Transliteration:( Fail lam taf'aloo wa lan taf'aloo fattaqun Naaral latee waqooduhan naasu walhijaaratu u'iddat lilkaafireen )
45. Here, the word 'stones' refers to the idols which are worshipped by the non-believers. This further elucidates that those trees, moon, sun, the stars, etc. which the idol worshippers took as gods will all go into Hell (not to receive punishment but as a means of providing punishment for them. The Black Stone (Hajre Aswad) and Maqaame Ebrahim at the Ka'bah are excluded from these, though they may sometimes become objects of worship by the non-believers they are not idols but heavenly stones. Isa and Uzayr fall in thesame category i.e. although the Nasara and the Yahud have made them objects of their worship they are both innocent and are inmates of Paradise. Thus the AL in Al Hijaarah is just a common article.
46. Two important issues emerge from this discussion:
1. Hell has already been created – because"made already" is in the past tense.
2. The believers will not be placed in Hell permanently, while the non-believers will not be taken out of it at all.
The tafsir of Surah Baqarah verse 24 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Baqarah ayat 23 which provides the complete commentary from verse 23 through 24.
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.
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