And when they denied the connection with the Creator, they followed it by corrupting the practical power by not connecting the creatures through abandoning compassion for the creation of Allah. They said: "And we did not" by omitting the noon as well, due to what they are in of hardship and denying the slightest thing of good nature. "We feed the poor" meaning for his poverty. They denied here the existence of feeding him because if they agreed to feed him, it would be for another reason other than poverty. As for prayer, they claim to establish it for Allah, but since it was not done as they were commanded, it was not accepted, and they were not among those firmly established in its description.