And when their saying included the attribution of their caller, blessings and peace be upon him, to that which has no indication from his words concerning it in any way, which is the claim of knowledge of their punishment and the ability to inflict it, and their denial of him in each of these two necessary aspects of it, their claim of knowledge that they will not be punished was false. It was as if it was said: "How did he respond to them?" It was said: "He said," confirming them in denying his knowledge of that and his ability to inflict it, denying them in their attribution of any claim of either of these to him and to themselves that it will not occur: "Indeed, knowledge is only with Allah," meaning: the knowledge encompassing everything, your punishment and otherwise, "is with Allah," meaning: the One who encompasses all attributes of perfection. He brings down the knowledge of what you are promised upon whom He wills if He wills, and I have no knowledge now, nor do you have any knowledge of that, nor any ability.

And when the encompassing knowledge necessitates ability, the estimation is: the ability to bring about your punishment is only for Him, glorified and exalted is He, not for me nor for anyone else. And I have nothing upon me except the conveying, as my Lord has revealed to me in His saying, glorified is He: "Your duty is only to convey" [Ash-Shura: 48]. And I have conveyed to you what I was sent with, of the admonition that your deeds are the deeds of one who has turned away from his Lord and has exposed himself to destruction and punishment by associating partners with the Absolute Benefactor, who has no equivalent in any way. Thus, he is in a position where he should fear being taken. He then added to his statement: "And I convey to you," meaning: also in the present and in the future, "what I was sent with," meaning: from the One who has no sender in truth other than Him, for He is capable of aiding His Messenger "with it," meaning: with the oneness and otherwise, whether it be a promise or a warning or otherwise, even if he did not mention the goal; because what he was sent with is valid for them and for others.

And when the meaning of informing by conveying is that there is nothing upon me except that, and the meaning of restricting absolute knowledge to Allah is confirming them in denying His knowledge, blessings and peace be upon him, in that, his saying is good, correcting his knowledge with their ignorance: "But I see you," meaning: I inform you of knowledge that is like sight, "a people," harsh and severe, obstinate, "who are ignorant," meaning: [of you] with that characteristic of ignorance, which is harshness in an inappropriate place with little knowledge. You renew for him continuously because you act with your associating partners with the Absolute Benefactor, and He is the Greatest King, who has no benefaction in any way from the actions of those who deserve punishment, and then you do not allow its occurrence and deny the one who warns you that this is a matter that deserves to be guarded against. And you attribute it to other than what he was sent for, of warning from claiming the ability to inflict punishment and the like.