Ayah 15
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ...

70:16Al-Ma'aarij

Ayah 17
تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ...
نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
Nazzaa'atal lishshawaa
A remover of exteriors.

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63%41%52%Al-JalalaynIbn AbbasIbn Kathir
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ripping out the scalp shawā is the plural of shawāt the skin of the head;

Related Hadiths

Sunan Abu Dawud #2841Narrated Al-Hasan:Sahih
To remove the injury is the shaving of the head.
Sunan Abu Dawud #4768The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Anas through a different chain of narrators in a similar manner. This version adds; Their sign is shaving the head and eliminating the hair. If you see them, kill them. Abu Dawud said:Sahih
Tasmid means uprooting the hair.
Sunan Ibn Majah #3487It was narrated from Umm Salamah that when the Prophet(ﷺ) would apply (it):Sahih
he began with his private area, coating it with hair removing chemical. And his wife would do the remainder of his body.
Sunan an-Nasa'i #2892It was narrated from Aishah that the Messenger of Allah said:
"Geckos are vermin."

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