When they shall be cast therein they shall hear its roaring as it boils; whenever a troop of them is thrown in, its guardians shall ask them: "Did not a warner come to you? They shall say: "Yea, a warner came to us; had we but listened or had sense we would not have been among the fellows of the blaze!"
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And those fellows of the left—what unlucky fellows! In hot blasts and boiling water; and a shade of pitchy smoke, neither cool, nor generous! They shall eat of the Zaqqum tree and fill their bellies with its fruit, and drink thereon boiling water, and drink as drinks the thirsty camel.
JESUS IN THE KORAN
Note: In his capacity as "apostle" to the Arabs, Mohammed called attention at various times to the other prophets and apostles sent to their respective peoples before him. There are many passages in the Koran, which refer to Jesus by intimation and by name; in most cases he is represented as an apostle, or "warner" sent by God to the Jews who, however, rejected him and slew him.
And we followed up the footsteps of these prophets (Adam, Noah, Moses, Abraham) with Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming that which was before him and the law; and we brought him the gospel wherein is guidance and light, verifying what was before it of the law, and a guidance and an admonition unto those who fear. Then let the people of the gospel judge by that which is revealed therein, for whoso
