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on the Day when the chastisement shall envelop them from above them and from under their feet, and We shall say, thereat (read [the verb] as naqūlu, in other words, 'We shall command that it be said; or [if read] yaqūlu, 'he shall say', namely, the one in charge of [meting out] chastisement), 'Taste now what you used to do!', that is, [taste] the requital for it, as you will not be able to elude Us.