Transliteration:( Allatee tattali'u 'alal af'idah )
8. It means the fire of Hell will burn the outer and inner part of the infidel, in fact up to his heart. The fire of the world does not burn the heart; before the fire can reach the heart the person dies. The heart cannot endure heat. In Hell the heart will burn, but life will not come out. This is because this heart was full of the enmity of the devotees of Allah Almighty, of infidelity and malice. From this we learn that the fire of Hell will not be able to burn the heart of the believer because it was faith. In fact, even the forehead, which had touched the ground in prostration, too, would be protected. Sand does not eat the bodies of some beloved servants of Allah Almighty.
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(104:7) the Fire that shall rise to the hearts (of criminals).[7]
7. Tattaliu is from ittalaa, which means to climb and mount to the top, and also to be aware and informed. Afidah is plural of fuwad, which means the heart. But this word is not used for the organ which throbs in the breast, but for the seat of man’s understanding and consciousness, his feelings and desires, beliefs and thoughts, motives and intentions, Thus, one meaning of the rising of the fire to the hearts is that this fire will reach the place which is the centre of man’s evil thoughts, false beliefs, impure desires and feelings, and wicked motives and intentions. The second meaning is that the Fire of Allah will not be blind like the fire of the world, which burns up the deserving and the non-deserving alike, but it will reach the heart of every culprit and discover the nature of his crime and then punish him according to his guilt.
[1989]- Covering them and penetrating them.
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