Commentary
So it was. And when the presentation of something before its place necessitates the astonishment of a person to investigate the cause and to be intrigued by what is delayed, he said: "Their consequence" [is] presented (p-457) for the news of "was" [that] "they" [are] the deceiver and the deceived, "in the Fire" while they are "abiding therein" because they have wronged [wrong] with no success with it.
And when that could be understood as [in] the person himself, he said, commenting with the description, generalizing and deterring from it: "And that" [is] the greater punishment, "is the recompense of the wrongdoers" [meaning] every [one] who places worship in other than its place.
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