And Allah sends astray the wrongdoers. And Allah does what He wills. Have you not seen those who exchanged the favor of Allah for disbelief and settled their people [in] the house of ruin? Hell, which they [will] enter, and wretched is the settlement.} (Ibrahim: 24–29).

And similar to it is the saying of the Almighty in Surah an-Nur:

{Evil [words/women] are for evil [men], and evil [men] are for evil [words/women]. And good [words/women] are for good [men], and good [men] are for good [words/women]. Those are innocent of what they [the people] say. For them is forgiveness and a noble provision.} (An-Nur: 26).

This means that the Luminous Personages (al-ashkhāṣ al-nūrāniyya) symbolized by these worldly, material things are entirely transcendent from them. And it was said: the meaning is that the Messengers are innocent of intending these worldly things by their addresses.

The Almighty pointed toward this meaning in Surah al-Ma'idah, saying:

{Say, "Not equal are the evil and the good, even if the abundance of the evil pleases you." So fear Allah, O you of understanding, that you may be successful.} (Al-Ma'idah: 100).

What is meant by the different waters.

And similar to it is the saying of the Almighty in Surah ad-Dukhan: