Al-Balad – Verse 20

عَلَيهِم نارٌ مُؤصَدَةٌ

[Imposed] upon them will be a closed fire.

EXEGESIS

Muʾṣadah (closed) means to be covered over, as such it indicates that these individuals will be entangled in the hellfire with layers of fire above them.[1] Another opinion, attributed to Muqātil, is that it means locked upon them, and thus the verse seems to emphasise that these people will have no way out of hellfire.[2]

[1] Tabrisi, 10/751.
[2] Tabrisi, 10/751; Fadlallah, 24/276.