Overall meaning : Addressing the descendants of Adam, Allah Almighty exhorts them saying that if His messengers come to them from among themselves, reciting His revelations to them, they must obey them. He declares that those of them who do what He commands and avoid what He forbids will have nothing whatsoever to fear in the hereafter, nor will they grieve for whatever they leave behind in the life of the world. But as for those who deny His revelations and arrogantly turn away from them, they will be the inmates of the Fire, in which they will abide for all eternity.
He states that no one does greater wrong than those who invent lies about Him (such as by attributing children or partners to Him) or deny the revelations He has sent down. These, He asserts, will continue to receive their full portion written for them in the Preserved Tablet (Book of Decrees) of allotted provision and lifespan, among other matters until the angels come to them to take away their souls, who will then reprovingly ask them, 'Where are those you used to call upon besides Allah to save you now?’ 'They have forsaken us,’ they will remorsefully say, and will admit and bear witness against themselves that they have been unbelievers.
'Enter the Fire,’ Allah Almighty will command them on Judgment Day, 'together with other nations of unbelieving jinn and humans who have passed before you.’ Whenever one of these nations enters the Fire, it will curse the one that went before it; and when they are all gathered there, the last of them who were the followers will say of the first whom they followed, 'These, Lord, are the ones who led us astray in the life of the world. Let their punishment be doubled in the Fire.’ 'All will be doubly punished, He will reply, 'but you do not know the amount of punishment prepared for each.’
The first (the leaders) will say to the last (the followers), 'You were in no way better than us, for we were all unbelievers.’ Allah will then say to all of them, 'Taste then the torment for your unbelief and disobedience.’