Al-Balad 90:20
The City · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 594
A Fire Closed Over Them
عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ٢٠
Fire will be an awning over them.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Over them is a fire closed in.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “mu’sadah” as tightly shut and locked. The fire closing over them like an oven conveys the severity of the punishment.
Reflect
If there is a door in your heart closed to good, open it today.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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