سُوْرَةُ النِّسَآءِ
Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 56
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا سَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِمْ نَارًا كُلَّمَا نَضِجَتْ جُلُودُهُم بَدَّلْنَـٰهُمْ جُلُودًا غَيْرَهَا لِيَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا ﴿56﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Surely! Those who disbelieved in Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), We shall burn them in Fire. As often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for other skins that they may taste the punishment. Truly, Allâh is Ever Most Powerful, All-Wise.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
in Our Signs
سَوْفَ
sawfa
soon
نُصْلِيهِمْ
nuṣ'līhim
We will burn them
نَارًۭا
nāran
(in) a Fire
كُلَّمَا
kullamā
Every time
نَضِجَتْ
naḍijat
are roasted
جُلُودُهُم
julūduhum
their skins
بَدَّلْنَـٰهُمْ
baddalnāhum
We will change their
جُلُودًا
julūdan
skins
غَيْرَهَا
ghayrahā
for other (than) that
لِيَذُوقُوا۟
liyadhūqū
so that they may taste
ٱلْعَذَابَ ۗ
l-ʿadhāba
the punishment
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
كَانَ
kāna
is
عَزِيزًا
ʿazīzan
All-Mighty
حَكِيمًۭا
ḥakīman
All-Wise
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
56. 1. This means that not only the deniers among the People of the Book will enter Hell, but the abode of all other disbelievers will also be Hell.
56. 2. This describes the severity, continuity, and permanence of the punishment of Hell. In some reports narrated from the Companions, it is mentioned that the changing of skins will occur dozens or even hundreds of times in a day, and according to a narration in Musnad Ahmad, the inhabitants of Hell will become so large in Hell that the distance from their earlobe to the back of their neck will be as much as a journey of seven hundred years, the thickness of their skin will be seventy spans, and their molar tooth will be as large as Mount Uhud.
56. 2. This describes the severity, continuity, and permanence of the punishment of Hell. In some reports narrated from the Companions, it is mentioned that the changing of skins will occur dozens or even hundreds of times in a day, and according to a narration in Musnad Ahmad, the inhabitants of Hell will become so large in Hell that the distance from their earlobe to the back of their neck will be as much as a journey of seven hundred years, the thickness of their skin will be seventy spans, and their molar tooth will be as large as Mount Uhud.
