19:64-65 is an independant passage. It does not belong to the discourse that precedes and that follows it. The preceding passage ends with the good news of heaven to the righteous and what comes after it is about the deniers of the resurrection. 19:64-65 is in between and addresses the issue of piecemeal revelation. The timing is entirely dependent on Allah's will, Who controls the process every step of the way until its destination. One should therefore submit to His wisdom in that regard and remain steadfast in His worship.
From among the disbelievers, the most prominent misleaders are brought forth 19:69. The next verse states
19:70"We do certainly know best those who deserve most to be burned therein".
This indirect form of address, starting at v66 with a people's denial of the resurrection, is called tabaaid in Arabic, or distancing. It is meant at expressing the speaker's discust towards the addressees who arent worthy of being directly spoken to. We know however from the context that they are the most prominent of the misleaders who deserve the worst punishement. The Quran then, in its typical manner of executing its threats, switches from the indirect, to the direct form, catching its audience off-guard
"And there is not one of you but shall come to it".
This parenthetical statement, of which the Quran abounds due to its very nature as an interractive speech seeking to keep the audience ever attentive to its message, points directly at the disbelievers who are hearing the message of the prophet, telling them they cannot escape
18:53"And the guilty shall see the fire, then they shall know that they are going to fall into it, and they shall not find a place to which to turn away from it".
The 'you' in 19:71 is a direct address to all the disbelievers as an actual threat, with the additional warning that
"this is an unavoidable decree of your Lord".
Then the Quran mentions the "delivery" of the believers, how they will be spared such disgraceful situation of humiliation on their knees and begging to be saved
"And We will deliver those who guarded (against evil), and We will leave the unjust therein on their knees".
The "delivery" of the believers is again mentionned in 39:61 and how no evil and grief will even touch them
"And Allah shall deliver those who guard (against evil) with their achievement; evil shall not touch them, nor shall they grieve".
Even among the commentators that argued the believers will be made to enter hell, none of them stated they shall be made to suffer in it. So harmless that experience will be that some reports describe the believers after entering paradise, not even aware they were in hell prior
“The people of paradise said after they entered paradise, ‘Didn’t our Lord promise that we will enter hell?’ and they will be told, ‘You entered it and found it ashes.’”
The experience is depicted as a mercy from Allah. The believers are made to see, but not experience, a place that could have been theirs had it not been by Allah's guidance and grace.
When Judgement is laid down on a Day where none can harm or benefit the other 34:42, they will hate their own selves 40:10. They will realize, not only that they are now accountable for the actions they were mislead into comitting, but also for misleading others in turn 43:67. Their earthly ties will crumble and will begin denying one another, cursing eachothers 29:25. The followers will request a double punishement for their leaders 38:61, asking to see them to trample them and make them of the lowest 41:29.
That bitter dissension among the sinners and their misleaders during their judgement and following their entry to hell, incessantly disputing and quarrelling 36:59-64 is in stark contrast with the dwellers of heaven who shall greet and speak to one another with the best words of prayers, sit face to face, symbolizing their whole heartedness in being in eachother's company
10:10,44:53,52:20"Reclining on thrones set in lines"
Nothing symbolizes peace of mind, purity of intentions and mutual love more than the free manner of sitting in front of one another.
These same leaders will disavow their followers like Iblis will disavow his followers since none of them can be discharged from their moral responsibilities and none were forced in making their conscious choices
14:22,34:32,37:29-30"They shall say: Nay, you (yourselves) were not believers. And we had no authority over you, but you were an inordinate people".
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