Al-Qur'an Surah An-Naba Verse 25

Mufti Taqi Usmani

except boiling water and pus,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

except boiling water and ˹oozing˺ pus—

Ruwwad Translation Center

except scalding water and discharge of wounds,

A. J. Arberry

save boiling water and pus

Abdul Haleem

except one that is scalding and dark––

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Save scalding water and corruption.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,

Abul Ala Maududi

save boiling water and wash of the wounds;

Ahmed Ali

Except boiling water and benumbing cold:

Ahmed Raza Khan

Except hot boiling water and hot pus discharged from the people of hell.

Ali Quli Qarai

except boiling water and pus,

Ali Ünal

Except boiling water and pus,

Amatul Rahman Omar

All that they shall have will be boiling water or stinking fluid as a recompense,

English Literal

Except hot water/sweat and decayed/rotten .

Faridul Haque

Except hot boiling water and hot pus discharged from the people of hell.

Hamid S. Aziz

But boiling and intensely cold water,

Hilali & Khan

Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Requital corresponding.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

But boiling and intensely cold water,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Muhammad Sarwar

except boiling water and pus,

Qaribullah & Darwish

except boiling water and pus

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Except Hamim, and Ghassaq

Wahiduddin Khan

save boiling water and a stinking fluid --

Talal Itani

Except boiling water, and freezing hail.

Tafsir jalalayn

except boiling water, of extreme temperatures, and pus (read ghasqan or ghassqan, which is the vile matter that is emitted by the [bodies of the] inhabitants of the Fire), which is what they will [indeed] taste. They are given this pair [of tortures],

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Except Hamim, and Ghassaq

Abu Al-`Aliyah said,

- "The Hamim has been made an exception to the coolness, and

- Ghassaq is the exception to the drink."

This has also been said by Ar-Rabi` bin Anas.

In reference to the Hamim, it is the heat that has reached its maximum temperature and point of boiling.

The Ghassaq is gathered from the pus, sweat, tears, and wounds of the people of Hellfire. It is unbearably cold with an intolerable stench.

May Allah save us from that by His beneficence and grace. Amin.

Then He continues,

جَزَاء وِفَاقًا