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Surah Ad-Dukhaan (44) — Ayah 44

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طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ ﴿44﴾
Will be the food of the sinners.
طَعَامُ ṭaʿāmu (Will be) food
ٱلْأَثِيمِ l-athīmi (of) the sinner(s)

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By (Ayah 44){ طَعَامُ الْاَثِيْمِ: ’’ الْاَثِيْمِ ‘‘} is meant here the disbeliever, polytheist, and denier of the Resurrection, because previously they have been mentioned and further ahead in Ayah (50): « اِنَّ هٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَمْتَرُوْنَ » (This is what you used to doubt) it is also evident that these people will not be believers, because faith is the name of certainty. In Surah Al-Qalam also, the word {’’اثيم‘‘} has been used regarding the disbeliever, as He said: «مَنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ اَثِيْمٍ » [ القلم : ۱۲ ] "One who is very forbidding of good, transgressing, sinful." In Surah Al-Jathiyah He said: « وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ اَفَّاكٍ اَثِيْمٍ» [ الجاثیۃ : ۷ ] "Great destruction is for every stubborn liar, sinner."

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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It will be the food [33] of the sinner.

[33]
The Food of the People of Hell:

That is, when the people of Hell will become restless due to the intensity of hunger and will demand something to eat, they will be driven towards that region of Hell where the tree of Thohar will be growing in abundance. This is what they will be given to eat, and they will be forced to eat it. Because it is thorny, at first it will not even go down their throats, and if it barely reaches their stomachs, its bitter, pungent, and poisonous substance will boil due to its heat just like boiling water. When they are done with this kind of food, the angels will be commanded to push these wretches back into Hell until they reach the very center of Hell.