They said, causing this, hating that he should be taken secretly, so it would be said: He was taken without evidence. They are disbelievers, and he has opposed them in their religion. To Allah is the complaint from a people who take the leaders of their religion without evidence, nor even suspicion. So bring him here, to the house of idols, openly, where the people can see him. The people are looking at him with a gaze that has no concealment, until it is as if he is walking on their eyes, firmly established upon them, like a rider on the mount. He expressed by 'eyes' the sight to make it clear to the leaders, and by the plural of 'few' to indicate the context of the multitude. Thus, both imply a little, so that it is not assumed from the gathering of the multitude that all the people are included. Perhaps when they see him, they will witness that he has done this action against the idols, or that he has mentioned them with evil, which would justify taking him for that, or some of them may witness his action. For when something is present, its conditions are more deserving of mention than when it is absent. This was precisely what the Friend, peace be upon him, intended to clarify - in this gathering, which has no equal - what they are upon of clear ignorance that entails a lack of intellect.