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Surah Ibrahim, Verse 16

سورة ابراهيم، الآية ١٦

14:16 Juz 13 Hizb 26 Page 257 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 14:16

مِّن وَرَآئِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ وَيُسْقَىٰ مِن مَّآءٍ صَدِيدٍ ۝١٦

Transliteration

min warāihi jahannamu wayus'qā min māin ṣadīdin

Translation

Before him653 is Hell, and he will be given a drink of purulent water.654

Notes

[653] Literally, "after him [in time]," meaning ahead of him.
[654] That which oozes from the skins of Hell's inhabitants.

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Verse 16 of Surah Ibrahim (14:16), a Meccan surah, is in juz 13, on page 257 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 16

Al-Mukhtasar

Hellfire is in front of this arrogant person, awaiting him. He will be given the puss that oozes from the people of Hellfire to drink, but it will not quench his thirst. He will continue to be punished with thirst and other types of punishments.

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Other translations of verse 16

Hell awaits him, and he will be made to drink of oozing pus,

In front of him (every obstinate, arrogant dictator) is Hell, and he will be made to drink boiling, festering water.

Hell is before him, and he is made to drink a festering water,

In front of such a one is Hell, and he is given, for drink, boiling fetid water.

Hell is before him and he shall be given to drink of festering water:

Beyond him (is) Hell, (i.e., Hell awaits every stubborn potentate after his life) and he is given to drink of festering water,

Verse 16 word by word

  1. مِّن min of him
  2. وَرَآئِهِۦ warāihi Ahead و ر ي
  3. جَهَنَّمُ jahannamu (is) Hell
  4. وَيُسْقَىٰ wayus'qā and he will be made to drink س ق ي
  5. مِن min of
  6. مَّآءٍ māin water م و ه
  7. صَدِيدٍ ṣadīdin purulent ص د د

Hadiths that cite this verse

One hadith cites this verse; its text is in Arabic.

Verses related to verse 16

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Kahf 18:79

    أَمَّا ٱلسَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَٰكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَآءَهُم مَّلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا

    As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.

  • Sad 38:57–58

    هَٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ …

    This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence. …

  • Muhammad 47:15

    مَّثَلُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ فِيهَآ أَنْهَٰرٌ مِّن مَّآءٍ غَيْرِ ءَاسِنٍ وَأَنْهَٰرٌ مِّن لَّبَنٍ لَّمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهُۥ وَأَنْهَٰرٌ مِّنْ خَمْرٍ لَّذَّةٍ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ وَأَنْهَٰرٌ مِّنْ عَسَلٍ مُّصَفًّى وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ كَمَنْ هُوَ خَٰلِدٌ فِى ٱلنَّارِ وَسُقُوا۟ مَآءً حَمِيمًا فَقَطَّعَ أَمْعَآءَهُمْ

    Is the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered, rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey, in which they will have from all [kinds of] fruits and forgiveness from their Lord... [Are its inhabitants] like those who abide eternally in the Fire and are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines?

  • Al-Kahf 18:29

    وَقُلِ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُوا۟ يُغَاثُوا۟ بِمَآءٍ كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَشْوِى ٱلْوُجُوهَ بِئْسَ ٱلشَّرَابُ وَسَآءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا

    And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.

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