And when they were with this announcement, confirmed by oaths, from the Possessor of Glory and Honor, they were deserving of heeding the understandings to what is directed to them from the words. He turned to the position of address, to make clear to the generality, and said: "And if" meaning: and what "among you" O people, is there anyone "except that he will enter it" meaning: he will enter Hell; then he resumed his saying: "was this entering"; and when the meaning was that it must occur, he emphasized it to the utmost degree of emphasis, so he brought the tool of obligation and said: "upon your Lord" the Creator of you, the Benefactor to you by saving your nation for your sake "a certainty" meaning: an obligation that is definite with it "decreed" that must occur; Al-Razi said in the Luminaries: There is no believer - except for the prophets - except that he has been stained with a bad character, and he will not attain true happiness except after his purification, and his cleansing from that can only be by the Fire.