Commentary
﴿That they should not enter it﴾ and they emphasized it because he does not believe that anyone could reach this level of insolence and hardness of face, and that a fragment is free of any liquid.
And since it is customary that a person must forget something or close a door or an opening through which he enters, and because of this he is poor, they said: ﴿Today﴾ meaning throughout the entire day - as indicated by the removal of the lowering - so that you may repeatedly confront him and search thoroughly, and do not leave in it a single fruit or a place that anyone may hope to enter because of you ﴿Upon you﴾ meaning while you are in it ﴿Poor﴾ and this is a prohibition for the poor in wording for the sake of emphasizing the prohibition of themselves from allowing him to enter upon them. So, their middle one in age, the best of them in character, and the most just among them said to them: Do not say this and do good as your father used to do. And it is as if he was covered by Him, glorified and exalted is He, because with the indication (p-311) upon him by what is to come, he did not prefer anything. And he emphasized the fact that they set out in the morning by saying:
Explore Other Scholars on This Verse
Compare different scholarly perspectives on Surah Al-Qalam verse 24