which is more likely?The first means: That the intended meaning is a leg in reality for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), except that it does not resemble the legs of the created beings in any way. We know with certainty that it is not like the legs of the created beings. From where did we know that it is not like the legs of the created beings? From where did we know that the leg of Allah does not resemble or equal the legs of the created beings?From His saying, (Glorified and Exalted is He): [Al-Shura: 11].
And the purpose of His saying, (Glorified and Exalted is He):[Qaf 50:30] The purpose of His saying, (Glorified and Exalted is He), is: to warn the people, because each one of us does not know whether he will be among the fuel of Hell or among those who were saved from it. We ask Allah to save us and you from it.
We begin, as is customary, with the exegesis of verses from the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and we are in Surat Qaf,At His saying, (Blessed and Exalted is He):
On the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more,"
يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلْ امْتَلأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِنْ مَزِيدٍSo what is the related word of His saying:
On the Day We will say to Hell
يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَAllah (Mighty and Majestic) asks it:
Have you been filled?
هَلْ امْتَلأْتِBut the word of your Lord is to be fulfilled that, "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and men all together."
وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَSo He asks it:
Have you been filled?
هَلْ امْتَلأْتِShe says:
Are there some more,"
هَلْ مِنْ مَزِيدٍAre there some more,"
هَلْ مِنْ مَزِيدٍIs there any creator other than Allah who provides for you from the heaven and earth?
هَلْ مِنْ خَالِقٍ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِThe second opinion: (Is there) is for request: meaning it is asking for more.
And if the scholars differ in exegesis or other matters, the reference is to what Allah and His Messenger said. So let us look at which of the two opinions is more likely to be correct? It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: (Hell will continue to be thrown into, and it will say, “Is there any more?” until the Lord of Majesty places His foot upon it,or he said: His leg upon it,And some of it recedes toward some of it and it says: bit by bit).
So which of the two opinions is more likely to be correct? That it is an interrogative of request, meaning it is asking for more, but the mercy of Allah preceded His anger, and He (Mighty and Majestic) places His leg upon it in the manner He willed, then some of it recedes,Some of it folds in on some of it and narrows and it says: there is no more than that, or it asks and then the situation ends.
So the word of Allah has become true that He will fill Hell with the jinn and mankind, all of them.
In the hadith I quoted, it affirms the foot or leg for Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Is it a foot in reality, or a foot meaning the one who brings forward, i.e., the Lord (Mighty and Majestic) places those He brings forward into the Fire until it is filled? And is the leg in reality, or does the leg mean a group, because it is said: a leg of locusts, like a group of locusts. Which is more likely?The first means: That the intended meaning is a leg in reality for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), except that it does not resemble the legs of the created beings in any way. We know with certainty that it is not like the legs of the created beings. From where did we know that it is not like the legs of the created beings? From where did we know that the leg of Allah does not resemble or equal the legs of the created beings?From His saying, (Glorified and Exalted is He):
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُAnd the purpose of His saying, (Glorified and Exalted is He):