The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 330
CH. 14 IBRAHİM PT. 13 يَتَجَرَّعُهُ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُسِيغُهُ وَيَأْتِيهِ He shall sip it and shall not. 18 be able to swallow it easily. And الْمَوْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمَيِّتِ death shall come to him from وَمِنْ وَرَابِهِ عَذَابٌ غَلِيظٌ every quarter, yet he shall not die. And besides that there shall be for him a severe chastisement. 1672 مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ The case of those who. 19 disbelieve in their Lord is that كَرَمَادِي اشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي يَوْمٍ their works are like shes on فِي "20:75; 87:14. "24:40. and blood mixed with water. In this case the expression will be taken to have been used to refer to that form of medical treatment in which diseases are treated by serums, vaccines and bacteriophages from the very germs of the diseases from which the patients suffer. Thus the expression may imply that the inmates of Hell will be cured of their spiritual diseases by means of the serum prepared from purulent matter of their own sins and iniquities. The verse may also mean that the sins and the hidden impurities of the inmates of Hell will be laid before them and will thus be made to appear hateful in their eyes, as is done in psycho-analysis. 1672. Commentary: The words, And death shall come to him from every quarter, mean that just as angels shall enter unto the inmates of Paradise through every gate (13:24), similarly death shall come to the inmates of Hell from every quarter. The coming of death from every quarter means that the many sins and crimes of disbelievers will assume different forms of death for them, but they will not actually suffer death because man is not meant to undergo death in the next world but to attain peace and bliss. It is worthy of note here that whereas "peace" has been represented in 13:24, 25 as coming from "every gate," which signifies its coming from outside, "death" is here spoken of as coming from "every quarter," which signifies its springing from within. This is so because peace comes from God, but death and destruction are the outcome of man's own actions, for he himself is the author of his spiritual death. 1538 a The words, and besides that there shall be for him severe chastisement, point out that punishments in various forms shall continue to come upon evildoers one after the other, in the form of remorse, grief, estrangement from God, etc. , and that Divine punishment shall not be transitory but shall long continue.