Al-Qur'an Surah Ar-Rahman Verse 44

Mufti Taqi Usmani

They will circle around between it and between hot, boiling water.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

They will alternate between its flames and scalding water.

Ruwwad Translation Center

They will go round between it and scalding water.

A. J. Arberry

they shall go round between it and between hot, boiling water.

Abdul Haleem

but they will go round between its flames and scalding water.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Going round between it and balling water fierce.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round!

Abul Ala Maududi

They will keep circling around between Hell and boiling water.

Ahmed Ali

They will go round and around between it and boiling water.

Ahmed Raza Khan

They shall keep going back and forth between it and the extremely hot boiling water.

Ali Quli Qarai

They shall circuit between it and boiling hot water.

Ali Ünal

They will go round between it(s fire) and hot, boiling water.

Amatul Rahman Omar

`They will take turns (restlessly) between it (- the hell-fire) and boiling hot liquid.´

English Literal

They circle/walk around between it and between hot water/cold water/red hot coal blazing/glowing.

Faridul Haque

They shall keep going back and forth between it and the extremely hot boiling water.

Hamid S. Aziz

They go circling between it and hot, boiling water.

Hilali & Khan

They will go between it (Hell) and the boiling hot water!

Maulana Mohammad Ali

This is the hell which the guilty deny

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Round about shall they go between it and hot, boiling water.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

They go circling round between it and fierce, boiling water.

Muhammad Sarwar

They will run around in blazing fire and boiling water.

Qaribullah & Darwish

they shall go round between it, and between a hot, boiling water.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

They will go between it and Hamim An!

Wahiduddin Khan

They will go round between its flames and boiling water.

Talal Itani

They circulate between it and between a seething bath.

Tafsir jalalayn

They shall pass round, they shall pace, between it and boiling hot water, [water] of extreme temperature, which they are given to drink every time they call to be rescued from the heat of the Fire (nin is defective, like qdin).

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

They will go between it and Hamim An!

meaning, they will sometimes be punished with fire and they will sometimes be given Hamim which is a drink like molten copper tearing their intestines and internal organs,

إِذِ الاٌّغْلَـلُ فِى أَعْنَـقِهِمْ والسَّلَـسِلُ يُسْحَبُونَ

فِى الْحَمِيمِ ثُمَّ فِى النَّارِ يُسْجَرُونَ

When the iron collars will be rounded over their necks, and the chains, they shall be dragged along, in the Hamim, then they will be burned in the Fire. (40;71-72)

Allah said,
انٍ
(An), meaning hot, due to the fierce and intense heat that is impossible to bear.

Ibn Abbas said;
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ انٍ
(They will go between it and Hamim An!),

"That has reached the ultimate temperature and boiling fiercely."

Similar was said by Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak, Al-Hasan, Ath-Thawri and As-Suddi.

Qatadah also commented,

"Its boiling started when Allah created the heavens and the earth!"

Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi said,

"The (disobedient) servant will be seized by the forehead and stirred in that boiling water until his flesh melts and only the bones and the eyes in his head remain.

This is the meaning of Allah's statement,

فِى الْحَمِيمِ ثُمَّ فِى النَّارِ يُسْجَرُونَ

In the Hamim, then they will be burned in the Fire. (40;72)

And Al-Hamim Al-An means hot."

There is another report from Al-Qurazi;

حَمِيمٍ انٍ
(Hamim An) that it means "prepared. "

This is also the view of Ibn Zayd.

And saying that it means "prepared" does not contradict the first report from Al-Qurazi which says that it means hot, for Allah said;

تُسْقَى مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

They will be given to drink from a spring, Aniyah. (88;5)

which means severe unbearable heat,

and His saying;

غَيْرَ نَـظِرِينَ إِنَـهُ

not to wait for it to be prepared, (33;53)

which means properly cooking and preparing it.

So His saying;

حَمِيمٍ انٍ
(Hamim An), Hamim, that is very hot.

Surely, punishing the disobedient criminals as well as favoring those who had Taqwa, is from Allah's grace, mercy, justice, compassion and kindness for His creatures. His warnings against His torment and punishment, such as mentioned in these Ayat, should encourage all creatures to abandon the Shirk and disobedience they engage in, and this is why Allah reminded them of this favor;

فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ