﴿Muhticiyn﴾ means rushing, to the utmost degree of rushing, to where they are called [out of fear] and anxiety, with their gaze directed towards the caller, not turning to anything else. ﴿Muqni'i ru'usahum﴾ means raising and holding their heads up, looking in humility and submission towards one direction, which is the direction of the caller, not turning right or left. This is a metaphor for the utmost humiliation and degradation. Then he followed it up with what confirms it, saying explicitly about the act of looking: ﴿La yartaddu ilayhim﴾. And since they were in the state of eyes at the edge and stillness, close to being equal, he specified and said: ﴿Tarfuhum﴾. Rather, their eyes are staring, always wide open, not blinking, like one who is present at the time of horror for what is with its companions of terror. ﴿Wa af'idatuhum﴾ is the plural of fu'ad, which is the organ that is prone to be heated with anger; it is said in the dictionary: and at-tafa'ud is the burning and the ignition, and from it is the fu'ad for the heart, masculine, its plural is af'idah.

﴿Hawa'un﴾ means empty nothingness, having nothing in it of the boldness and pride that they show now, as Hassan ibn Thabit, may Allah be pleased with him, said: