Hellfire (النار) in the Quran — Key Verses & Related Concepts

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Across The Qur’an

Every surah, shaded by how often this concept appears. Unshaded surahs never mention it.

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Key Verses

Showing 12 of 144 verses that mention this concept.

  1. وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِلۡغَاوِينَ
    And hell will appear plainly to the erring.
    In context

    Hellfire will be exposed on the plains of resurrection for the deviants who deviated from the truth.

  2. فَكُبۡكِبُواْ فِيهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ
    Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers
    In context

    Then, they will be thrown into hell one on top of the other, together with whoever they led astray.

  3. قَالُواْ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا يَخۡتَصِمُونَ
    And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:
    In context

    The idolaters who worshipped other than Allah and took them as partners to Him, will say whilst arguing with those they used to worship,

  4. 38:60SadCommand
    قَالُواْ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا مَرۡحَبَۢا بِكُمۡۖ أَنتُمۡ قَدَّمۡتُمُوهُ لَنَاۖ فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡقَرَارُ
    They say: Nay, but you (misleaders), for you there is no word of welcome. Ye prepared this for us (by your misleading). Now hapless is the plight.
    In context

    The group of followers will say to their leaders who were followed: “But rather you, O leaders who were followed, no welcome to you, as you are what caused us this painful punishment by misguiding us and leading us astray”. What a terrible settlement this is, the settlement of hell fire for them all.

  5. لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابٗا
    A home for the rebellious.
    In context

    For the oppressors, as a point of return they will be made to return to.

  6. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ
    Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
    In context

    O Messenger! What do you know what that is?

  7. لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ
    For ye will behold hell-fire.
    In context

    By Allah! You will definitely witness the hellfire on the Day of Judgement.

  8. مَثَلُهُمۡ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِي ٱسۡتَوۡقَدَ نَارٗا فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتۡ مَا حَوۡلَهُۥ ذَهَبَ ٱللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمۡ وَتَرَكَهُمۡ فِي ظُلُمَٰتٖ لَّا يُبۡصِرُونَ
    Their likeness is as the likeness of one who kindleth fire, and when it sheddeth its light around him Allah taketh away their light and leaveth them in darkness, where they cannot see,
    In context

    They are like someone who lights a fire, but when it has lit up what is around him, Allah takes away the light from the flames: leaving them in the darkness, unable to see. Allah shows us what the hypocrites are like with two examples: one related to fire, and the other to water.

  9. فَإِن لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلُواْ وَلَن تَفۡعَلُواْ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِي وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلۡحِجَارَةُۖ أُعِدَّتۡ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
    And if ye do it not - and ye can never do it - then guard yourselves against the Fire prepared for disbelievers, whose fuel is of men and stones.
    In context

    If they are unable to do so – and they will never be able to do it – they should be mindful of the fire of Hell, which burns with people who deserve the torment, and with the idols which they used to worship instead of Allah: punishing both the idol-worshipers and what they worshiped. The fire of Hell has been prepared as a punishment for the disbelievers.

  10. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ
    But they who disbelieve, and deny Our revelations, such are rightful Peoples of the Fire. They will abide therein.
    In context

    As for those who disbelieve and deny His signs, they are the people of the fire of Hell, who will live there eternally.

  11. وَقَالُواْ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامٗا مَّعۡدُودَةٗۚ قُلۡ أَتَّخَذۡتُمۡ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَهۡدٗا فَلَن يُخۡلِفَ ٱللَّهُ عَهۡدَهُۥٓۖ أَمۡ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
    And they say: The Fire (of punishment) will not touch us save for a certain number of days. Say: Have ye received a covenant from Allah - truly Allah will not break His covenant - or tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not?
    In context

    They say, falsely, that the fire of Hell will not touch them and they will not be in it except for a few days. Ask them, O Muhammad, if they have had a promise from Allah that this will be the case: if they have had a promise, then Allah will not break His contract; or ask them if they are saying about Allah what they do not know.

  12. بَلَىٰۚ مَن كَسَبَ سَيِّئَةٗ وَأَحَٰطَتۡ بِهِۦ خَطِيٓـَٔتُهُۥ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ
    Nay, but whosoever hath done evil and his sin surroundeth him; such are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein.
    In context

    It is not as they imagine. Allah repays those who reach the evil of disbelief, and whose disobedience dominates them, with suffering in the fire of Hell, where they will live eternally.

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