in “Read in the Name of your Lord” and “When the sky is split open.” (1)
Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Nu'aymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Isma'il narrated to us; Musaddad narrated to us; Ma'mar informed us, saying: I heard my father say: Bakr narrated to me from Abu Rafi', who said: “I prayed the night prayer with Abu Hurayrah, and he recited ‘When the sky is split open,’ then prostrated. I said, ‘What is this?’ He replied, ‘I prostrated upon reciting it behind Abu al-Qasim, peace and blessings be upon him, and I will continue to prostrate when reciting it until I meet him.’” (2)
“Rather, those who disbelieve persist in denial. (22) And Allah knows best what they conceal within themselves. (23) So give them tidings of a painful punishment—except those who believe and do righteous deeds: theirs will be an unfailing reward. (24–25)”
“Rather, those who disbelieve persist in denial”: of the Quran and the resurrection.
“And Allah knows best what they conceal within themselves”: of denial in their hearts. Mujahid said: “They conceal it.”
“So give them tidings of a painful punishment—except those who believe and do righteous deeds: theirs will be an unfailing reward”: a reward that is neither cut off nor diminished.