The Scholar—may His Might be exalted—said: "Then it melted just as lead melts in the fire." I asked: "My Master, who is this?" He replied: "He is the First—may Allah curse him until the Day of Revelation (Yawm al-Kashf)."
The words of the Almighty: {If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain"} 1 .
He says: When they are transferred (Nuqilu) into the structures of metamorphosis (al-Hayakil al-Masukhiyyah), they hang [their heads] due to the magnitude of what they witnessed of the types of metamorphosis, and much of the disbelief and denial they had committed.
The Mighty and Majestic said: {Our Lord, and grant us what You promised us through Your messengers} 2 —of metamorphosis, for we have become certain of the punishment. Then He says: {Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me}.
[61] Dalaf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Massas narrated—and he was among the trustworthy Monotheists (al-Muwahhidin)—saying: Al-Mufaddal ibn Ata' ibn Ziyad al-Azdi narrated to me, saying: "I had a father who was most severe of people in hostility (Nasban [against the Ahl al-Bayt]), and I used to oppose him for that.