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Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 35
يَوْمَ يُحْمَىٰ عَلَيْهَا فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَتُكْوَىٰ بِهَا جِبَاهُهُمْ وَجُنُوبُهُمْ وَظُهُورُهُمْ ۖ هَـٰذَا مَا كَنَزْتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْنِزُونَ ﴿35﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
On the Day when that (Al-Kanz: money, gold and silver the Zakât of which has not been paid) will be heated in the Fire of Hell and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, (and it will be said unto them): "This is the treasure which you hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what you used to hoard."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَوْمَ
yawma
(The) Day
يُحْمَىٰ
yuḥ'mā
it will be heated [on it]
عَلَيْهَا
ʿalayhā
it will be heated [on it]
فِى
fī
in
نَارِ
nāri
the Fire
جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
(of) Hell
فَتُكْوَىٰ
fatuk'wā
and will be branded
بِهَا
bihā
with it
جِبَاهُهُمْ
jibāhuhum
their foreheads
وَجُنُوبُهُمْ
wajunūbuhum
and their flanks
وَظُهُورُهُمْ ۖ
waẓuhūruhum
and their backs
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
مَا
mā
(is) what
كَنَزْتُمْ
kanaztum
you hoarded
لِأَنفُسِكُمْ
li-anfusikum
for yourselves
فَذُوقُوا۟
fadhūqū
so taste
مَا
mā
what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَكْنِزُونَ
taknizūna
hoard
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On the Day when that (gold and silver) will be heated in the Fire of Hell, and their foreheads, sides, and backs will be branded with it (and it will be said): "This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you used to hoard." [36]
[36]
The Warning for Not Paying Zakat:
For the explanation of this verse, consider the following hadiths:
1. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah ؓ says that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever Allah has given wealth and he does not pay Zakat, his wealth will be brought to him on the Day of Resurrection in the form of a bald-headed snake with two spots on its forehead. It will be made into a collar for him, then it will bite his jaws and say: 'I am your wealth, I am your treasure.'" Then the Prophet ﷺ recited this verse from Surah Aal-e-Imran: ﴿وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِيْنَ يَبْخَلُوْنَ بِمَآ اٰتيٰهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلهِٖ هُوَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ ۭ بَلْ هُوَ شَرٌّ لَّهُمْ ۭ سَيُطَوَّقُوْنَ مَا بَخِلُوْا بِهٖ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ۭ وَلِلّٰهِ مِيْرَاث السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ ۭ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ خَبِيْرٌ﴾ [ بخاري كتاب الزكوٰة۔ باب اثم مانع الزكوٰة]
2. It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah ؓ that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever owns gold and silver and does not pay its due, then on the Day of Resurrection, plates of fire will be prepared for him. These will be heated in the fire of Hell and his sides, forehead, and back will be branded with them. When they cool down, they will be reheated, and this will continue on that Day, the length of which is fifty thousand years. Eventually, when the judgment among the servants is finished, he will be shown either the path to Paradise or to Hell." [مسلم۔ كتاب الزكوٰة۔ باب اثم مانع الزكوٰة]
[36]
The Warning for Not Paying Zakat:
For the explanation of this verse, consider the following hadiths:
1. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah ؓ says that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever Allah has given wealth and he does not pay Zakat, his wealth will be brought to him on the Day of Resurrection in the form of a bald-headed snake with two spots on its forehead. It will be made into a collar for him, then it will bite his jaws and say: 'I am your wealth, I am your treasure.'" Then the Prophet ﷺ recited this verse from Surah Aal-e-Imran: ﴿وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِيْنَ يَبْخَلُوْنَ بِمَآ اٰتيٰهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلهِٖ هُوَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ ۭ بَلْ هُوَ شَرٌّ لَّهُمْ ۭ سَيُطَوَّقُوْنَ مَا بَخِلُوْا بِهٖ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ۭ وَلِلّٰهِ مِيْرَاث السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ ۭ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ خَبِيْرٌ﴾ [ بخاري كتاب الزكوٰة۔ باب اثم مانع الزكوٰة]
2. It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah ؓ that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever owns gold and silver and does not pay its due, then on the Day of Resurrection, plates of fire will be prepared for him. These will be heated in the fire of Hell and his sides, forehead, and back will be branded with them. When they cool down, they will be reheated, and this will continue on that Day, the length of which is fifty thousand years. Eventually, when the judgment among the servants is finished, he will be shown either the path to Paradise or to Hell." [مسلم۔ كتاب الزكوٰة۔ باب اثم مانع الزكوٰة]
