Surah 7:39
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قَالَ ٱدۡخُلُواْ فِيٓ أُمَمٖ قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ فِي ٱلنَّارِۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتۡ أُمَّةٞ لَّعَنَتۡ أُخۡتَهَاۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُواْ فِيهَا جَمِيعٗا قَالَتۡ أُخۡرَىٰهُمۡ لِأُولَىٰهُمۡ رَبَّنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمۡ عَذَابٗا ضِعۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِۖ قَالَ لِكُلّٖ ضِعۡفٞ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعۡلَمُونَ
He will say, ‘Enter into the Fire, among the communities of jinn and humans who have passed away before you.’ Whenever a (new) community enters, it curses its sister (community), until, when they have all followed each other into it, the last of them will say to the first of them, ‘Our Lord, these led us astray, so give them a double punishment of the Fire.’ He will say, ‘To each a double, but you do not know.’
وَقَالَتۡ أُولَىٰهُمۡ لِأُخۡرَىٰهُمۡ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمۡ عَلَيۡنَا مِن فَضۡلٖ فَذُوقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡسِبُونَ
And the first of them will say to the last of them, ‘You have no advantage over us, so taste the punishment for what you have earned.’
Allah mentioned what He will say to those who associate others with Him, invent lies about Him, and reject His Ayat,
{Enter you in the company of nations}, who are your likes and similar to you in conduct, the first nations to enter. This is because the earlier nations were worse criminals than those who followed them, and this is why they entered the Fire first. For this reason, their followers will complain against them to Allah, because they were the ones who misguided them from the correct path, saying,
multiply their share of the torment. Allah said in another instance,
Allah said in reply,
We did what you asked, and recompensed each according to their deeds.’ Allah said in another Ayah,
Those who disbelieved and hinder (men) from the path of Allah, for them We will add torment.
Furthermore, Allah said,
And verily, they shall bear their own loads, and other loads besides their own and,
And also (some thing) of the burdens of those whom they misled without knowledge.
{The first of them will say to the last of them} meaning, the followed will say to the followers,
{"You were not better than us..."} meaning, you were led astray as we were led astray, according to As-Suddi.
Allah again described the condition of the idolators during the gathering (of Resurrection), when He said;