Like the punishment that descended upon them after they were warned, they denied it with an army that their wise ones warned them about its attack, but they did not pay attention to the warning, nor did they prepare themselves, nor did they plan their affairs in a way that would save them, until it suddenly descended upon their courtyard. It launched an attack on them and cut off their end. It was the habit of their raiders to attack in the morning, so the raid was called a morning raid even if it occurred at another time. This verse did not express itself nor did it have the awe that you feel and that pleases you regarding yourself and your nature, except for its coming in the manner of a parable. Ibn Mas'ud read: 'So wretched is the morning.' It was also read: 'It descended upon their courtyard,' attributing it to the preposition and the genitive case, like saying: 'He went with Zayd' and 'It descended,' and the meaning is: 'So wretched is the morning of the warned ones.' The 'lam' in 'the warned ones' is ambiguous regarding the type of those who were warned, because 'wretched' and 'wretched' imply that. It was said that it refers to the descent of the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, on the Day of the Conquest in Mecca. And from Anas, may Allah be pleased with him: When the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, came to Khaybar - and they were going out to their farms with their hoes - they said: 'Muhammad and the army,' and they returned to their fortress. The Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, said: 'Allah is the Greatest! Khaybar has been destroyed. When we descend upon the courtyard of a people, so wretched is the morning of the warned ones.' [Agreed upon] And he repeated 'and turn away from them' to provide consolation upon consolation, and to emphasize the occurrence of the appointed time with further emphasis. And there is an additional benefit, which is the release of both verbs from being restricted by the object, and that they will see what cannot be encompassed by remembrance of the various types of joy and kinds of misery. It was said that one of them refers to the punishment of this world, and the other to the punishment of the Hereafter.