And when the leaders said to them, what is the truth of their matter; which necessitated the ruling of their sharing; it was caused by His saying (the Most High) - affirming; to dispel the notion of those who think that punishment is specific to the cause -: ﴿Indeed, they﴾; meaning: the two groups; because of what they mentioned about themselves; ﴿On that Day﴾; meaning: on the day when this conversation was among them; ﴿in the punishment﴾; meaning: the greater one; ﴿sharing﴾; meaning: in its essence; and yet they are differing in its description; according to the degrees of their disbelief; just as they were sharing in the cause; differing in their severity in it; and their leniency; this and Al-Bukhari said; in his Sahih; in the interpretation of 'Ha-Mim Al-Sajda': And Al-Minhāl from Sa'id said: A man said to Ibn Abbas - may Allah be pleased with them -: I find in the Quran things that differ for me; he said: ﴿So there will be no kinship among them on that Day, nor will they ask one another﴾ [Al-Mu'minun: 101] ﴿And some of them will approach others, questioning﴾ [As-Saffat: 27] ﴿And they will not conceal from Allah a saying﴾ [An-Nisa: 42] ﴿By Allah, our Lord, we were not polytheists﴾ [Al-An'am: 23]; they indeed concealed in this verse; and he said: ﴿The heaven, He raised it﴾ [An-Nazi'at: 27] to His saying: ﴿And He spread it﴾ [An-Nazi'at: 30]; he mentioned the creation of the heaven before the creation of the earth; then he said: ﴿Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days﴾ [Fussilat: 9] to: ﴿obedient﴾ [Fussilat: 11]; he mentioned in this verse the creation of the earth before the heaven; and he said: "And Allah was Forgiving, Merciful"; "Mighty, Wise"; "Hearing, Seeing"; as if he was; then he proceeded; and said: ﴿So there will be no kinship among them﴾ [Al-Mu'minun: 101]; in the first blowing; then it will be blown into the trumpet; (p-224) so those in the heavens and those on the earth will fall down unconscious; except whom Allah wills; so there will be no kinship at that time; nor will they ask one another; then in the last blowing, some of them will approach others, questioning; and as for His saying: ﴿We were not polytheists﴾ [Al-An'am: 23] ﴿And they will not conceal from Allah a saying﴾ [An-Nisa: 42]; indeed, Allah forgives the sins of the people of sincerity; and the polytheists said: Come, let us say: We were not polytheists; so their mouths were sealed; and their hands will speak; so at that time it was known that Allah does not conceal a saying; and at that time, those who disbelieved will wish; the verse; and He created the earth in two days; then He created the heaven; then He turned to the heaven and made it into seven heavens in two other days; then He spread the earth; and ﴿He spread it﴾ [An-Nazi'at: 30]; meaning: He brought forth from it the water; and the pasture; and created the mountains; and the hills; and what is between them in two other days; so that is His saying: ﴿He spread it﴾ [An-Nazi'at: 30]; and His saying: ﴿He created the earth in two days﴾ [Fussilat: 9]; so the earth and what is in it was made in four days; and the heavens were created in two days; "And Allah was Forgiving, Merciful"; He named Himself that; and that is His saying; meaning: He has always been like that; for indeed, Allah does not will anything except that He achieves what He intends; so let not the Quran differ for you; for indeed, both are from Allah.

And he said in the Surah 'Al-Mursalat': Ibn Abbas - may Allah be pleased with them - was asked: "This is a day when they will not speak" [Al-Mursalat: 35] "By Allah, our Lord, we were not polytheists" [Al-An'am: 23] "Today We will seal upon their mouths" [Ya-Sin: 65]; he said: Indeed, it has colors; sometimes they will speak, and sometimes it will be sealed upon them.