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          whose billowing walls of smoke will hem them in. If they call for help,
          they will be helped with water like seething molten brass, frying their
          faces. What a noxious drink! What an evil repose! (Surat al-Kahf, 29)
           There is a Sealed Vault of Fire
           Those who reject Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left.
          Above them is a sealed vault of Fire. (Surat al-Balad, 19-20)

           There is a Fire That Torments Unbelievers
           On the Day they are tormented by the Fire. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 13)

           There are Shackles and a Blazing Fire
           With Us there are shackles and a Blazing Fire and food that chokes
          and a painful punishment. (Surat al-Muzzammil, 12-13)

           There is a Chain the Length of Which is Seventy Cubits
           'Seize him and truss him up. Then roast him in the Blazing Fire. Then
          bind him in a chain which is seventy cubits long. (Surat al-Haqqa, 30-
          32)
           Chains and Shackles are Made Ready for Unbelievers
           We have made ready for the disbelievers shackles and chains and a
          Searing Blaze. (Surat al-Insan, 4)
           Hell is a Place of Ambush
           Hell lies in wait – a homecoming for the profligate remaining in it for
          countless aeons, not tasting any coolness there or any drink, except for
          boiling water and scalding pus. (Surat an-Naba', 21-25)
           Thorny Bush and Tree of az-Zaqqum are Their Food
           Roasting in a red-hot Fire, drinking from a boiling spring. They have
          no food but a bitter thorny bush which neither nourishes nor satisfies.
          (Surat al-Ghashiyya, 4-7)
           The Tree of az-Zaqqum is the food of the wicked, seething in the belly
          like molten brass, as boiling water bubbles and seethes. Seize him and
          drag him bodily into the middle of the Blazing Fire. Then pour the pun-
          ishment of boiling water on his head.' (Surat ad-Dukhan, 43-48)
           There is No Way of Escaping from It
           The evildoers will see the Fire and realise they are going to fall into it
          and find no way of escaping from it. (Surat al-Kahf, 53)
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