Al-Anbiya 21:102
SAHIHلَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا ۖ وَهُمْ فِى مَا ٱشْتَهَتْ أَنفُسُهُمْ خَٰلِدُونَ
They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.
Laa yasma'oona hasee sahaa wa hum fee mash tahat anfusuhum khaalidoon
Tafsir (Commentary)
<h2>The Idolators and their gods are Fuel for Hell</h2><p>Allah says to the people of Makkah, the idolators of the Quraysh and those who followed their religion of idol worship:</p><p>إِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ</p><p>(Certainly you and that which you are worshipping now besides Allah, are (but) Hasab for Hell!). Ibn `Abbas said: "Kindling." This is like the Ayah:</p><p>وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ</p><p>(whose fuel is men and stones) 66:6. According to another report, Ibn `Abbas said:</p><p>حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ</p><p>(Hasab for Hell) means firewood in (the dialect of the people of) Zanjiyyah. Mujahid, `Ikrimah and Qatadah said: "Its fuel." Ad-Dahhak said: "The fuel of Hell means that which is thrown into it." This was also the view of others.</p><p>أَنتُمْ لَهَا وَارِدُونَ</p><p>((Surely) you will enter it.) means, you will go into it.</p><p>لَوْ كَانَ هَـؤُلاءِ ءَالِهَةً مَّا وَرَدُوهَا</p><p>(Had these been gods, they would not have entered there,) means, if these idols and false gods which you worshipped instead of Allah, had really been gods, they would not have entered the Hellfire.</p><p>وَكُلٌّ فِيهَا خَـلِدُونَ</p><p>(and all of them will abide therein forever.) means, the worshippers and the objects of their worship will all abide therein forever.</p><p>لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ</p><p>(Therein they will be breathing out with deep sighs and roaring) …
Other Translations
They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, while they abide in that which their souls desire.
Not the slightest sound will they hear of Hell: what their souls desired, in that will they dwell.
They shall not hear the slightest sound of it (Hell), while they abide in that which their ownselves desire.
They will not hear its hissing, and they will forever abide in what their hearts desire.