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by it lest a person is delivered up to destruction for what he has earned
with no protector or intercessor besides Allah. Were he to offer every
kind of compensation, it would not be accepted from him. Such people
are delivered up to destruction for what they have earned. They will
have scalding water to drink and a painful punishment because they
were disbelievers. (Surat al-An'am, 70)
And if he is one of the misguided deniers, there is hospitality of scald-
ing water and roasting in the Blazing Fire. (Surat al-Waqi'a, 92-94)
'Seize him and drag him bodily into the middle of the Blazing Fire.
Then pour the punishment of boiling water on his head.' Taste that!
You are the mighty one, the noble one! This is the very thing you used
to doubt. (Surat ad-Dukhan, 46-50)
And the Companions of the Left: how wretched are those of the
Companions of the Left? Amid searing blasts and scalding water.
(Surat al-Waqi'a, 41-42)
Then they will have a boiling brew to drink on top of it. Then their
destination will be the Blazing Fire. (Surat as-Saffat, 67-68)
This! So let them taste it – boiling water and scalding pus. (Surah
Sâd, 57)
drinking from a boiling spring. (Surat al-Ghashiyya, 5)
Each and every one of you will return to Him. Allah's promise is
true. He brings creation out of nothing and then regenerates it so that
he can repay with justice those who believed and did right actions.
Those who disbelieved will have a drink of scalding water and a
painful punishment because of their disbelief. (Surah Yunus, 4)
Here are two rival groups who disputed concerning their Lord.
Those who disbelieve will have garments of fire cut out for them, and
boiling water poured over their heads. (Surat al-Hajj, 19)
It is Smoky and Misty
And shadow of black smoke, neither cool nor refreshing. (Surat al-
Waqi'a, 43-44)
They are Flung into Narrow Places
When they are flung into a narrow place in it, shackled together in
chains, they will cry out there for destruction. 'Do not cry out today