Surah Sad, Ayah 57 (38:57)

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هَٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ

Quran 38:57 is ayah 57 of Surah Sad (“The Letter "Saad"”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 456 of the Madani Mushaf.

38:57
هَٰذَافَلْيَذُوقُوهُحَمِيمٌوَغَسَّاقٌ٥٧
hādhā falyadhūqūhu ḥamīmun waghassāqun

This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.(57)

Word by word

  1. هَٰذَاhādhāThis (is so)
  2. فَلْيَذُوقُوهُfalyadhūqūhuThen let them taste it
  3. حَمِيمٌḥamīmunboiling fluid
  4. وَغَسَّاقٌwaghassāqunand purulence

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