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And who, that is, none, does greater evil than he who invents lies against Allahu ta’ālā, by claiming prophethood when he has not been called to it, or who says, 'It is revealed to me', when nothing has been revealed to him - this was revealed regarding [the false prophet] Musaylama [al-Kadhdhāb] - or he who says, 'I will reveal the like of what Allahu ta’ālā has revealed'? - these were the mockers who would say: If we wish we can speak the like of this [Q. 8:31]; If you could only see, O Muhammad "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" , when the, mentioned, evildoers are in the agonies, the throes, of death and the angels extend their hands, against them, beating and torturing them, saying to them in stern censure: 'Give up your souls!, to us that we may seize them. Today you shall be requited with the chastisement of humiliation because you used to say about Allahu ta’ālā other than the truth, of claiming prophethood and inspiration falsely, and that you used to scorn His signs', disdaining to believe in them. The response to the conditional [statement beginning with] law, 'if [you could only see]', is: 'you would be seeing a terrifying thing'.