"Say, have you considered: if the punishment of Allah comes to you"—Al-Hasan said: meaning, in this world by annihilation—"or the Hour comes to you" with punishment, "is it other than Allah you call upon, if you are truthful?" Meaning: that you will not call upon anyone except Allah, so you will believe at a time when belief is not accepted (fol. 93) from you; for Allah has decreed that faith shall not be accepted when the punishment descends.