16لَهُم مِن فَوقِهِم ظُلَلٌ مِنَ النّارِ وَمِن تَحتِهِم ظُلَلٌ ۚ ذٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ اللَّهُ بِهِ عِبادَهُ ۚ يا عِبادِ فَاتَّقونِMuhammad AsadClouds of fire will they have above them, and [similar] clouds beneath them...." In this way does God imbue His servants with fear.1 O you servants of Mine! Be, then, conscious of Me -As in many other instances, the Qur'an alludes in this phrase to the allegorical nature as well as to the real purpose of all descriptions of the suffering which awaits the sinners in the hereafter; cf. 74:35-36 - "that [hell-fire] is indeed one of the great [forewarnings]: a warning to mortal man".