۞ هَٰذَانِ خَصْمَانِ ٱخْتَصَمُوا۟ فِى رَبِّهِمْ ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قُطِّعَتْ لَهُمْ ثِيَابٌۭ مِّن نَّارٍۢ يُصَبُّ مِن فَوْقِ رُءُوسِهِمُ ٱلْحَمِيمُ
Haazaani khasmaanikh tasamoo fee Rabbihim fal lazeena kafaroo qutti'at lahum siyaabum min naar; yusabbu min fawqi ru'oosihimul hameem
These are two adversaries who have disputed over their Lord. But those who disbelieved will have cut out for them garments of fire. Poured upon their heads will be scalding water
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22:19Ayah 178
14 ayahs in Al-Hajj are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.
Tafsir
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These twain are two contenders that is the believers constitute one contending party and the five categories of disbelievers constitute the other contending party the term khasm ‘contender’ may be used to refer to one or many who contend concerning their Lord that is to say concerning His religion. As for those who disbelieve garments of fire will be cut out for them garments which they will wear — meaning that the Fire will encompass them — and boiling water will be poured over their heads hamīm is water that has reached an extreme temperature
Related Hadiths
" These two adversaries who dispute about their Lord" (xxii. 19) was revealed in connection with those who on the Day of Badr came out (of rows to fight against the non-believers and they were) Hamza, 'Ali, 'Ubaida b. Harith (from the side of the Muslims) and 'Utba and Shaiba, both of them the sons of Rabi'a and Walid b. 'Utba (from the side of the non-believers of Mecca).
The following Holy Verse:-- "These two opponents (believers and disbelievers) dispute with each
other about their Lord." (22.19) was revealed concerning us.
Verily, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The least tormented of the inhabitants of the Fire would be he who would wear two shoes of Fire and his brain would boil on account of the heat of the shoes.
The following Holy Verse:--
"These two opponents (believers & disbelievers) dispute with each other about their Lord,"
(22.19) was revealed concerning six men from Quraish, namely, `Ali, Hamza, 'Ubaida bin Al-Harith;
Shaiba bin Rabi`a, `Utba bin Rabi`a and Al-Walid bin `Utba.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Verily the least suffering for the inhabitants of Fire would be for him who would have two shoes and two laces of Fire (on his feet), and with these would boil his brain as boils the cooking vessel, and he would think that he would not see anyone in a more grievous torment than him, whereas he would be in the least torment.
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