Verses 5-10 of suratul Mulk That is, We have beautified ﴾the lowest heaven﴿, which is the one that you see and is nearest to you (with lamps) namely the stars, with all their variations in light and brightness. Were it not for the stars that it contains, it would be a dark roof with no beauty or adornment in it. But Allah has made these stars an adornment, beauty and light for the heaven, and a means of navigation in the darkness on land and sea. The fact that Allah tells us that He has adorned the lowest heaven with lamps does not rule out the idea that many of the stars are above the seven heavens, for the heavens are transparent, and that is how the lowest heaven is adorned, even if there are no stars in it. ﴾and have made them﴿ namely the lamps ﴾missiles with which to pelt the devils﴿ who want to eavesdrop on the news of heaven. Allah has made these lamps to prevent the devils from receiving news of earth. These are the shooting stars, which Allah has prepared in this world for the devils. ﴾and We have prepared for them﴿ in the hereafter ﴾the punishment of the raging fire﴿ because they rebelled against Allah and misled His slaves. Likewise with regard to their followers among the disbelievers, Allah has also prepared for them the punishment of the raging fire. Hence He says: ﴾For those who disbelieve in their Lord there will be the punishment of hell, a hapless journey's end﴿ in which its inhabitants will be greatly humiliated. ﴾When they are flung into it﴿ by way of humiliation {they will hear its gasping) that is, a loud and frightening noise ﴾as it boils up, almost bursting with rage﴿ that is, it will almost split apart and break into pieces because of its intense rage towards the disbelievers. So what do you think it will do to them when they are in it? Then Allah mentions the rebuke of the keepers of hell to its inhabitants: ﴾Every time a group is flung into it, its keepers will ask them: Did no warner come to you? ﴿ that is, with regard to your situation now, and the fact that you deserve hell, it is as if you were not told about it and received no warning concerning it. ﴾They will say: Yes indeed, a warner did come to us, but we disbelieved and said: Allah has not sent down anything; you are no doubt in grave error﴿ — thus they will combine disbelief in the particular Messenger who was sent to them and disbelief in everything that Allah sent down. But they did not stop there; rather they declared that all the Messengers who brought the warning to them, and who were guided and guided others, were misguided. And they did not stop at describing them as being merely misguided; rather they claimed that they went far astray. What stubbornness, arrogance and misguidance could be equal to this? ﴾And they will say, acknowledging that they did not deserve to be guided: ﴾If only we had listened or understood, we would not be among the inhabitants of the raging fire﴿ So they will state that they did not have the means to be guided, which is the willingness to listen to what Allah sent down and what the Messengers brought, and the ability to understand that which will benefit one and help one to comprehend the realities of things, give precedence to what is good, and be deterred from everything that will lead to negative consequences. But they did not listen or understand. This is in contrast to the people of certain faith and knowledge, those who are prominent in terms of sincerity and faith. They supported their faith by means of the textual evidence, so they listened to that which came from Allah and was brought by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and they learned it in the sense that they understood it and acted upon it. They also supported their faith by means of rational evidence, so they recognised the difference between guidance and misguidance, right and wrong, good and evil. Their level of faith was commensurate with what Allah had blessed them with of understanding of the rational and textual evidence.