Al-Haqqah 69:36
The Reality · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 568
Foul Discharge
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينࣲ ٣٦
Nor any food save filth.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Nor any food except from foul discharge.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “ghislin” as a word recalling “ghusalah”, washings: what flows from the bodies of the people of Hell.
Reflect
Give thanks today for lawful, clean food.
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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