50. Surah Qaf

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ امْتَلَأْتِ ...

50: 30.  One Day We will ask Hell,

 "art thou filled to the full?"

C4967. As the capacity of Reward is unlimited, so is the capacity of Punishment- unlimited. Hell is personified and asked, "Art thou sated to the full?"

... وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ ﴿٣٠﴾

 It will say, "are there any more (to come)?"

It replies, "If there are more to come, let them come." It is not satisfied.

Asad’s Version:

50:30 On that Day We will ask hell, "Art thou filled?" - and it will answer, "[Nay,] is there yet more [for me]?"