It is recited: We say, with the letter 'n' and 'y'. And from Sa'id ibn Jubair: The Day Allah will say to Hell. And from Ibn Mas'ud and Al-Hasan: It is said. The word 'day' is in the accusative case due to 'darkness' or an implied meaning, like: 'I mention and warn.' It is also permissible for it to be in the accusative case due to 'blowing,' as if it were said: 'And it was blown in the trumpet on the Day We say to Hell.' And on this, it is referred to as the Day We say, and the omission of the added phrase is not estimated. The questioning of Hell and its response is a matter of imagination. [Mawlid said: 'The questioning of Hell and its response is a matter of imagination intended to depict the meaning... etc.' Ahmad said: 'I have previously expressed my denial of the use of imagination in more than one place, and the denial here is stronger against him, for the use of imagination has been previously mentioned in verses like: 'And the earth, all of it, is in His grasp on the Day of Resurrection' and in verses like: 'Rather, His two hands are outstretched.' He only intended to carry the hands to a type of metaphor, so the meaning of his words is correct, for we believe in them as metaphor, and we worship Allah by glorifying Him from the literal meaning, so there is no harm in his use of it, except that we are commanded to avoid ambiguous terms regarding the majesty of Allah, even if their meanings are correct. And what greater ambiguity is there than the ambiguity of the term 'imagination'? Do you not see how Allah used it in what He informed that it is magic and falsehood in His saying: 'It is imagined to him from their magic that it is moving'? Thus, there is no doubt about the necessity of avoiding it. Then our speech returns to its use here, and we say: It is objectionable in wording and meaning. As for the wording, it has been previously mentioned, and as for the meaning, we believe that the questioning of Hell and its response is a reality, and that Allah, glorified and exalted is He, creates therein the perception of that with its condition. How can we assume this when reports have come and have been corroborated regarding it: among them is this: and among them is: the persistence of Paradise and Hell. And among them is: its complaining to its Lord, so He permitted it two breaths. And although these are not explicit texts, their apparent meanings must be taken as realities, for we are commanded to believe in the apparent unless there is a prohibiting factor, and there is no prohibiting factor here. 'For the power is capable, and the mind permits, and the apparent meanings are decisive regarding the occurrence of what the mind has depicted, and such has certainly occurred in the world, like the submission of trees and the glorification of pebbles in the hand of the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, and in the hands of his companions. If the door of metaphor and deviation from the apparent meanings in the details of the discourse were opened, it would not accommodate the breach, and many of the creation would go astray from the truth. And this is not like the apparent meanings mentioned in matters of divinity, which the mind does not permit believing their apparent meanings, for deviation from them from the apparent speech is necessarily in submission to the rational evidence guiding to the true belief. So, strengthen your hand with what has been detailed in this chapter, which I have guided you to in the path of closeness and connection, and Allah is the Grantor of success.] It is intended to depict the meaning in the heart and to establish it, and it has two meanings: one of them is that it fills up as it expands and its edges are distant until nothing can fit in it [The saying 'until nothing can fit in it' seems to imply a reversal. (A)] and nothing can be added to its fullness, due to His saying: 'I will surely fill Hell.' And the second is that it is so spacious that those who enter it can enter, and there is room for more. And it may be that 'Is there any more?' is an expression of the abundance of those entering it and a request for more [The saying 'and a request for more' perhaps should be 'and a desire for more.' (A)] upon them due to their overwhelming number. Or a request for more in anger towards the disobedient. And 'the more' is either a noun like 'the one who causes to stray' or a name of the object like 'the sold one.'