How to reconcile Allah’s saying, “They have therein a deep sigh and a groan, and they hear nothing therein,” with His saying, “When they are cast into it, they will hear its deep sigh as it boils over”
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The questioner : How do you reconcile Allah’s saying, Mighty and Majestic: [Al-Anbya 21:100], with His saying, Exalted is He: [Al-Mulk 67:7]?
The Shaykh : What is the problem?
The questioner : How do we reconcile the two verses?
The Shaykh : They do not hear the speech of people from outside it, but they hear its deep sigh, may Allah protect us from it.
For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.
لَهُمْ فِيهَا شهيق زَفِيرٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لا يَسْمَعُونَWhen they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up.
إِذَا أُلْقُوا فِيهَا سَمِعُوا لَهَا شَهِيقاً وَهِيَ تَفُورُThe Shaykh : What is the problem?
The questioner : How do we reconcile the two verses?
The Shaykh : They do not hear the speech of people from outside it, but they hear its deep sigh, may Allah protect us from it.