سُوْرَةُ الْمَعَارِجِ

Surah Al-Ma'aarij (70) — Ayah 18

The Ascending Stairways · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 569

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ ﴿18﴾
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from spending it in the Cause of Allâh).
وَجَمَعَ wajamaʿa And collected
فَأَوْعَىٰٓ fa-awʿā and hoarded

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18. 1. That is, in the world he turned his back on the truth and turned away, and he accumulated wealth and kept it stored in treasures, neither spending it in the way of Allah nor giving zakat from it. Allah Almighty will grant Hell the power of speech, and Hell itself will call out to such people in spoken words. Some say that the callers will actually be angels, but it has been attributed to Hell. Some say that no one will call out; this has only been said as a metaphor. The meaning is that the abode of the mentioned individuals will be Hell.

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The tafsir of this ayah is included with the following verse(s).