التفسير التبليغي
(They will go to and fro between it and between a boiling hot water) (44)
﴿يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ﴾ meaning: at times they are tormented in Hellfire, and at other times they are given to drink from *al-Hameem*, which is a drink like molten copper, that severs the intestines and viscera. This is similar to His saying, the Most High: ﴿إِذِ الأغْلالُ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ وَالسَّلاسِلُ يُسْحَبُونَ. فِي الْحَمِيمِ ثُمَّ فِي النَّارِ يُسْجَرُونَ﴾ [Ghafir: 71-72].
His saying: ﴿آنٍ﴾ means: hot, and it has reached the extreme in heat.
﴿حَمِيمٍ آنٍ﴾ means: extremely hot water.
﴿يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ﴾ means: they are given to drink hot water, and hunger is inflicted upon them, so they are brought to *az-Zaqqum*, whose shoots are like the heads of devils. They eat from it, and it gets stuck in their throats, so they cry out for water. Then they are brought *al-Hameem* (boiling water). When it is brought near their faces, the flesh of their faces falls off. Then they drink it, and it boils in their bellies, expelling everything within them. Then hunger is cast upon them again. So, at one time they are taken to *al-Hameem*, and at another time to *az-Zaqqum*.
Source: التفسير التبليغي