Does the meaning of the noble verse: {So today no ransom will be taken from you, nor from those who disbelieved} imply that a ransom will be taken from the Muslim on the Day of Resurrection, as it is mentioned in the hadiths that the disbeliever will be a ransom for the Muslim from the Fire?
The noble verse: "So today no ransom will be taken from you, nor from those who disbelieved" speaks about the hypocrites and disbelievers, and this indicates that there is no ransom for them from punishment.
As for the : "On the Day of Resurrection, Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, will hand over to every Muslim a Jew or a Christian, and say: 'This is your ransom from the Fire'," it means that the believer was exposed to entering the Fire. So, by the disbelievers entering the Fire due to their disbelief and sins, they become a ransom for the Muslims, because Allah has decreed a number for the Fire to fill it. The ransom might also be metaphorical, meaning that the believer will descend into the disbeliever's place in Paradise, which was prepared for him, and the disbeliever will descend into the believer's place, which was prepared for him.
Among the deeds that protect from the Fire is freeing slaves. So, whoever frees a Muslim slave, that will be his ransom from the Fire.
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