Surah 74 · verse 27
Al-Muddaththir 74:27
Sign in to listenوَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
wa-ma adraka ma saqar
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
Verse 24Verse 27 Verse 28
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
Verse 25إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ
This is not but the word of a human being."
Verse 26سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
I will drive him into Saqar.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
Verse 29لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Blackening the skins.
Verse 30عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
Over it are nineteen [angels].
