﴿ أَفَمَنْ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ كَلِمَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَفَأَنتَ تُنقِذُ مَن فِى ٱلنَّارِ ﴾

“On the other hand, could one on whom [God’s] sentence of suffering has been passed [be rescued by man]? Couldst thou, perchance, save one who is [already, as it were,] in the fire?”

(Is he on whom the word of doom is fulfilled) is the one upon whom the doom is decreed, i.e. Abu Jahl and his host, (and canst thou (O Muhammad) rescue him who is in the Fire) he upon whom the Fire is decreed?