Tafsir Ibn Kathir -> Surah Al-Mursalaat -> The driving of the Criminals to their Final Abode in Hell and how it will be done |
Allah informs about the disbelievers who deny the final abode, the recompense, Paradise, and the Hellfire. On the Day of Judgement it will be said to them: ﴿انطَلِقُواْ إِلَى مَا كُنتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ - انطَلِقُواْ إِلَى ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَـثِ شُعَبٍ ﴾ (Depart you to that which you used to deny! Depart you to a shadow in three columns,) meaning, a flame of fire when it rises and ascends with smoke. So due to its severity and strength, it will have three columns. ﴿لاَّ ظَلِيلٍ وَلاَ يُغْنِى مِنَ اللَّهَبِ ﴾ (Neither shady nor of any use against the fierce flame of the Fire.) meaning, shade of the smoke that comes from the flame -- which itself will not have a shade, nor will it benefit against the flame. This means it will not protect them from the heat of the flame. Allah said, ﴿إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ ﴾ (Verily, it throws sparks as Al-Qasr,) meaning, its sparks will shoot out from its flame like huge castles. Ibn Mas`ud said, "Like forts.'' Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah and Malik who reported from Zayd bin Aslam and others said, "This means the trunk of trees.'' ﴿كَأَنَّهُ جِمَـلَةٌ صُفْرٌ ﴾ (As if they were Sufr camels.) means, black camels. This is the view of Mujahid, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, and Ad-Dahhak, and Ibn Jarir favored this view. Ibn `Abbas Mujahid, and Sa`id bin Jubayr said about, ﴿جِمَـلَةٌ صُفْرٌ﴾ (Sufr camels.) "Meaning ropes of ships.'' ﴿إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ ﴾ (Verily, it (Hell) throws sparks as Al-Qasr.) Imam Al-Bukhari recorded from Ibn `Abbas that he said: "We were directed to the timber a length of three cubits or more in order to use it for construction of buildings. We used to call it Al-Qasr. ﴿كَأَنَّهُ جِمَـلَةٌ صُفْرٌ ﴾ (As if they were Sufr camels.) These (Jimalat) are ropes of ships that are bundled until they resemble the intestines of men.'' ﴿وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴾ (Woe that Day to the deniers!)
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