Allah informs about the disbelievers who deny the final abode, the
recompense, Paradise, and the Hellfire. On the Day of Judgement it will be said
to them:
[انطَلِقُواْ إِلَى
مَا كُنتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ - انطَلِقُواْ إِلَى ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَـثِ شُعَبٍ
]
(Depart you to that which you used to deny! Depart you to a shadow in three
columns,) meaning, a flame of fire when it rises and ascends with smoke. So due
to its severity and strength, it will have three columns.
[لاَّ ظَلِيلٍ وَلاَ
يُغْنِى مِنَ اللَّهَبِ ]
(Neither shady nor of any use against the fierce flame of the Fire.) meaning,
shade of the smoke that comes from the flame -- which itself will not have a
shade, nor will it benefit against the flame. This means it will not protect
them from the heat of the flame. Allah said,
[إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى
بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ ]
(Verily, it throws sparks as Al-Qasr,) meaning, its sparks will shoot out
from its flame like huge castles. Ibn Mas`ud said, "Like forts.'' Ibn `Abbas,
Mujahid, Qatadah and Malik who reported from Zayd bin Aslam and others said,
"This means the trunk of trees.''
[كَأَنَّهُ جِمَـلَةٌ
صُفْرٌ ]
(As if they were Sufr camels.) means, black camels. This is the view of
Mujahid, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, and Ad-Dahhak, and Ibn Jarir favored this view. Ibn
`Abbas Mujahid, and Sa`id bin Jubayr said about,
[جِمَـلَةٌ
صُفْرٌ]
(Sufr camels.) "Meaning ropes of ships.''
[إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى
بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ ]
(Verily, it (Hell) throws sparks as Al-Qasr.) Imam Al-Bukhari recorded from
Ibn `Abbas that he said: "We were directed to the timber a length of three
cubits or more in order to use it for construction of buildings. We used to call
it Al-Qasr.
[كَأَنَّهُ جِمَـلَةٌ
صُفْرٌ ]
(As if they were Sufr camels.) These (Jimalat) are ropes of ships that are
bundled until they resemble the intestines of men.''
[وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ
لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ]
(Woe that Day to the deniers!)