Sad 38:57
The Letter "Saad" · Meccan · Juz 23 · Page 456
Scalding Water and Pus
هَٰذَا فَلۡيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمࣱ وَغَسَّاقࣱ ٥٧
Here is a boiling and an ice-cold draught, so let them taste it.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
This, so let them taste it: scalding water and purulence.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “ghassaq” as yellow fluid from wounds, pus, or a drink so cold and foul-smelling it cannot be drunk.
Reflect
Give thanks for your pure, lawful drink.
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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