The Pilgrimage
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[22:19]
These two contrary kinds of man have become engrossed in contention about their Sustainer!
But [thus it is:] as for those who are bent on denying the truth – garments of fire shall be cut out for them [in the life to come]; burning despair will be poured over their heads,

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* v.19 : Lit., “these two adversaries” or “antagonists,” i.e., those who believe in God’s oneness and uniqueness, and those who ascribe divine qualities to beings other than Him, or even deny His existence altogether.
* I.e., in distinction from those who err out of ignorance.
* For this rendering of hamīm, see note 62 on the concluding sentence of 6:70, as well as note 65 on 14:50 and note 7 on 73:12-13, which mention Rāzī’s interpretations of similar allegorical descriptions of the suffering that will befall the sinners in the hereafter.