And when they excused themselves by saying that their informing of this world is a warning and a reminder, and in the Hereafter is a reprimand and a scolding, they said, repeating the warning and warning against all of creation: "And you were not" meaning: by what is for you like a nature "hiding" meaning: you take care to hide when committing sins while you imagine, and this is what Qatadah means by his saying; you think. "That He will testify against you" with those sins. And when the aim was to convey a warning, he repeated the details and said: "Your hearing" and emphasized by repeating the negation and said: "nor your sight" he gathered and singled out what has passed "nor your skins but" indeed, your hiding was because you "thought" due to your denial of resurrection out of ignorance from you "that Allah" to whom belongs all perfection "does not know" meaning: at any time of the times "much of what you do" meaning: you renew your action continuously, and this is what you used to consider hidden, so this is what encouraged you to what you did. If this is your thought, then it is disbelief, otherwise your action is the action of one who thinks it, so it is close to disbelief, and the true believer is the one who knows that Allah is aware of his secret and open, so he remains watchful, fearful, and in awe. Al-Bukhari and Muslim narrated in their Sahihs, and the wording is for Al-Bukhari in the Book of Tawheed from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: Two Thaqif men and a Qurashi or two Qurashi men and a Thaqif man gathered by the House, their bellies were fat and their hearts were little in understanding. One of them said: Do you think that Allah hears what we say? The other said: He hears if we speak openly, and He does not hear if we conceal. And the other said: If He hears when we speak openly, then He hears when we conceal. So Allah revealed: "And you were not" - the verse. Al-Baghawi said; it was said: The Thaqifi was Abduyalil and we have mentioned him, and the two Qurashi men were Rabee'ah and Safwan ibn Umayyah.