Tafseer of The Prostration · As-Sajda · 32:20
But as for those who defiantly disobeyed, their refuge is the Fire. Every time they wish to emerge from it, they will be returned to it while it is said to them, "Taste the punishment of the Fire which you used to deny."
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And His statement: wa-ammā alladhīna fasaqū ("But as for those who were immersed in corruption") — the Exalted, Whose praise is exalted, says: but as for those who did not believe in Allah (kāfir) and turned away from obedience to Him, fa-maʾwāhumu al-nār ("their abode is the Fire") — He says: their dwellings, to which they take refuge in the Hereafter, are the Fire (al-nār). kullamā arādū an yakhrujū minhā uʿīdū fīhā wa-qīla lahum dhūqū ʿadhāba al-nāri alladhī kuntum bihi ("Every time they wish to escape from it, they are returned into it, and it is said to them: 'Taste the punishment of the Fire which you used to') in the worldly life tukadhdhibūn ("deny'") — namely, that Allah has prepared it for those who ascribed partners to Him (shirk).
And in terms similar to what we have said concerning this, the people of interpretation (ahl al-taʾwīl) have spoken.
* Mention of who said that:
Bishr related to us, he said: Yazīd related to us, he said: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda: wa-ammā alladhīna fasaqū ("But as for those who were immersed in corruption") — those who ascribed partners (ashrakū); wa-qīla lahum dhūqū ʿadhāba al-nāri alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhdhibūn ("and it is said to them: 'Taste the punishment of the Fire which you used to deny'") — and the people deny, as you see.
