قَالَ ادْخُلُوا فِي أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ فِي النَّارِ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا حَتَّى إِذَا ادَّارَكُوا فِيهَا جَمِيعًا قَالَتْ أُخْرَاهُمْ لِأُولَاهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَؤُلَاءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَآتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِنَ النَّارِ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَكِنْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿۳۸﴾ وَقَالَتْ أُولَاهُمْ لِأُخْرَاهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ ﴿۳۹﴾ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿۴۰﴾

﴾38﴿ Qaalad khuloo feee umamin qad khalat min qablikum minal jinni wal insi fin naari kullamaa dakhalat ummatul la'anat ukhtahaa hattaaa izad daarakoo feehaa jamee'an qaalat ukhraahum li oolaahum Rabbannaa haaa u'laaa'i adalloonaa fa aatihim 'azaaban di'fam minan naari qaala likullin di'funw wa laakil laa ta'lamoon
﴾39﴿ Wa qaalat oolaahum li ukhraahum famaa kaana lakum 'alainaa min fadlin fazooqul azaaba bimaa kuntum taksiboon
﴾40﴿ Innal lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wastakbaroo 'anhaa laa tufattahu lahum abwaabus samaaa'i wa laa yadkhuloonal jannata hattaa yalijal jamalu fee sammil khiyaat; wa kazaalika najzil mujrimeen

﴾38﴿ Allah, the Most High, will say: “Enter among the groups who have passed before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire.” Whenever a group enters, it will curse its companion group, until when all have joined therein, the later ones (followers) will say about the former ones (leaders): “Our Lord, these are the ones who led us astray, so give them a double punishment of the Fire!” He (Allah) will say: “For each is double, but you do not know.”
﴾39﴿ And the former ones among them will say to the later ones: “You have no advantage over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to do.”
﴾40﴿ Surely, those who denied Our signs and acted arrogantly toward them—the gates of heaven will not be opened for their souls, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters through the eye of a needle. And thus do We recompense the criminals.

[38] This verse describes the state of barzakh, and the address is directed toward the souls.
Alternatively, it may refer to the Day of Gathering (ḥashr), meaning the address will occur on the Day of Judgment.
This verse specifically concerns leaders and scholars among the polytheists, who will converse with their followers and disciples.
(أُخْتَهَا) — refers to those who resemble one another in shirk and disbelief; the use of the feminine form is to express humiliation and degradation.
(ضِعْفًا) — means a double punishment: one for going astray themselves, and the other for leading others astray.
This is based on the hadith that whoever calls to misguidance bears his own sin and the sins of those who follow him.
(لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ) — indicates that the followers also deserve a double punishment: one for accepting misguidance and another for imitating misguided leaders.
This points to the fact that ignorant imitation in disbelief and shirk is not an excuse.
However, the punishment of the leaders will be greater, due to their having more followers and their more significant role in spreading misguidance.

[39] "(مِنْ فَضْلٍ) Your kindness to us is not a favor, because if the disciples offered them gifts, the elders provided them with sustenance. Nor are you superior to us; you too are sinners like us. And this became evident to them from 'لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ' (each will have double).
(تَكْسِبُونَ) 'Earning' refers to an action that is done continuously, meaning the polytheists would always commit their acts of polytheism."
[40] In the previous verses, the mention was of their entry into Hell; now it is about their being deprived of Paradise.
"(لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ)" means: for the deeds, prayers, and souls of the believers, the gates of the heavens are opened, but for the disbelievers, they are not opened. In fact, it is mentioned in a hadith that when the soul of a disbeliever ascends to the heavens, it is cast back down into Sijjin, and it is said to that impure soul: Just as the entry of a camel into the eye of a needle is impossible, so too is the entry of these polytheists into Paradise.
This is called "ta‘liq bil-muhal" (a condition based on an impossibility).