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سُورَةُ المُلۡكِ · 67:7
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إِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ فِيهَا سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا شَهِيقًۭا وَهِىَ تَفُورُ

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When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up.

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Introduction

This is āyah 7 of Sūrat Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty), the 77th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 29. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
77 of 114
Surah
Al-Mulk (67)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

And for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the torment of Hell, and worst indeed is that destination (6)When they are cast therein, they will hear its Shahiq while it is simmering (7)It almost bursts up with fury. Every time a group is cast therein, its keepers will ask: "Did no warner come to you? (8)They will say: "Yes, indeed a warner did come to us, but we rejected him and said: 'Allah never sent down anything; you are only in great error.' (9)And they will say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we would not have been among the dwellers of the blazing Fire! (10)Then they will confess their sin. So, away with the dwellers of the blazing Fire (11) The Description of Hell and Those Who will enter into it Allah the Exalted says, وَ (and) meaning, 'and We have prepared,' لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ (for those who disbelieve…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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