Commentary
And when the proofs of resurrection have been established; and its signs have become clear; and its minarets have risen; and its lights have spread; the speech about it has been conveyed in a manner that there is no disagreement except in the knowledge of its timing; with agreement on its essence; because it is one of the necessities of obligation; and when it has become clear by all of this their partners' inability; it indicated that the source of the inability is the acceptance of multiplicity; guiding towards the proof of contradiction; so he said - in the manner of resuming; because it is the result of what has preceded without a doubt -: "Your God"; meaning: O creation; all of you; the deity in truth; "a God"; meaning: characterized by divinity absolutely; in relation to everyone; and every time; and every place; "one"; does not accept multiplicity - which is the source of deficiency - in any way; because multiplicity necessitates the possibility of contradiction which necessitates inability; which necessitates (p-134) distance from the rank of divinity; "So those"; meaning: it resulted from this that those who "do not believe in the Hereafter"; meaning: the abode of recompense; and the place of manifesting judgment; which is the fruit of kingship; and justice; which is the basis of greatness; "their hearts are in denial"; meaning: ignorant that He is one; due to their hardness; not because of the ambiguity of the matter - as has been mentioned in "Hud"; that the root of "denied" revolves around strength; and it necessitates hardness; so hardness comes -; "and they"; meaning: while they, due to their denial of the Hereafter; "are arrogant"; meaning: their attribute is arrogance towards everything that does not agree with their desires; and it is the seeking of elevation by refusing to accept the truth out of disdain from its people; so they have reached a point where the sun is hidden from them; as Allah, the Exalted, said: "They were not able to hear and they were not able to see" [Hud: 20]; and perhaps "arrogant" indicates that "in denial" means: they are rejecting it while being aware of it.
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