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