[Machine] That his people would come to him, so he commanded for a fire to be lit between him and the people who would come to him. Then his people came and greeted him from a distance. He said, "Welcome, my people, come closer." They said, "By Allah, we cannot come closer to you. The fire has come between us and you." He said, "So you want to throw me into a fire greater than that, the Fire of Hell?" They said, "Then they turned back."  

أَنَّ قَوْمَهُ سَيَأْتُونَهُ فَأَمَرَ بِنَارٍ فَأُوقِدَتْ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ مَنْ يَأْتِيهِ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَجَاءَ قَوْمُهُ فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ فَقَالَ مَرْحَبًا بِقَوْمِي ادْنُوَا فَقَالُوا وَاللَّهِ مَا نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نَدْنُوَ مِنْكَ لَقَدْ حَالَتِ النَّارُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ قَالَ فَأَنْتُمْ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تُلْقُونِي فِي نَارٍ أَعْظَمَ مِنْهَا فِي نَارِ [189] جَهَنَّمَ؟ قَالَ فَرَجَعُوا