[2604] Cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, Ibn ʿAṭiyyah, al-Saʿdī.
[2605] Although they fully understood what he was saying, they replied to him in such a manner so as to drive the message home once and for all and to show how bullishly adamant they were in their opposition. In this way, they thought he would desist from admonishing them (cf. al-Biqāʿī, Naẓm al-Durar, Ibn ʿĀshūr).