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on the day (yawma is in the accusative because of zallām, 'unjust') when We will say (naqūlu, may also be read yaqūlu, 'He will say') to Hell, 'Are you [now] full?' (this interrogative is for confirmation of His promise to fill it [with mankind and jinn]), and it will say, by way of an interrogative, such as a question: 'Are there any more?': that is to say, 'I [Hell] only have capacity for what I have been filled with', in other words, 'I am full!'.