Tafseer of Mary · Maryam · 19:86
And will drive the criminals to Hell in thirst
Important: The Arabic source text is always authoritative. This translation is a study aid and has not been verified by scholars — do not use it as a basis for religious proof or for deriving rulings (ahkam). When in doubt, always consult the Arabic text and a qualified scholar.
His statement: وَنَسُوقُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ وِرْدًا ("And We drive the criminals to Hell, thirsty") — Allah, Exalted is His mention, says: We drive those who disbelieved in Allah and committed sins to Hell (jahannam), thirsty (ʿiṭāshan). Al-wird is a verbal noun (maṣdar) from the expression "I came to (waradtu) such-and-such a watering place, I come to it as a coming (wirdan)"; therefore it is not used in the plural, even though it describes a multitude.
The people of interpretation (ahl al-taʾwīl) also spoke in accordance with what we have said about this.
Mention of those who said this:
ʿAlī related to me — he said: ʿAbd Allāh related to me — he said: Muʿāwiya related to me, on the authority of ʿAlī, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, concerning his statement: وَنَسُوقُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ وِرْدًا — he said: "Thirsty (ʿiṭāshan)."
Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā related to us — he said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī related to us, on the authority of Shuʿba, on the authority of Ismāʿīl, on the authority of a man, on the authority of Abū Hurayra: وَنَسُوقُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ وِرْدًا — he said: "Thirsty."
Yaʿqūb and al-Faḍl ibn Ṣabāḥ related to me — they said: Ismāʿīl ibn ʿUlayya related to us, on the authority of Abū Rajāʾ — he said: I heard al-Ḥasan say concerning his statement: وَنَسُوقُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ وِرْدًا — he said: "Thirsty."
Bishr related to us — he said: Yazīd related to us — he said: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Yūnus, on the authority of al-Ḥasan — to the same effect.
Al-Ḥasan ibn Yaḥyā related to us — he said: ʿAbd al-Razzāq informed us — he said: Maʿmar informed us, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning his statement: إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ وِرْدًا — he said: "Yearning with thirst toward the Fire (ẓimāʾan ilā al-nār)."
Bishr related to us — he said: Yazīd related to us — he said: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda: وَنَسُوقُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ وِرْدًا — "they are driven to it while suffering thirst, thirsty."
Al-Qāsim related to us — he said: al-Ḥusayn related to us — he said: Ḥajjāj related to me — he said: I heard Sufyān say concerning his statement: وَنَسُوقُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ وِرْدًا — he said: "Thirsty."
