The Holy Quran 44:44 — Surah Ad-Dukhan

Arabic text

طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ

Translation

shall be food for the sinful.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The Dreadful Punishments of the Disbelievers in Hell: because of some slight resemblance it has been called “zaqqum” (spurge, a bitter thorny plant). Otherwise, what the spurge of Hell is like is known only to Allah. Just as some blessings of Paradise share only their name with blessings of this world, understand what relates to Hell in the same way.

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