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Surah Al-Waqi'ah — 56:54

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

Fashaariboona 'alaihi minal hameem

Będziecie potem pić wodę wrzącą;

and drink scalding water on top of it,

Reflection

Ḥamīm names water at the boil, and the same three consonants give Arabic its word for a close intimate. The sequence runs as a meal in stages, eating then filling then drinking, and two verses on the whole of it is called a nuzul, the provision laid out for an arriving guest. The address has turned too, from describing the misguided to speaking straight at them.

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