[2159] They are one and the same, their deeds and motives are the same and they are each other’s allies (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, al-Saʿdī). They were a close-knit society who were up to no good, encouraging each other only to evil.
[2160] That is they are tight-fisted when it comes to giving. This highlights how callous they were (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr) and how less prone they were to yield to the call of Faith (cf. Riḍā).
[2161] “It will be said: “This Day We will Forget you as you forgot the meeting of this Day of yours! Your resort will be the Fire, and you shall have no helpers” (45: 34).