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But when they see it, that is, the chastisement, after the gathering, near at hand, the faces of those who disbelieved will be awry, blackened, and it will be said, that is, the keepers [of Hell] will say to them: 'This is that, chastisement, which - the warning of which - you used to make claims about', [claims to the effect] that you would not be resurrected - this is the narration of a situation that will take place [in the future], and which has been expressed using the past tense in order to confirm that it will actually take place.