Commentary
And as for those who have transgressed, they have exited from the circle of faith, which is the essence of humility and is worthy of companionship and closeness. Their abode is the Fire, which is not suitable for refuge in any way at all.
And when the listener is deserving of knowledge that they are striving to escape from it, he begins to explain their condition: Whenever they intend, meaning they are gathered together, how would it be if some of them wanted to exit from it? This indicates that their punishment is increased by being made to think that they have the ability to exit from it, just as they used to exit, due to their transgression, from the realm of evidence and from the circle of obedience to the wilderness of sins and missteps. They attempt to escape, and when they think that it has become easy for them while they are still in its depths, they are returned to the easiest and simplest of matters than any who commanded that in it, to the place where they were in the beginning. This will always be their way.
And it is said, meaning by any speaker assigned to them, for them, meaning at the time of being returned, is a humiliation for them: "Taste the punishment of the Fire."
And when he described their punishment in the Fire, it was most deserving of description when clarifying the reason for the humiliation by the command to taste, even though it is more deserving in terms of being added and newly mentioned. He said: "Which you used to deny," meaning a state that is for you like the natural dispositions. He indicated that their denial of it diminishes all denial before it, as if it is specific. He said: "In it you deny," for indeed the return after attempting to escape is more possible in believing, considering the renewal at every moment.
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