جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا
An appropriate recompense
After reading all these descriptions of the people of Hell one may think to themselves ‘How can anyone deserve this? This verse is saying جَزَاءً meaning Pay back i.e you get what you worked for. وِفَاقًا illustrates that there could be no punishment more appropriate. This punishment is exact down to the last ounce – what they deserve. There is no oppression just justice.
Also some may ask,’Well a disbeliever did not disbelieve for eternity, so how can he be punished for eternity?’ The answer is simple. Had he lived for eternity, he would have disbelieved for eternity. So he had the intention to do that as long as he lived.
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