505- Mūsa ibn Hārūn narrated to me, saying: ʿAmr ibn Ḥammād narrated to us, saying: Asbāṭ narrated to us, from al-Suddī, in an account he mentioned, from Abū Mālik, and from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Ibn ʿAbbās—and from Murra, from Ibn Masʿūd, and from people among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him): "Fear the Hellfire whose fuel is men and stones." As for the stones, they are stones in the Hellfire made of black sulfur, with which they will be punished alongside the Hellfire. (1)

506- Al-Qāsim narrated to us, saying: Al-Ḥusayn narrated to us, saying: Ḥajjāj narrated to me, from Ibn Jurayj, regarding His statement: "whose fuel is men and stones," he said: Stones of black sulfur in the Hellfire. He said: And ʿAmr ibn Dīnār said to me: Stones harder than these and greater. (2)

507- Sufyān ibn Wakīʿ narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, from Misʿar, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Maysara, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sābiṭ, from ʿAmr ibn Maymūn, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd, who said: Stones of sulfur created by God near Him, however He willed and as He willed. (3)

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The interpretation of His statement: {prepared for the disbelievers (24)}

We have already demonstrated previously in this Book of ours that the "disbeliever" in the speech of the Arabs is the one who covers something with a veil, (4) and that God—exalted be His praise—only named the disbeliever a disbeliever because of his denial of His blessings upon him and his covering up of His favors toward him.

Thus, the meaning of His statement: "prepared for the disbelievers" is: the Hellfire is prepared for those who deny that God is their Lord, who is Unique in creating them and creating those before them, Who made the earth a resting place for them, and the sky