这段经文是前一段的延续。由于该章此前已阐明遵循上主所悦纳之道者的归宿，现在则阐明众恶魔的命运，无论是人类中的恶魔还是精灵中的恶魔。另一方面，它继续讨论信仰及其被拒斥这一重大问题，这里是在上主的主权与立法权威的框架之内提出的。它将主权问题与伊斯兰信仰的核心问题联系起来，包括人们在今世所行之事在来世的报应。与此相关的其他问题还有：上主有能力除去所有恶魔、他们的同伙以及全体人类，并以他人取代之；以及人类在上主无可抗拒的大能面前的软弱。所有这些信仰问题都是在禁食与允许食用牲畜肉的语境中提出的，这一问题已在前文讨论过；此外还涉及后文将讨论的以庄稼、牲畜和子嗣作供奉，以及其他无知的传统和蒙昧时代（jāhiliyyah）的观念。因此，所有这些问题看来都密切相关。它们被置于伊斯兰所规定的恰当位置上来看待。也就是说，它们都是信仰问题，并且都依照上主在其启示之经典中所确立的尺度，得到同等的处理。

This whole passage is a continuation of the previous one. Since the sūrah previously outlined the destiny of those who follow the path acceptable to God, it now outlines the fate of satans, be they human or jinn. On the other hand, it continues to tackle the great issue of faith and its rejection, which is mentioned here within the framework of God’s sovereignty and authority to legislate. It links the issue of sovereignty with the main issues of the Islamic faith, including that of reward in the life to come for what people do in this present life. Other issues linked with this are God’s ability to remove all satans, their friends and all mankind, and to replace them with others, as also mankind’s weakness in the face of God’s irresistible power. All these faith issues are mentioned here within the context of the prohibition and permissibility of animal food, which has already been discussed, and the forthcoming discussion of offerings of crops, animals and offspring, as well as other ignorant traditions and jāhiliyyah concepts. Thus all these issues appear to be closely related. They are seen in their appropriate positions as designated by Islam. That is, they are all faith questions, equally treated according to God’s measures established in His revealed Book.

前一段经文充分论述了那些蒙主开启心扉、接受归顺真主之信息的人的境况。他们时刻敬畏真主，在一切行为中都觉察真主的监察，走向平安的生活，确信自己必将获得主的庇佑。依照《古兰经》描绘两相对照场景的惯常手法，现在经文勾勒出人类与精灵中作恶者的下场。他们终其一生，以欺骗性的谎言相互煽动，彼此支持，共同敌视每一位先知和使者，并相互指点该用什么论据去与信士辩论，以便在他们心中制造对真主所许与所禁之事的疑虑。整个场景以对话、承认与责备为特色，描绘得生动鲜明。

The previous passage of the sūrah contained a full discussion of the situation of those whose hearts God opens up to receive the message of surrender to Him. They remain conscious of God and continue to watch Him in all their actions, move towards a life of peace, assured that they will have the patronage of their Lord. As it is customary in the Qur’ān for contrasting scenes of the Day of Judgement to be portrayed, we now have a sketch showing the lot of the evil ones among humans and jinn. These spend their lives inspiring one another with deceptive falsehood, supporting one another in their hostility to every prophet and messenger pointing out to each other what arguments to use with the believers in order to raise doubts in their minds about what God has made lawful and what He has forbidden. All this is portrayed in a very vivid sketch, characterized by dialogue, confession and reproach.

在他们全部被集合起来的那一天，（安拉会说）：“众精灵啊！你们已经引诱了许多人类。”他们在人类中的密友将说：“我们的主啊！我们曾彼此享受过相互的交往，而我们现已到达你为我们所定的期限。”他说：“火狱是你们的居所，你们将永居其中，除非主另有旨意。”你的主确是至睿的，确是全知的。我就这样使不义者彼此结为盟友，这是他们所作所为的报应。

On the day when He shall gather them all together, (He will say):”O you company of jinn! A great many human beings have you seduced.” Those who were their close friends among human beings will say: “Our Lord, we have enjoyed each other’s fellowship, and we have now reached the end of our term which You have appointed for us.” He will say: “The fire shall be your abode, where you shall remain, unless God wills it otherwise.” Indeed, your Lord is wise, all-knowing. In this manner do We cause the wrongdoers to be close allies of one another, because of that which they do.

{"O you company of jinn and humans! Have there not come to you messengers from among yourselves who related to you My revelations and warned you of the coming of this your day?" They will reply: "We bear witness against ourselves." The life of this world has beguiled them. So they will bear witness against themselves that they were unbelievers.} (第128-130节)

“O you company of jinn and humans! Have there not come to you messengers from among yourselves who related to you My revelations and warned you of the coming of this your day?” They will reply: “We bear witness against ourselves.” The life of this world has beguiled them. So they will bear witness against themselves that they were unbelievers.” (Verses 128-30)

充满生机的是，这一场景起初呈现为未来的景象：届时，一切被造物都将被聚集在真主面前。然而它很快又变成了当下的场景，仿佛就展现在每一位聆听者的眼前。这是通过省略一个阿拉伯语词实现的，该词在英语中的意思是"He will say"（他将说），译文中以括号标出，以便清楚理解。正是省略这一用一个阿拉伯语词表达的短语，使整个场景直接进入当下，从而不是在谈论有待将来才会发生的事，而是在谈论正在发生的事。这种手法正是《古兰经》独一无二的风格特征。

真主出于恩慈而派遣使者到人类中间。祂本身并不需要他们，也不需要他们的崇拜，甚至不需要他们信仰祂。他们行善，所获之益只归于他们自己，无论在今世还是后世。祂的恩慈还体现在：祂给予那违抗的世代以机会，尽管他们仍在作恶，并且彻底否认祂，而祂本可以将他们全部消灭，代之以另一世代：“你的主是无需任何人的，是慈悯的。如果祂意欲，祂可以使你们全部消失，以祂所意欲的人接替你们，正如祂使你们从别人的后代中产生一样。”（第133节）

God sends His messengers to human beings as a gesture of His grace. He Himself has no need of them, their worship or even their belief in Him. When they do well, they only benefit themselves both in this life and in the life to come. His grace is also seen in the fact that He grants a chance to the disobedient generation which continues to do wrong and to deny Him altogether, while He is able to destroy it completely and bring in its place a different generation: “Your Lord is the self-sufficient One, the Merciful. If He so wills, He may remove you altogether and cause whom He wills to succeed you, just as He brought you into being out of other people’s seed.” (Verse 133)

因此，人类绝不可忘记，自身的生存唯有依靠真主的恩典，其存在取决于祂的意志。他们所拥有的任何力量，都是真主赋予的。这并非他们与生俱来的力量，也不是自我决定的存在。

Therefore, human beings must never forget that they survive only by God’s grace, and that their existence depends on His will. Whatever power they enjoy, has been given to them by God. Theirs is not an intrinsic power or a self-determined existence.

没有人能决定自己的降生，也没有人能决定自己将拥有怎样的能力。对真主而言，要将他们全部除去，再换上另一个民族，是极其容易的事。毕竟，正是祂从前一代的种子中创造了他们，使他们依祂的意志接续那一代。

No one has any choice with regard to their coming into being, and no one determines what sort of power he can exercise. To remove them altogether and to bring another community in their place is very easy for God. After all, it is He who has brought them into being from the seed of a past generation so that they succeed that generation by His will.

这节经文震撼着那些心怀诡计、越出界限、自认有权禁止事物、使事物合法，并且质疑真主律法之有效性的不义之人的心灵。然而，他们始终处于真主的掌控之中。真主愿意时，可以任由他们，也可以将他们彻底除去，并使他所意欲的人来接替他们。同时，这些有力的语调也向穆斯林群体保证其行动方向的正确性，因为此时它正面临恶人的邪恶图谋、权势与敌意。在真主的旨意面前，所有人都无力抗拒。

This verse shakes the hearts of those wrongdoers who scheme, exceed their bounds, claim for themselves the authority to forbid things and make others lawful, and who argue about the validity of God’s law. Yet they remain all the time within God’s grasp. He can let them be or remove them altogether when He wills, and bring about whomever He pleases to succeed them. At the same time, these strong tones reassure the Muslim community of the rightness of its course of action, at a time when it faces the wicked designs, power and hostility of those who are evil. All are powerless when it comes to resisting God’s will.

“这之后又是一句严厉的警告：‘你们所被许诺的，必定会来临，你们是无法逃避的。’（第134节）你们时时刻刻都在真主的掌握之中，服从祂的旨意。是祂决定你们的命运，你们既不能抗拒祂，也无法逃脱自己的命运。刚刚描绘的那一幕——复活日——正在等待着你们。它必定会到来。到那时，任何东西都无法在全能的真主面前为你们提供庇护。”