سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْۣبِيَآءِ

Surah Al-Anbiyaa (21) — Ayah 100

The Prophets · Meccan · Juz 17 · Page 330

لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ ﴿100﴾
Therein they will be breathing out with deep sighs and roaring and therein they will hear not.
لَهُمْ lahum For them
فِيهَا fīhā therein
زَفِيرٌۭ zafīrun (is) sighing
وَهُمْ wahum and they
فِيهَا fīhā therein
لَا not
يَسْمَعُونَ yasmaʿūna will hear

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(Ayah 100) ➊ For the meaning of {لَهُمْ فِيْهَا زَفِيْرٌ : ’’ زَفِيْرٌ ‘‘}, see Surah Hud (106).
{ وَ هُمْ فِيْهَا لَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ:} One explanation of this is that they will bray like donkeys in such a loud voice that in the noise of their screaming and wailing, nothing will be heard. Another explanation was given by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): when only those remain who are to be kept in the Fire forever, they will be placed in coffins of fire, which will have nails of fire, so none of them will see that anyone else is being punished besides himself. Then Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this verse: «{ لَهُمْ فِيْهَا زَفِيْرٌ وَّ هُمْ فِيْهَا لَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ. Ibn Kathir, quoting Ibn Abi Hatim. Dr. Hikmat bin Basheer graded its chain as Hasan. Thus, along with the torment of the Fire, there will be the severe torment of loneliness, that they will neither see anyone nor hear any voice.

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10. 1 That is, all of them will be crying and screaming out of intense grief and pain, due to which they will not be able to hear each other's voices.

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