1 The Virtues of the Surahs that begin with Ha Mim

88ذُقْ‏ إِن َّكَ‏ أَنتَ‏ الْعَزِیزُ‏ الْكَرِیمُ‏إِن َّ هَذَا مَا آُنتُمْ‏ بِهِ‏ تَمْتَرُونَ‏Verily, the tree of Zaqqum will be the food of thesinners. Like boiling oil, it will boil in the bellies,like the boiling of scalding water.(It will be said:) ''Seize him and drag him into themidst of blazing Fire, then pour over his head thetorment of boiling water. Taste you (this)! Verily,you were (pretending to be) the mighty, thegenerous! Verily, this is that whereof you used todoubt!'' (44:43-50)i.e., this will be said to them to rebuke andridicule them.ثُم َّ قِيلَ‏ لَهُمْ‏ أَیْنَ‏ مَا آُنتُمْ‏ تُشْرِآُونَ‏ ﴿٧٣ ﴾مِن دُونِ‏ الل َّهِ‏ ...Then it will be said to them: "Where are (all) thosewhom you considered partners -- besides Allah,''means, it will be said to them, `where are theidols whom you used to worship instead of Allah.Can they help you today?'....They will say: "They have vanished from us...''قَالُوا ضَل ُّوا عَن َّاmean, they have gone away and they cannot doanything for us.'بَل ل َّمْ‏ نَكُن ن َّدْعُو مِن قَبْلُ‏ شَيْئًاNay, we did not invoke (worship) anything before.means, they will deny that they worshipped them.This is like the Ayah:...ثُم َّ لَمْ‏ تَكُنْ‏ فِتْنَتُهُمْ‏ إِلا َّ أَن قَالُواْ‏ وَالل َّهِ‏ رَب ِّنَا مَا آُن َّا مُشْرِآِي ‏َن.....