Verily, he thought and
plotted; (18) So let him be cursed! how he plotted! (19) And once more let him be
cursed, how he plotted! (20) Then he thought; (21) Then
he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way; (22) Then he turned back
and was proud; (23) Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old;
(24) "This is nothing
but the word of a human being!" (25) I will cast him into Hell-fire[] (26) And what will make you know (exactly) what
Hell-fire is? (27) It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything
unburnt)! (28) Burning and blackening the skins! (29) Over it are nineteen
(angels as guardians and keepers of Hell). (30) And We have set none
but angels as guardians of the Fire, and We have fixed number (19) only as a trial for
the disbelievers, in order that the people of the Scripture (Jews and
Christians) may arrive at a certainty [that this Qur'ân is the truth as it
agrees with their Books regarding their number (19) which is written in
the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and that the believers may increase
in Faith (as this Qur'ân is the truth) and that no doubt may be left for the
people of the Scripture and the believers, and that those in whose hearts is a
disease (of hypocrisy) and the disbelievers may say: "What Allâh intends
by this (curious) example ?" Thus Allâh leads astray whom He wills and guides
whom He wills. And none can know the hosts of your Lord but He.
And this (Hell) is nothing else than a (warning) reminder to mankind. (31) Nay, And by the moon,
(32) And by the night when
it withdraws, (33) And by the dawn when it brightens, (34) Verily, it (Hell, or
their denial of the Prophet Muhammad SAW , or the Day
of Resurrection) is but one of the greatest (signs). (35) A warning to mankind
— (36) To any of you that
chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by
commiting sins), (37) Every person is a pledge for what he has earned, (38) Except those on the
Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islâmic Monotheism); (39) In Gardens (Paradise)
they will ask one another, (40) About Al-Mujrimûn (polytheists, criminals,
disbelievers), (And they will say to them): (41) "What has caused
you to enter Hell?" (42) They will say: "We were not of those who
used to offer the Salât (prayers)[] (43) "Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the
poor); (44) "And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allâh hated)
with vain talkers[] (45) "And we used to belie the Day of Recompense[] (46) "Until there
came to us (the death) that is certain." (47)