11 Thereupon the keepers of the fathomless abyss called unto him:  “The gates of Hell have opened wide to receive thee, O thou who hast turned away from thy Lord, the Unconstrained!  Repair unto its fire, for it yearneth after thee.  Hast thou forgotten, O rejected one, when thou wert the Nimrod of the age, how thy tyranny eclipsed the very cruelties of Pharaoh, the Lord of the Stakes?(79) By God!  Thine iniquity hath rent asunder the veil of sanctity and caused the pillars of heaven to tremble.  Where canst thou find refuge now?  Who shall protect thee from the dreadful scourge of thy Lord, the All-Compelling?  There is no haven for thee in this Day, O ungodly doubter!” Whereupon the agony of death seized him and he saw no more.  Thus did We lay hold on him in Our wrathful anger, and severe is thy Lord in His punishment.

12 Then an angel from the right hand of the Throne summoned him:  “Behold the angel of affliction.  Is there any place to flee to save hell, wherein the heart(80) boileth?” And the angel of chastisement received his spirit, and a voice proclaimed:  “Enter the bottomless pit which hath been promised in the Book, and whose existence thou didst day and night deny!”

13 Soon will We dismiss the one who was like unto him,(81) and will lay hold on their Chief who ruleth the land,(82) and I, verily, am the Almighty, the All-Compelling.  Be thou steadfast in the Cause of God and extol thy Lord morn and eve.  Suffer not the light of thy soul to be quenched by the calumnies of the one who was so blinded by Our bestowals as to turn away from God, the Lord of all names.  He inspireth his devoted followers even as the Evil One prompteth his own.  Erelong shalt thou behold him in evident loss both in this world and in the world to come.  He, indeed, is among those whom an afflictive torment doth await.  He dispatched an epistle to someone in that land, a writ of the workers of iniquity, in which he mocked God and recorded that which filled all created things with dismay.  Say:  Canst thou find anyone to protect thee when the wrath of God, the All-Powerful, the Unconstrained, is visited upon thee?

14 Thus have We informed thee of that which lieth concealed within the hearts of men.  Verily, thy Lord is the Almighty, the All-Knowing.  Arise for the triumph of this Cause, and gather together My loved ones.  Help them to see the truth in this Day when the feet of men have slipped.  Say:  It behoveth every true believer to assist his Lord.  He, verily, is your helper, while the people have no one to turn to in this Day.

15 Then We seized Mihdi,(83) to whom We had promised divine chastisement in Our Books and Scriptures.  When Our awful majesty encompassed him, he entreated:  “May I not retrace my steps?”

16 A voice exclaimed:  “Woe betide thee, O disbeliever in the Day of Resurrection!  This is the nethermost fire, and its flames have been made to blaze for thee.  Thou didst forsake all righteous deeds in thy vain and futile life, and now thou hast none to shield thee from God.  Thou art indeed he who caused all hearts to be consumed and the Holy Spirit to lament.”