Qur'an 74:31 Al-Muddaththir
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةًۭ ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًۭا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.
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What it says
The number of the previous verse is taken apart piece by piece. The keepers are angels, so counting them against human strength is the first mistake; their count was set as a trial, and four responses to it are named in order, certainty for those given the Book, increase for the believers, doubt removed from both, and the question what did Allah intend by this from the diseased of heart and the disbelievers. The hosts of the Lord are then declared unknown to anyone but Him, which ends the arithmetic. The verse closes by calling the whole of it a reminder for humankind, which is where the passage started.
Word by word
وَمَا wa-mā and not · جَعَلْنَآ jaʿalnā We made · أَصْحَٰبَ aṣḥāba the keepers of · ٱلنَّارِ an-nāri the Fire · إِلَّا illā except · مَلَٰٓئِكَةً malāʾikatan angels · وَمَا wa-mā and not · جَعَلْنَا jaʿalnā We made · عِدَّتَهُمْ ʿiddatahum their number · إِلَّا illā except · فِتْنَةً fitnatan a trial · لِّلَّذِينَ lidh-dhīna for those who · كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieved · لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ liyastayqina so they be certain · ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who · أُوتُوا۟ ūtū were given · ٱلْكِتَٰبَ al-kitāba the Book · وَيَزْدَادَ wa-yazdāda and may increase · ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who · ءَامَنُوٓا۟ āmanū believed · إِيمَٰنًا īmānan in faith · وَلَا wa-lā and not · يَرْتَابَ yartāba may doubt · ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who · أُوتُوا۟ ūtū were given · ٱلْكِتَٰبَ al-kitāba the Book · وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ wal-muʾminūna and the believers · وَلِيَقُولَ wa-liyaqūla and so may say · ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those · فِى fī in · قُلُوبِهِم qulūbihim their hearts · مَّرَضٌ maraḍun is a disease · وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ wal-kāfirūna and the disbelievers · مَاذَآ mādhā what · أَرَادَ arāda did intend · ٱللَّهُ allāhu Allah · بِهَٰذَا bi-hādhā by this · مَثَلًا mathalan as a likeness · كَذَٰلِكَ kadhālika thus · يُضِلُّ yuḍillu leaves astray · ٱللَّهُ allāhu Allah · مَن man whom · يَشَآءُ yashāʾu He wills · وَيَهْدِى wa-yahdī and guides · مَن man whom · يَشَآءُ yashāʾu He wills · وَمَا wa-mā and not · يَعْلَمُ yaʿlamu knows · جُنُودَ junūda the hosts of · رَبِّكَ rabbika your Lord · إِلَّا illā except · هُوَ huwa He · وَمَا wa-mā and not · هِىَ hiya it is · إِلَّا illā except · ذِكْرَىٰ dhikrā a reminder · لِلْبَشَرِ lilbashar for humankind
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