سُوْرَةُ الْقَارِعَةِ

Surah Al-Qaari'a (101) — Ayah 9

The Calamity · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 600

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ ﴿9﴾
He will have his home in Hâwiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
فَأُمُّهُۥ fa-ummuhu His abode
هَاوِيَةٌۭ hāwiyatun (will be the) Pit

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9. 1. ہاویہ is the name of Hell. It is called ہاویہ because the inhabitants of Hell will fall into its depth. And it is described as "ام" (mother) because just as a mother is a refuge for a person, similarly, the abode of the inhabitants of Hell will be Hell itself. Some say that the meaning of "ام" is "brain." The inhabitants of Hell will be thrown into Hell headfirst. (Ibn Kathir)

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Then his abode will be the deep pit [6],

[6] ﴿هاوية﴾ ﴿هوي﴾ ﴿يهوي﴾ means to fall from a height to the ground. ﴿اُهوية﴾ is also used for a deep well and for a deep pit, and ﴿هاوية﴾ can refer to the depth of Hell or a deep Hell as well. And it is also the name of a deep pit in Hell. The meaning is that the person whose scale of good deeds is raised upwards will be thrown into the depth of Hell or into a deep pit of Hell, and the literal meaning of "umm" is mother, that is, just as a child's refuge and shelter is only the mother and her lap, in the same way, the refuge and shelter of such a person will be only this Hawiyah. Besides this, he will not find any other place of abode.