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Upon that day, the day of bringing forward; the disbelievers, those who have disobeyed the Messenger (rasūl), will wish that (law, 'if', means an, 'that') the earth might be levelled with them (read passive tusawwā, or active tasawwā, or tassawwā), so that like it they might also become dust, [and this is] because of the terror of that day, as is stated in another verse: The disbeliever shall say, 'O would that I were dust!' [Q. 78:40]. And they will not hide from Allahu ta’ālā any talk, of what they did, although at another stage they do actually hide it and say, 'By Allahu ta’ālā, our Rabb, we never associated anything with You' [Q. 6:23].