Quran Universe
18:100

وَعَرَضۡنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَرۡضًا

WaAAaradna jahannama yawmaithin lilkafireena AAardan

And We will present Hell that Day to the Disbelievers, on display -

Word by word
  1. وَعَرَضۡنَاAnd We (will) present
  2. جَهَنَّمَHell
  3. يَوۡمَئِذٖ(on) that Day
  4. لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَto the disbelievers
  5. عَرۡضًا(on) display
Al-Kahf · 18:100Makkah

That Day, Hell is shown openly to those who rejected.

What was ignored becomes visible

On display
the disbelieverswho ignored it
shown
Hellplain to view
When it is seen
thenseen with the eyes
nowseen through the Reminder

Allah tells us He will bring it forth for them to see before they enter it, which will intensify their distress. The Prophet ﷺ described Hell being brought forth by angels. What was warned about in words becomes plain to view.

You read the warnings in the Quran and scroll past them to the comforting verses. The warnings are shown to you now in words, so you never have to see them any other way.

I would rather not think about the Fire at all.

Allah shows me the warning now so I can stay far from it.

Try this

Ask Allah tonight: O Allah, protect me from the Fire, three times, with presence.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

And on that Day We shall present Hell to the disbelievers, plain to view (100)(To) those whose eyes had been under a covering from My Reminder, and they could not bear to hear (it)(101)Do then those who disbelieved think that they can take My servants as Awliya' [protectors] besides Me? Verily, We have prepared Hell as an entertainment for the disbelievers (102)

Hell will be displayed before the Disbelievers on the Day of Resurrection

Allah tells us what He will do to the disbelievers on the Day of Resurrection. He will show Hell to them, meaning He will bring it forth for them to see its punishment and torment before they enter it. This will intensify their distress and grief. In Sahih Muslim it is recorded that Ibn Mas'ud said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,

يُؤْتَى بِجَهَنَّمَ تُقَادُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِسَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ زِمَامٍ، مَعَ كُلِّ زِمَامٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ

(Hell will be brought forth on the Day of Resurrection, pulled by means of seventy thousand reins, each of which will be held by seventy thousand angels.)

Then Allah says of them:

الَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطَاءٍ عَن ذِكْرِي

((To) those whose eyes had been under a covering from My Reminder,) meaning, they neglected it, turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to it, refusing to accept guidance and follow the truth. As Allah says:

وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَانًا فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ

(And whosoever turns away blindly from the remembrance of the Most Gracious, We appoint for him a Shaytan to be a companion for him.)(43:36) And here Allah says:

وَكَانُوا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا

(and they could not bear to hear (it).) meaning, they did not understand the commands and prohibitions of Allah. Then He says:

أَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَن يَتَّخِذُوا عِبَادِي مِن دُونِي أَوْلِيَاءَ

(Do then those who disbelieved think that they can take My servants as Awliya' [protectors] besides Me?) meaning, do they think that this is right for them and that it is going to benefit them?

كَلَّا ۚ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا

(Nay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become opponents to them)[19:82].

Allah says that He has prepared Hell as their abode on the Day of Resurrection.