'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful' And when what is for truth and falsehood in their souls has been completed, he mentioned what is for their people of reward and punishment in response to one who seems to say: 'What is for one who reflects on these parables, and distances himself from what they indicate of misguidance, or deviates from what they call to and inclines?' So it was answered by his saying: ﴿For those who responded﴾ meaning they sought from themselves the response and brought it forth ﴿to their Lord﴾ meaning the One who is good to them in gratitude to Him. The state ﴿is the best﴾ meaning the great in goodness, and it is the abode in Paradise, for that is their reward. Abu Hayyan said: And that is victory in this world and what they have been granted of His blessings, glorified and exalted is He, and entering Paradise in the Hereafter - it has ended. And it has been previously mentioned in [Surah Yunus] blessings and peace be upon him that they will be given more than what only He who did that knows the extent of, out of fear of His punishment and hope for His reward. And when he mentioned what is for the obedient, he followed it with the reward of the disobedient, saying beginning: ﴿And those who did not respond﴾ meaning they did not desire to bring forth the response 'to Him'. And he informed of this beginning by his saying, indicating that their hastening for punishment is due to their hastening for evil before good, a boldness from them arising from pure ignorance that will vanish upon seeing His punishment, glorified is He. Then they will reach at that time with redemption the utmost of humiliation, so it will not be accepted from them -: ﴿If only they had﴾ meaning [in -] their possession and under their power ﴿what is in the earth﴾ and he emphasized by saying: ﴿all of it and the like of it﴾ and clarified by saying: ﴿with it they would have redeemed themselves﴾ meaning they would have made the ransom of their souls with the utmost of their effort. And he emphasized it to refute the claim of the disbelievers that they would not be humbled by anything nor would anything weaken their strength. And redemption is making one of the two things a substitute for the other in a manner of protection by it. So it is as if it was said: What has befallen them that they are in this state? So it was said - indicating that He does not accept from them the ransom even if it is great -: ﴿Those﴾ meaning the far removed, the hated ﴿for them is a bad reckoning﴾ and reckoning is the counting of what is upon the servant and for him, and the bad accountability, and the lack of pardon for anything ﴿and their abode﴾ meaning their resting place ﴿is Hell﴾ meaning the level into which they will enter with frowning and scowling. And when the abode is only what its owner seeks refuge in for comfort by leaning on a bedding and the like, he expressed it with the totality of blame: ﴿And wretched is the resting place﴾.