"Did they bequeath it to one another?" [51:53]—in the form of an interrogative. Meaning: they did not bequeath it to one another, because the first nation did not meet the latter nation. He said: "Rather, they are a transgressing people," meaning: polytheists.
﴿أتواصوا بِهِ﴾ على الِاسْتِفْهَام، أَي: لمْ يتواصَوْا بِهِ؛ لأنّ الأمَّة الأولى لم تدْرك الْأمة الْأُخْرَى، قَالَ: ﴿بَلْ هم قوم طاغون﴾ مشركون.
