Qāf

ألْقِيَا فِي جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ

الَّذِي جَعَلَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ فَألْقِيَاهُ فِي الْعَذَابِ الشَّدِيدِ

24. [Allah will say to the driving and witnessing angels:] “Both of you throw into Hell every stubborn disbeliever.

25. “[the one who is the] Hinderer of good, transgressor, arousing doubt,

26. “Who sets up another god with Allah. Then both of you cast him in the severe torment.”

The present participle

manna‘ [“hinderer”]

derives from m-n-‘ and the present participle

murib [“arousing doubt”]

deriving from r-y-b is applied to one who arouses doubt accompanied with pessimism in others. The present participial form

kaffar [“disbeliever”]

designates the zenith and depth of disbelief in a man’s being naturally reflecting animosity and stubbornness arousing doubts in others as to the Truth of God’s Path. Such person naturally ends up with severe torment in Hell. It is worthy of note that the twain angels are appointed to throw such person into Hell and they are either driving or witnessing (raqib and ‘atid). However, according to Shi’i and also Sunni sources, the Verse is addressed to the Noble Prophet of Islam (S) and Imam ‘Ali (as).¹⁵

The blessed Verse 26 is saying that such disbeliever is the one who associated idols and other false objects of worship with the One God and such disbelievers has to be cast into severe torment.

Footnotes

1. 15. For further details, consult exegetic works. Details have not been dealt with for the sake of brevity.