And when it was as if it was said: O I wish I knew what will be the condition of the people when that appointed time comes, and there are the tyrants, the leaders, and those of greatness and nobility among them! It was answered by His saying: ﴿The Day when it comes﴾ meaning: that appointed time they will not be able to refrain, nor even to speak at all. Ibn 'Amir, 'Asim, and Hamzah omitted the letter 'ya' as a substitute for it with the kasrah, as is common in the language of Hudhayl. This indicated that the severity of its horror prevents the people of the standing from speaking at all for two-thirds of it. Then they will be permitted to speak in the last third, as indicated by the omitted part and the context of the exception. For the norm is that the exception is less than the one from which it is excepted. ﴿They will not speak﴾ even if it is the least speech, as indicated by the omission of the 'ta' in ﴿A soul﴾ from all of creation on that day (p-381) which is the Day of Resurrection. It is the context of this appointed time, and it is a very long day with various colors, forms, horrors, and matters. Sometimes they will be permitted to speak, sometimes their mouths will be sealed, sometimes fear, regret, and pain will silence them, and sometimes argument and dispute will make them speak. ﴿Except by His permission﴾ meaning: by the permission of your Lord, whose mention is repeated in these verses, indicating the goodness of upbringing and the perfection of management.

And when it was known from this that it is a day of greatness and dominance, it was caused by that greatness to divide the present ones, so He said: ﴿So among them﴾ meaning the present creatures for His command ﴿is the wretched﴾ for whom wretchedness has been established, so he is made easy in this world for his deeds ﴿and the happy﴾ for whom happiness has been established, so he walks according to its pattern; and delay means to be taken away from the direction of something by distancing from it, and its opposite is advancement; and the appointed time is the specified time for the occurrence of a matter from matters; and the 'lam' indicates the cause, purpose, and wisdom, unlike 'ila'; and wretchedness is the strength of the causes of calamity.