وَإِذْ یَتَحَاجُّونَ فِی النَّارِ فَیَقُولُ الضُّعَفَاءُ لِلَّذِینَ اسْتَکْبَرُوا إِنَّا کُنَّا لَکُمْ تَبَعاً فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِیباً مِنَ النَّارِ(( 47 ))

47- AND WHEN THEY ARGUE IN THE FIRE; THE WEAK ONES WILL SAY TO THOSE WHO WERE HAUGHTY:- ``WE WERE YOUR FOLLOWERS. WILL YOU NOW WARD OFF FROM US A PORTION OF THE FIRE?''

قَالَ الَّذِینَ اسْتَکْبَرُوا إِنَّا کُلٌّ فِیهَا إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ حَکَمَ بَیْنَ الْعِبَادِ(( 48 ))

48- THOSE WHO WERE HAUGHTY SAID:- ``WE ARE ALL IN IT. ALLAH HAS ALREADY JUDGED BETWEEN THE SERVANTS.

وَقَالَ الَّذِینَ فِی النَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ادْعُوا رَبَّکُمْ یُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا یَوْماً مِنَ الْعَذَابِ(( 49 ))

49- AND THOSE WHO ARE IN THE FIRE, WILL SAY TO THE KEEPERS OF THE HELL:- ``ASK YOUR LORD TO MITIGATE OUR PUNISHMENT FOR ONE DAY.''

قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ تَکُ تَأْتِیکُمْ رُسُلُکُمْ بِالْبَیِّنَاتِ قَالُوا بَلَى قَالُوا فَادْعُوا وَمَا دُعَاءُ الْکَافِرِینَ إِلاَّ فِی ضَلاَل(( 50 ))

50- THEY SAID:- ``DID NOT YOUR MESSENGERS COME TO YOU WITH EVIDENCES?'' THEY SAID; YES. (THEY DID)

      THEY SAID:- ``THEN YOU CALL ON, BUT THE PRAYER OF THOSE WHO HAVE NO FAITH IS NOT EXCEPT IN ERROR.