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
And We did not make wardens of the Fire but (from) angels, and did not fix their number but as a test for those who disbelieve, so that those who are given the Book may come to believe, and those who believe may improve in belief, and so that those who are given the Book and those who believe may not doubt (its correctness), and so that those having malady in their hearts and the disbelievers say, “What has Allah meant by this strange statement?” Thus Allah lets go astray whomever He wills, and leads to the right path whomever He wills. And no one knows the hosts of your Lord but He. And this is nothing else but a reminder for mankind.
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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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