(1–5) “In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. What are they asking one another about? About the momentous news over which they disagree. No indeed! They will come to know. Again, no indeed! They will come to know.”

That is: What are those who deny Allah’s signs asking one another about? He then clarified what they were asking about, saying: “About the momentous news over which they disagree.” That is, the tremendous news over which their dispute had persisted and their disagreement had become widespread, as they denied it and deemed it far-fetched. Yet it is news that admits no doubt or uncertainty. Those who deny the meeting with their Lord, however, will not believe, even if every sign were to come to them, until they see the painful punishment.

Hence He said: “No indeed! They will come to know. Again, no indeed! They will come to know.” That is, when the punishment descends upon them, they will come to know the truth of what they had denied—when they are thrust violently into the Fire of Hell and are told: “This is the Fire which you used to deny.”

Then He, Most High, set forth (1) the blessings and proofs demonstrating the truth of what the messengers had foretold (2), saying: