“Allah—there is no god but Him. He will surely gather you together for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt. And who is more truthful than Allah in speech?” (87)

“So what is the matter with you that you are divided into two factions concerning the hypocrites, while Allah has cast them back for what they have earned? Do you seek to guide those whom Allah has led astray? Whoever Allah leads astray, you will never find for him a way.” (88)

His saying, exalted is He: “Allah—there is no god but Him. He will surely gather you together”: the lām is the lām of an oath; its implied sense is: “By Allah, He will surely gather you together, in death and in the graves, until the Day of Resurrection.” The Day of Resurrection was called thus because people will rise from their graves. Allah, exalted is He, says: “The Day they will emerge from the graves in haste” (al-Maʿārij 43). It has also been said that it is so called because they will stand for the reckoning. Allah, exalted is He, says: “The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds” (al-Muṭaffifīn 6).

“And who is more truthful than Allah in speech?” That is, in statement and promise. Hamzah and al-Kisāʾī recited aṣdaqu (“more truthful”) with a vowelless ṣād followed by a dāl, with the ṣād pronounced with a slight admixture of zāy.

“So what is the matter with you that you are divided into two factions concerning the hypocrites?” They differed regarding the reason for its revelation. Some said: It was revealed concerning those who remained behind on the day of Uhud—