Meccan·Surah 74

المدثر

Surah Al-Muddaththir — Ayah 27

The Cloaked One

56 Ayahs·Verse 74:27
74:27

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

Context in Surah Al-Muddaththir

Nearby ayahs help place verse 74:27 in sequence and meaning.

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

This is not but the word of a human being."

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

I will drive him into Saqar.

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ

Blackening the skins.