وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَذَا مَثَلًا كَذَلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشَاء وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاء وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَى لِلْبَشَرِ
“We have not appointed anyone but angels as keepers of fire, and We have not fixed their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, so that those who were given the Book may have certainty, and those who believe may have greater increase in faith, and those to whom the Book has been given and those who believe may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the disbelievers say: ‘What does Allah mean by the similitude?’ Thus does Allah leave to stray whomsoever He wills, and guides whomsoever He wills. None knows the hosts of your Lord save Himself. This is naught but a reminder to mankind” (more…)