Then he affirmed that he does not seek their inner thoughts by saying: "Indeed, their reckoning" means: in the past and the future "is only upon my Lord" who is gracious to me by their following me [so that I may have] a reward like theirs, which alleviates from me the burden of being tasked with their reckoning and knowing their inner thoughts, for He is the one who is responsible for recording all deeds and the reckoning for them. "If you only knew" means: if you had a type of awareness, you would have known that, and you would not have said what you said, which is only revolving around worldly matters, nor did he consider it in light of the Day of Reckoning.