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PT. 29 فَقَالَ إِنْ هُذَا إِلَّا سِحُرُ يُؤْثَرُةٌ إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِة سَأَصْلِيْهِ سَقَرَ وَمَا ادْرُ بكَ مَا سَقَرُة CH. 74 AL-MUDDATHTHIR 25. And said, “This is nothing but magic handed down; 26. This is nothing but the word of man. ' 27. Soon shall I cast him into the Fire of Hell. b 28. And what will make thee know what Hellfire is? 29. It spares not and it leaves naught. 30. It scorches the face. 31. Over it are nineteen angels. 4444 لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ لواحة للبشرة عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَة وَمَا جَعَلْنَا اَصْحُبَ النَّارِ إِلَّا And none but angels have. 32 We made wardens of the Fire. مَلَيْكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً And We have not fixed their number except as a trial for لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا those who disbelieve, so that الْكِتَبَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيْمَانًا those who have been given the Book may attain certainty and وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الكتب those who believe may increase in faith, and those who have a11:8; 34:44; 37:16. b37:24. 70:17. disdain and went away in high huff. 4444. Commentary: "Nineteen", may refer here to man's natural powers and faculties which, according to some Sufis or mystics are nineteen in number. Proper use of these faculties or powers helps a person's spiritual development while their misuse causes his moral death. In consonance with these nineteen faculties, which constitute the real 3258 source or instrument of a man's good or bad actions, nineteen angels will be appointed to cleanse the guilty of their sins; each angel being entrusted with the duty of cleansing sins committed through one particular faculty. In fact, Hell as conceived by the Quran is a purgatory where the human soul, after being cured of its will spiritual maladies, uniform spiritual development. resume