Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Waaqia, Ayah 53
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and fill therewith with the tree your bellies
Related Hadiths
It is better for the belly of any one of you to be stuffed with pus rather than to stuff (one's mind) with poetry.
It is better for a man's belly to be stuffed with pus which corrodes it than to stuff (one's mind) with frivolous poetry. Abu Bakr has reported it with a slight variation of wording.
"If a man were to fill his stomach completely with pus until it destroyed him, that would be better for him than filling (his mind) with poetry."
"If a man were to fill his stomach completely with pus until it destroyed him, that would be better for him than filling (his mind) with poetry."
it is better for a man’s belly to be full of pus than to be full of poetry. Abu ‘Ali said : I have been told that Abu ‘Ubaid said : It means that his heart is full of poetry so much so that it make...
Ibn Abbas Commentary
And will fill your bellies therewith) from the trees of Zaqqum which grow inside the Fire;