It is said: A day among the Arabs is only named a day by its preceding night, so if a night does not precede the daytime, it is not named a day. Thus, the Day of Resurrection is a day with no night after it, except the night in whose morning the Resurrection took place, so that day is the last of the days. For this reason, God, may His praise be exalted, named it "the Last Day," and described it as barren. He described it as a barren day because there is no night after it (1).

As for the interpretation of His statement: "and they are not believers," and His, may His mention be exalted, negating the name of faith from them, even though He informed about them that they said with their tongues: "We have believed in God and in the Last Day" - that is a declaration of their lying from God, majestic and mighty is He, regarding what they informed about their belief consisting of faith and affirmation of the Resurrection, and a notification from Him to His Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, that what they manifest to him with their mouths is contrary to what is in the consciences of their hearts, and the opposite of what is in the resolves of their souls.

In this verse is a clear indication of the invalidity of what the Jahmiyya claimed: that faith is affirmation by speech, excluding all other meanings besides it. God, may His praise be exalted, has informed about those He mentioned in His Book among the people of hypocrisy, that they said with their tongues: "We have believed in God and in the Last Day," then He negated that they are believers, since their belief did not affirm that speech of theirs.

And His statement "and they are not believers," means "not affirming" in what they claim to be affirming.

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The statement regarding the interpretation of His, may His praise be exalted, statement: {They seek to deceive God and those who believe}

Abū Jaʿfar said: The hypocrite's deceiving of his Lord and the believers is his manifesting