"Blind to guidance, with the ignorant ones who wander blindly." (1)

And "al-ʿummah" is the plural of ʿāmih, who are those who stray therein and become confused. So the meaning of His statement then, {in their transgression, wandering blindly}, is: in their straying and disbelief whose filth has engulfed them and whose pollution has overcome them, hesitating confusedly and astray, finding no way out of it, because Allah has printed upon their hearts and sealed them, blinding their sight from guidance and covering it, so they see no righteousness and are guided to no path.

And according to what we have said regarding "al-ʿamah" came the interpretation of the interpreters.

371- Mūsā ibn Hārūn narrated to me, saying: ʿAmr narrated to us, saying: Asbāṭ narrated to us, from al-Suddī, in a report he mentioned, from Abū Mālik, and from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Ibn ʿAbbās—and from Murra, from Ibn Masʿūd, and from some people among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him): "Wandering blindly": persisting in their disbelief.

372- And al-Muthannā ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to me, saying: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣāliḥ narrated to us, from Muʿāwiya ibn Ṣāliḥ, from ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭalḥa, from Ibn ʿAbbās: "Wandering blindly," he said: Persisting.

373- I was narrated from al-Minjāb, who said: Bishr narrated to us, from Abū Rawq, from al-Ḍaḥḥāk, from Ibn ʿAbbās regarding His statement: "Wandering blindly," he said: Hesitating.

374- And al-Qāsim narrated to us, saying: al-Ḥusayn narrated to us, saying: Ḥajjāj narrated to me, from Ibn Jurayj, saying: Ibn ʿAbbās said: "Wandering blindly": bewildered (al-mutaladdid). (2)