And when the estimation was according to what the context guided to: they responded with what made clear that they are wrongdoers. He then followed it with His saying: 'And the saying occurred,' meaning: the content of the warning, which is the saying, is truly dominant over them because of what they have wronged, due to the injustice that occurred from them, which is the explicit denial and what arose from it of misguidance, in words and actions. 'So they do not speak,' meaning: because of what has occupied them from the occurrence of the promised punishment that has surrounded them, which has shaken their foundations, and what has become clear to them that nothing will save them.