ٱلتَّحْرِيم : ٦

  • يَٰٓأَيُّهَا O
  • ٱلَّذِينَ (you) who
  • ءَامَنُواْ believe
  • قُوٓاْ Protect
  • أَنفُسَكُمۡ yourselves
  • وَأَهۡلِيكُمۡ and your families
  • نَارٗا (from) a Fire
  • وَقُودُهَا whose fuel
  • ٱلنَّاسُ (is) people
  • وَٱلۡحِجَارَةُ and stones
  • عَلَيۡهَا over it
  • مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ (are) Angels
  • غِلَاظٞ stern
  • شِدَادٞ severe
  • لَّا not
  • يَعۡصُونَ they disobey
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • مَآ (in) what
  • أَمَرَهُمۡ He Commands them
  • وَيَفۡعَلُونَ but they do
  • مَا what
  • يُؤۡمَرُونَ they are commanded
O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allāh in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.
O you who believe! Guard yourselves and your families, by enjoining obedience to God, against a Fire whose fuel is, disbelieving, people and stones, such as those idols of theirs made of that [stone] - the meaning is that it is extremely hot, fuelled by the above-mentioned, unlike the fire of this world which is fuelled by wood and the like - over which stand angels, its keepers - numbering nineteen as will be stated in [soorat] al-Muddaththir [Q. 74:30] - stern, a sternness of the heart, mighty, in [their power of] assault, who do not disobey God in what He commands them (maa amarahum is a substitution for His Majesty ['God']), in other words, they do not disobey the command of God, but do what they are commanded - this is [reiterated] for emphasis; the verse is meant as a threat to deter believers from apostatising and for hypocrites who believe only with their tongues and not with their hearts.