Al-Ma’arij 70:16
The Ascending Stairways · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 569
Stripping the Scalp
نَزَّاعَةࣰ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ١٦
Eager to roast.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Stripping away the scalp.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “shawa” as the extremities like hands and feet, or the scalp; “nazza‘ah” means tearing away and stripping.
Reflect
Guard your body from what is forbidden 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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