The Quran

سورة الغَاشِیَة

Surah Al-Ghâshiyah 88:5

The Overwhelming Event · Verse 5 of 26

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

They shall be made to drink from a spring of boiling hot water;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

Ahmed Ali

Given water from the boiling spring to drink.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

They will be given to drink from a boiling spring.

Daryabadi

Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling.

Faridul Haque

Made to drink water from the boiling hot spring.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Made to drink from a boiling spring.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And will be made to drink from a boiling spring.

Muhammad Asad

given to drink from a boiling spring.

Muhammad Musin Khan

They will be given to drink from a boiling spring,

Muhammad Pickthall

Drinking from a boiling spring,

Muhammad Sarwar

and will be made to drink from a fiercely boiling spring.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Made to drink from a boiling spring.

Rashad Khalifa

Drinking from a flaming spring.

Shabbir Ahmed

Given to drink from a spring of burning anguish.

Commentary 88:5 “Spring of boiling hot water” (عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ) can never quench the thirst from heat. According to al-Qaffal this kind of hellish drink and food conveys…

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

88:5 “Spring of boiling hot water” (عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ) can never quench the thirst from heat. According to al-Qaffal this kind of hellish drink and food conveys the same sense as expressed by the words of the utterly hopeless.