The Hypocrites and the Friends of Disbelievers are in the Lowest Depth of the Fire, Unless they Repent

Allah then states that,

إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ ...

Verily, the hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire;

on the Day of Resurrection due to their tremendous Kufr.

Al-Walibi (Ali bin Abi Talhah) said that Ibn Abbas said, فِي الدَّرْكِ الأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ (in the lowest depths (grade) of the Fire),

means, in the bottom of the Fire.

Other scholars said that;

the Fire has ever lower depths just as Paradise had ever higher grades.

Ibn Jarir recorded that Abdullah bin Mas`ud said that, إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ (Verily, the hypocrites will be in the lowest depths (grade) of the Fire),

"Inside coffins of Fire that surround them, for they are closed and sealed in them.''

Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that when Ibn Mas`ud was asked about the hypocrites, he said,

"They will be placed in coffins made of fire and they will be closed in them in the lowest depth of the Fire.''

... وَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ نَصِيرًا ﴿١٤٥﴾

no helper will you find for them.

to save them from their misery and painful torment.

Allah then states that whoever among the hypocrites repents in this life, Allah will accept his repentance and sorrow, if his repentance were sincere and he then follows it by performing righteous deeds, all the while depending on his Lord.