Commentary
And when the Hour is referred to the confinement of death and to the unfolding of life, it clarifies what will occur in the second, which they deny regarding the conditions of the resurrected, in response to the one who says: Will they rise upon what they are upon now? He said: "The close friends" meaning in the abode. "On that Day" meaning when the Hour occurs, and it is the Hour of resurrection, which is part of the meaning of the Hour. "Some of them will be enemies to others" and when it becomes clear to them that their delay in life is the reason for their punishment, the follower will say to the one followed: You deceived me and harmed me. And the one followed will say: Rather, you exalted me and belittled me, and you raised me and then lowered me, and similar words that are most painful. "Except for the righteous" those whose matter has been advanced with piety and who have been urged towards it.
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