ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ زِدْنَٰهُمْ عَذَابًۭا فَوْقَ ٱلْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يُفْسِدُونَ
Allazeena kafaroo wa saddoo 'an sabeelil laahi zidnaahum 'azaaban fawqal 'azaabi bimaa kaanoo yufsidoon
Those who disbelieved and averted [others] from the way of Allah - We will increase them in punishment over [their] punishment for what corruption they were causing.
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Paradise & Hell
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Those who disbelieve and bar people from the way of God from His religion them We shall add chastisement to their chastisement that chastisement which they have merited for their disbelief — Ibn Mas‘ūd said ‘Their chastisment will consist of scorpions whose fangs are as long as the tallest palm trees’ — because of the corruption they used to cause by their barring people from belief.
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