سورة القَارعَة
Surah Al-Qâri‘ah 101:9
The Disastreous Rattling · Verse 9 of 11
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
The abyss (- Gehenna) shall then be a (nursing) mother to him (till the souls are completely cleansed of the taint of sin and they are reborn).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
Ahmed Ali
Will have the Abyss for abode.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
He will have his home in a bottomless pit,
Daryabadi
His dwelling shall be the Abyss.
Faridul Haque
He is in the lap of one that abases.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
The abyss is a mother to him.
Maulvi Sher Ali
Hell will be a nursing mother to him.
Muhammad Asad
shall be engulfed by an abyss.
Muhammad Musin Khan
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Muhammad Pickthall
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Muhammad Sarwar
will have hawiyah as their dwelling.
Muhammed ali Shakir
His abode shall be the abyss.
Rashad Khalifa
His destiny is lowly.
Shabbir Ahmed
He will be embraced by an Abyss.
Commentary 101:9-11 Gahenna is called a “nursing mother” (فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ). A nursing mother punishes to educate and to induce a change of behaviour always in the…
On 101:9–11
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ﴿٩﴾وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ﴿١٠﴾نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
101:9-11 Gahenna is called a “nursing mother” (فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ). A nursing mother punishes to educate and to induce a change of behaviour always in the child’s best interest but never destroys or kills her child in rage. So long as the child is under care and training, it is in a relationship with his mother, which is sometimes punishing, sometimes affectionate. After his training is over, it is separated from the lap of his mother. Thus, the inmates of Gahenna are taken out of hell after they have remained there for some time, but not all at the same time, as their lapses and diseases shall be of different nature and severity. This is to say that the stay in hell is only for a limited time until the diseases of their heart are healed. In other words, the punishment of Gahenna serves the purpose of remedying and training in order to outfit an inmate for his spiritual life and progress in Paradise. The sinner is not in hell-fire for purposes of vengeance or retaliation.