Surah Al-Ma'aarij
Chapter 70 · Verse 16 · Revealed in Makkah
“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.
What does this verse bring up for you today?