Surah 67:7–8:
When they are thrown into it, they hear from it an inhaling (shahīqan) while it boils. It almost bursts with rage (tamayyazu mina al-ghayẓ)...
The text describes the punishment of Hellfire not merely as a physical chemical reaction or a spiritual state of separation, but as a living, sentient creature possessing human emotional and biological traits: it inhales deeply (shahīqan) and is driven by an overwhelming mental state of "rage" (al-ghayẓ).
This intense personification mirrors ancient animistic and polytheistic undercurrents common to the Near East, where natural elements (the sun, the sea, the underworld) were understood to be conscious, emotional entities capable of feeling anger, hunger, and obedience. The text uses these vivid, pre-scientific projections of organic rage to induce behavioral compliance through psychological terror.