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« to Ibn ʿAbbās , children (banūn) refers to the children of the children, and grandchildren (ḥafada) refers to those among them who help their father in his work. According to Ḍaḥḥāk, ḥafada are the servants devoted to God in willing compliance (ījāban), without their asking of anyone except Him. His words: [16:88] …We shall add torment upon torment … He said: Jābir b. ʿAbd Allāh  related that he asked the Prophet  about what this increase [in torment] was. The Messenger of God  replied: ‘The increase is in five rivers which come out from beneath the Throne and fall upon the heads of those among the people of the Hellfire »