We will look at the looking that is contemplation and browsing. He meant: Did you speak the truth or did you lie, except that being one of the liars is more eloquent. This is because if he is known for being among the liars, he is certainly a liar. If he is a liar, he is suspected of lying in what he has informed about, so he is not trusted. [Mahamud said: 'Its meaning is: Did you speak the truth or did you lie, except that the wording of the verse is more eloquent. This is because if he is known for lying, he is suspected in all of his statements, so he is not trusted.' Ahmad said: 'This is what I pointed out in Surah Ash-Shu'ara regarding the shift from the action which is: or did you lie, and from merely describing him in the saying: or were you a liar, to making him one of the group marked by lying. It is more eloquent in the intended context of the verse from the threat, and Allah knows best.] Turn away from them to a nearby place where you can conceal yourself, so that what they say is within your hearing. And they return from the saying of Allah, 'Some of them will return to others with the saying,' and it is said: He entered upon her through a window and threw the letter to her and concealed himself in the window. If you say: Why did he say: 'So throw it to them,' in the plural form? I say: Because he said: 'I found her and her people prostrating to the sun,' so he said: 'So throw it to those whose religion this is,' showing his concern for the matter of religion, and being occupied with it over other matters. And he built the address in the book on the plural form for that reason.