Surah Al-Ma'aarij

Chapter 70 · Verse 16 · Revealed in Makkah

نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ

A remover of exteriors.

Translation: Saheeh International

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Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Reflection — Ibn Kathir

Terrors of the Day of Judgement

Allah says that the torment will befall the disbelievers.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَآءُ كَالْمُهْلِ

Reflection — Maarif ul Quran

كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ (By no means! It is the flaming fire, that will pull out the skin of the scalp...70:15, 16). The pronoun of innaha (it) refers to 'Fire' and the word laza means 'the flaming fire'. The word shawa is the plural of shawah and it refers to 'the scalp or the skin of the human head, and also the skin of the hands and the legs'. The verse describes that the Fire of Hell would be a raging blaze that will pull out the skin of the scalp.

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