399 - طَعامُ أهلِ النّارِ

399. The Food of the People of the Fire

(لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ * لا يُسْمِنُ وَلا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ) .¹

"They will have no food except cactus, neither nourishing, nor availing against hunger." ²

(فَلَيْسَ لَهُ اليَوْمَ ههُنا حَمِيمٌ * وَلا طَعَامٌ إِلّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ) .³

"So he has no friend here today, nor any food except pus." ⁴

1269.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لَو أنَّ دَلْواً صُبَّ من غِسْلينٍ في مَطلَعِ الشّمسِ لَغَلَتْ مِنهُ جَماجِمُ مَن في مَغْرِبِها .⁵

1269. Prophet (SAWA) said, 'If a bucket of the pus [of Hell] was to be poured where the sun rises [over this world], the skulls of the people living where it sets would boil.' ⁶

1270.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - مِن قَولِ جبرئيلَ عليه السلام لِرسولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - : لَو أنَّ قَطْرَةً من الضَّريعِ قَطَرتْ في شَرابِ أهلِ الدُّنيا لمَاتَ أهلُها من نَتْنِها .⁷

1270.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, relating what Gabriel said to the Prophet (SAWA), 'If one drop of the cactus [of Hell] was to drop in the drink of the people of this world, they would die of its stench.' ⁸

398 - سَرابيلُ أهلِ النّارِ

398. The Garments of the People of the Fire

1268.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - مِن قَولِ جبرئيلَ عليه السلام لِرسولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - : لَو أنّ سِرْبالاً مِن سَرابيلِ أهلِ النّارِ عُلِّقَ بينَ السَّماءِ والأرضِ لَماتَ أهلُ الدُّنيا مِن رِيحِهِ .¹

1268.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, relating what Gabriel (AS) said to the Prophet (SAWA), 'If only one garment from among the garments of the people of the Fire was to be hung between the sky and the earth, the people of this world would die of its smell.' ²