Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 2 Al-Baqarah, Ayat 24-24
فَاِنۡ لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلُوۡا وَلَنۡ تَفۡعَلُوۡا فَاتَّقُوۡا النَّارَ الَّتِىۡ وَقُوۡدُهَا النَّاسُ وَالۡحِجَارَةُ ۖۚ اُعِدَّتۡ لِلۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ
﴿2:24﴾
(2:24) But if you fail to do this – and you will most certainly fail – then
have fear of the Fire whose fuel is men and stones25 and which
has been prepared for those who deny the Truth.
Notes
25. This suggests, in a subtle manner, that in the Next Life not only will
the unbelievers become the fuel of hell-fire, but that the same fate will befall the
idol-stones they worshipped and before which they had prostrated themselves. They
will then know, for sure, how far their idols had any share in godhead.