Surah Al-Waaqia 56:53 — Meaning, Translation & Reflection

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

English: filling your bellies with it,

Bengali: অতঃপর তা দ্বারা উদর পূর্ণ করবে,

Meaning & Reflection

'And will fill their bellies with it.' Ibn Ashur and al-Saadi note the grim compulsion — 'famali'una minha al-butun': driven by a hunger so severe they gorge on the very thing that tortures them, filling themselves with what only deepens their agony. Ask yourself: there is a terrible logic here I recognise even now — being so consumed by a craving that I fill myself with the exact thing that harms me, the appetite itself becoming the punishment. It is the anatomy of every self-destructive hunger: the more I feed it, the worse it gets, yet the drive only grows. This verse shows that pattern taken to its eternal extreme. Which of my appetites already works this way — where the feeding is the harm, and the harm only sharpens the hunger?

Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Saadi, al-Biqa'i.

Reflect with the Five Lenses

Maani's framework for Tadabbur (heart-centred reflection) on Surah Al-Waaqia 56:53:

• Wording. Look closely at the specific words and structure. Which word stands out, and why might Allah have chosen it here?
• Quranic Worlds. Place the verse in its context — what is happening around it, and what world does it open up?
• Personal Experience. Ask not just what this means, but what it means TO me and FOR me, right now in my life.
• Connections. How does this verse connect to other verses, to the Sunnah, or to themes across the Quran?
• General Lessons. What timeless lesson or action point can I carry away and live by?