[3392] No reason but only fear can bring these ardently Denying folks to their senses; the Day of Judgement and what happens on it is evoked to this end (cf. al-Rāzī).
[3393] This is their Messenger who is to bear witness as to how his nation answered his call (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī): “How ˹will they fare˺, when we bring forward a witness from every nation, and We bring you ˹Muhammad˺ as witness against these!” (4: 41).
[3394] The following is a description of how desperate the state of the Associators will be on that grievous Day (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr): “This is the Day when they utter not ˹a thing˺; *nor are they allowed so that they may apologize!” (77: 35-36).