"Has there not reached you the news of those before you?"—meaning: their accounts.
"None knows them except Allah"—meaning: none knows how Allah destroyed them except Allah.
"They put their hands in their mouths"—meaning: they bit upon their fingertips in rage against the prophets; similar to His saying: "And when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you in rage."
Surah Ibrahim from verse (10) to verse (14).
﴿أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَأُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قبلكُمْ﴾ أَيْ: خَبَرُهُمْ.
﴿لَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلا الله﴾ أَيْ: لَا يَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ أَهْلَكَهُمُ اللَّهُ إِلا اللَّهُ.
﴿فَرَدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِي أَفْوَاههم﴾ أَيْ: عَضُّوا عَلَى أَنَامِلِهِمْ غَيْظًا عَلَى الأَنْبِيَاءِ؛ كَقَوْلِهِ: ﴿وَإِذَا خَلَوْا عَضُّوا عَلَيْكُمُ الأَنَامِلَ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ﴾.
سُورَة إِبْرَاهِيم من الْآيَة (١٠) إِلَى الْآيَة (١٤).
