Al-Muddaththir 74:31 وما جعلنا اصحاب النار الا ملايكة وما جعلنا عدتهم الا فتنة للذين كفروا ليستيقن الذين اوتوا الكتاب ويزداد الذين امنوا ايمانا ولا يرتاب الذين اوتوا الكتاب والمومنون وليقول الذين في قلوبهم مرض والكافرون ماذا اراد الله بهاذا مثلا كذالك يضل الله من يشاء ويهدي من يشاء وما يعلم جنود ربك الا هو وما هي الا ذكرى للبشر ٣١
وَمَا
جَعَلۡنَآ
أَصۡحَٰبَ
ٱلنَّارِ
إِلَّا
مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗۖ
وَمَا
جَعَلۡنَا
عِدَّتَهُمۡ
إِلَّا
فِتۡنَةٗ
لِّلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
أُوتُواْ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ
وَيَزۡدَادَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُوٓاْ
إِيمَٰنٗا
وَلَا
يَرۡتَابَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
أُوتُواْ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ
وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ
وَلِيَقُولَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
فِي
قُلُوبِهِم
مَّرَضٞ
وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ
مَاذَآ
أَرَادَ
ٱللَّهُ
بِهَٰذَا
مَثَلٗاۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
يُضِلُّ
ٱللَّهُ
مَن
يَشَآءُ
وَيَهۡدِي
مَن
يَشَآءُۚ
وَمَا
يَعۡلَمُ
جُنُودَ
رَبِّكَ
إِلَّا
هُوَۚ
وَمَا
هِيَ
إِلَّا
ذِكۡرَىٰ
لِلۡبَشَرِ
٣١
none other than angels appointed by Us to guard Hellfire- and We have made their number a test for the disbelievers. So those who have been given the Scripture will be certain and those who believe will have their faith increased: neither those who have been given the Scripture nor the believers will have any doubts, but the sick at heart and the disbelievers will say, ‘What could God mean by this description?’ God leaves whoever He will to stray and guides whoever He will- no one knows your Lord’s forces except Him- this [description] is a warning to mortals.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Number of Guardians of Hell and what the Disbelievers said about that
Allah says,
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـبَ النَّارِ
(And We have set none as (Ashab) guardians of the Fire) meaning, its guardians.
إِلاَّ مَلَـئِكَةً
(but angels.) Guardian angels, stern and severe. This is a refutation of the idolator
…The Number of Guardians of Hell and what the Disbelievers said about that
Allah says,
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـبَ النَّارِ
(And We have set none as (Ashab)
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