سقر

Core meaning

Proper noun of the place of punishment. The text defines it itself: it leaves nothing remaining and alters humans. The translation keeps the name: "Saqar".

Uses

1. سَقَر → "Saqar" : the name, always linked to the Fire and to the severed.

   • «سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ» — "I will make him burn in Saqar" (74:26)
   • «وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ» — "And what will give you an idea of what Saqar is?" (74:27)

Evidence from the text

The name is set down, then the text glosses it: "And what will give you an idea of what Saqar is?" (74:27), followed by its description, "It leaves nothing and spares nothing" (74:28). It recurs for the severed dragged into the Fire upon their faces (54:48), and in the question of the people of the gardens: "What has led you into Saqar?" (74:42).

See also

جهنم (Jahannam) · سعر (the Inferno)