“We will surely cast him into Saqar.
“And who shall teach thee what Saqar is?
“It leaveth nought, it spareth nought,
“Blackening the skin.
“Over it are nineteen angels.
“None but angels have we made guardians of the fire (aṣḥābu ʾn-nār): nor have we made this to be their number but to perplex the unbelievers, and that they who possess the Scriptures may be certain of the Truth, and that they who believe may increase their faith;
“And that they to whom the Scriptures have been given, and the believers, may not doubt;
“And that the infirm of heart and the unbelievers may say, What meaneth God by this parable?
“Thus God misleadeth whom He will, and whom He will He doth guide aright: and none knoweth the armies of thy Lord but Himself: and this is no other than a warning to mankind.”