Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Infernal tree of punishment

infernal_tree_of_punishment

A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Hell and Punitive Fire. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 4957-5183 confidence: high

    Ez-zakkoum is “a tree which cometh up from the bottom of hell”; its fruit is “as it were the heads of Satans,” and the damned eat it, drink boiling water, and return to Hell.

    Ez-zakkoum grows from the bottom of Hell and its fruit is eaten by the damned before boiling water.

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