Mujahid said that the meaning of «على أمة‏» is: upon one Imam, or one community, or one religion. The meaning of «وقيله يا رب‏» is: Do the disbelievers think that We do not hear their secret talk, their whisperings, and their conversations? (This is the interpretation according to the recitation in which «وقیله» is read with a nasb on the laam. In this case, it will be connected to «وسرهم ونجواهم» . The well-known recitation is with «وقیله» with a kasr on the laam. In this case, it will be connected to «الساعة» , meaning Allah knows and hears their conversation as well.) And Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The meaning of «ولولا أن يكون الناس أمة واحدة‏» is: If it were not that all people would become disbelievers, I would have made the roofs and stairs of the disbelievers' houses of silver. The meaning of «معارج» is: stairs, thrones, etc. «مقرنين‏» means strong ones. «آسفونا‏» means: they angered us. «يعش‏» means: to become blind. Mujahid said: The meaning of «أفنضرب عنكم الذكر‏» is: Do you think that you will continue to deny the Qur'an and We will not send punishment upon you? (You will surely be punished.) «ومضى مثل الأولين‏» means: the stories of the former people spread. «وما کنا له مقرنين‏» means: over camels, horses, mules, and donkeys, we would not have had power and control. By «ينشأ في الحلية‏» , daughters are meant, i.e., you have attributed daughters as Allah's offspring—what a strange judgment you make! In «لو شاء الرحمن ما عبدناهم‏» , the pronoun in «هم‏» refers to idols, because it is said ahead: «ما لهم بذلك من علم‏» , meaning the idols which they worship have no knowledge at all; they are completely lifeless. «في عقبه‏» means: among his offspring. «مقترنين‏» means: walking alongside. «سلفا‏» refers to the people of Pharaoh. Those who are disbelievers in the Ummah of Muhammad (peace be upon him), their leaders were the former people. «ومثلا‏ للاخرین» means: a lesson and example for the later ones. «يصدون‏» means: they began to shout, make noise. «مبرمون‏» means: those who resolve, those who decide. «أول العابدين» means: the first to believe. «إنني براء مما تعبدون‏» : The Arabs say: We are «براء» from you, we are «خلاء» from you, meaning we are disassociated, separate, we have nothing to do with you. In singular, dual, plural, masculine and feminine, the word «براء» is used, because «براء» is a verbal noun. And if «بريء» is read, as in the recitation of Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), then in the dual it should be «بريئان» and in the plural «بريئون‏» . The meaning of «الزخرف» is: gold. «ملائكة يخلفون» means: angels who come one after another.

Narrated Ya`la: I heard the Prophet reciting when on the pulpit: 'They will cry, "O Malik (Keeper of Hell) Let your Lord make an end of us.' (43.77)