2921: 16582: Their misguidance: 1: Al-Qurtubi said in the exegesis of this verse: Meaning: their disbelief, i.e., it is not within your power to create faith in their hearts.

: 16585: The evil/denounced: 2: Tafsir al-Qurtubi (7/4950).

2922: 16588: Upon them: 1: Tafsir al-Qurtubi (2/475).

: 16589: Speaking to them: 2: Regarding His saying: "And when the Word is fulfilled against them, We shall bring out for them a beast from the earth, which will speak to them," there is a difference of opinion on the meaning of 'the Word is fulfilled against them':

It means the wrath has become incumbent upon them, said Qatadah. Mujahid said: It means, the Word has become rightfully fulfilled against them in that they will not believe. Ibn Umar and Abu Sa'id al-Khudri - may Allah be pleased with them both - said: When they do not enjoin the good and forbid the evil, the indignation becomes incumbent upon them.

Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said: 'The Word is fulfilled' occurs with the death of the scholars, the departure of knowledge, and the lifting of the Quran.

2923: 16592: The disbeliever: 1: Hasan (sound). Narrated by al-Tirmidhi (H/1387), who said: This is a hasan gharib (sound but singular) hadith. Al-Manthur (5/116) and al-Minhah (2790).

: 16593: My truth: 2: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (3/375). He said: The chain of narration is not authentic from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman. Al-Manthur (5/116) and Tafsir al-Qurtubi (7/4951).

2924: 16595: Two-thirds of it: 1: Muslim narrated in his Sahih from the hadith of al-'Ala' ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Ya'qub, the freed slave of al-Hurqah, from Abu Hurayrah - may Allah be pleased with him - that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: "Hasten to perform deeds before six [things occur]: the Dajjal, the smoke, the Beast of the Earth, the rising...