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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Az-Zumar 39:16

Word by word

لَهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمِن تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ عِبَادَهُۥ ۚ يَـٰعِبَادِ فَٱتَّقُونِ

They will have canopies [i.e., layers] of fire above them and below them, canopies. By that Allāh threatens [i.e., warns] His servants. O My servants, then fear Me.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

أولئك الخاسرون لهم يوم القيامة في جهنم مِن فوقهم قطع عذاب من النار كهيئة الظُّلل المبنية، ومن تحتهم كذلك. ذلك العذاب الموصوف يخوِّف الله به عباده; ليحْذَروه. يا عباد فاتقوني بامتثال أوامري واجتناب معاصيَّ.

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