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The day when the hypocrites, men and women, will say to those who believe, 'Look at us (unzurūnā: a variant reading has anzirūnā, meaning 'Give us a chance') that we may glean something of your light!' It will be said, to them in mockery of them: 'Step back and seek light!' So they step back, then there will be set up between them, and the believers, a wall - this is said to be the wall of 'the Heights' [cf. Q. 7:46] - with a gate, the inner side of which contains mercy, the side of the believers, and the outer side of which, the side of the hypocrites, faces toward the chastisement.