Verse 37:68 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
64
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةࣱ تَخۡرُجُ فِیۤ أَصۡلِ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ٦٤
innahā shajaratun takhruju fī aṣli l-jaḥīm
This tree grows in the heart of the blazing Fire
65
طَلۡعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینِ ٦٥
ṭalʿuhā ka-annahu ruūsu l-shayāṭīn
and its fruits are like devils’ heads
66
فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَءَاكِلُونَ مِنۡهَا فَمَالِءُونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ٦٦
fa-innahum laākilūna min'hā famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūn
They will fill their bellies eating from it
67
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمۡ عَلَیۡهَا لَشَوۡبࣰا مِّنۡ حَمِیمࣲ ٦٧
thumma inna lahum ʿalayhā lashawban min ḥamīmi
then drink scalding water on top of it
68
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرۡجِعَهُمۡ لَإِلَى ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ٦٨
thumma inna marjiʿahum la-ilā l-jaḥīm
then return to the blazing Fire
69
إِنَّهُمۡ أَلۡفَوۡا۟ ءَابَاۤءَهُمۡ ضَاۤلِّینَ ٦٩
innahum alfaw ābāahum ḍāllīn
They found their forefathers astray
70
فَهُمۡ عَلَىٰۤ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمۡ یُهۡرَعُونَ ٧٠
fahum ʿalā āthārihim yuh'raʿūn
and rushed to follow in their footsteps- before the disbelievers [of Mecca]
71
وَلَقَدۡ ضَلَّ قَبۡلَهُمۡ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ٧١
walaqad ḍalla qablahum aktharu l-awalīn
most men in the past went astray
72
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا فِیهِم مُّنذِرِینَ ٧٢
walaqad arsalnā fīhim mundhirīn
even though We sent messengers to warn them
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