"And when the Word falls upon them," meaning: when the wrath becomes due. "We shall bring forth for them a beast from the earth that will speak to them," and in some readings: (it will converse with them), "that the people had no certainty in Our signs." Some have said: It says, "That the people were not certain of Me."

Yahya, from Sa'id, from Qatadah: that Ibn Abbas used to say, "It is a beast that has"