"And Yusuf certainly came to you before"—that is, before Moses—"with clear proofs, so when he perished, you said, 'Allah will never send a messenger after him'"—meaning, that he was not a messenger, so Allah will never (f. 304) send a messenger after him—"Thus does Allah let go astray he who is an extravagant"—a polytheist—"skeptic"—in doubt regarding the resurrection.