The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 184
CH. 56 AL-WAQIAH 54. 'And will fill your bellies therewith,4120 55. 'And will drink thereon of boiling water", 56. 'Drinking like the drinking of the camels that suffer from insatiable thirst. '4121 57. This will be their entertainment on the Day of Judgement. 4 4122 58. We have created you. Why, then, do you not accept the truth?4123 PT. 27 فَمَالِتُوْنَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ فَشْرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَمِيمِ فَشْرِبُونَ شُرْبَ الْهِيْمِ هذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّينِ نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُوْنَ 4120. Important Words: "37:68. (thirsty camels) is the plural of which is derived from which means, he went at random, not knowing where he was going, he became thirsty. means, (a) severe thirst; (b) dropsy; or a kind of disease from which camels suffer from insatiable thirst; (c) insanity caused by extreme love means, a thirsty man. confused and perplexed man. means, thirsty camels, sandy plains which suck all water (Aqrab). 4121. Commentary: رجل هائم means, a amassing it by fair means or foul, and being proud of their riches rejected the Divine Message. As punishment for their sins, they will be given the tree of Zaqqum to eat, which will burn their inside, and they will have scalding water to quench their thirst, and like diseased camels their thirst will remain unsatisfied. 4122. Commentary: (their entertainment) means, food. The their provision and | الهيم This and the preceding three verses describe the punishment that will be meted out to the guilty in the afterlife, in a language which befits the enormity of their sins or crimes in the present life. They devoured what other people had earned with the sweat of their brows. They suffered from an insatiable lust for wealth, expression seems to have been used ironically. 4123. Commentary: With this verse begins a series of arguments in support of life after death. The first argument in the present verse is taken from the very subtle and wonderful phenomenon of man's birth, starting with a drop of semen and developing into a full- fledged human being, the crown of all creation-having been equipped 3080