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
Translation
Sahih International
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.
Word-by-Word Translation
وَمَا
And not
جَعَلْنَآ
We have made
أَصْحَـٰبَ
keepers
ٱلنَّارِ
(of) the Fire
إِلَّا
except
مَلَـٰٓئِكَةًۭ ۙ
Angels
وَمَا
And not
جَعَلْنَا
We have made
عِدَّتَهُمْ
their number
إِلَّا
except
فِتْنَةًۭ
(as) a trial
لِّلَّذِينَ
for those who
كَفَرُوا۟
disbelieve
لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ
that may be certain
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
أُوتُوا۟
were given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
the Scripture
وَيَزْدَادَ
and may increase
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
believe
إِيمَـٰنًۭا ۙ
(in) faith
وَلَا
and not
يَرْتَابَ
may doubt
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
أُوتُوا۟
were given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
the Scripture
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ
and the believers
وَلِيَقُولَ
and that may say
ٱلَّذِينَ
those
فِى
in
قُلُوبِهِم
their hearts
مَّرَضٌۭ
(is) a disease
وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ
and the disbelievers
مَاذَآ
What
أَرَادَ
(does) intend
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
بِهَـٰذَا
by this
مَثَلًۭا ۚ
example
كَذَٰلِكَ
Thus
يُضِلُّ
does let go astray
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
مَن
whom
يَشَآءُ
He wills
وَيَهْدِى
and guides
مَن
whom
يَشَآءُ ۚ
He wills
وَمَا
And none
يَعْلَمُ
knows
جُنُودَ
(the) hosts
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
إِلَّا
except
هُوَ ۚ
Him
وَمَا
And not
هِىَ
it
إِلَّا
(is) but
ذِكْرَىٰ
a reminder
لِلْبَشَرِ
to (the) human beings
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