They were not forced to respond, but rather they were terrified by what they witnessed; thus, they responded with their mouths while their hearts did not believe.
They depart from existence into non-existence, transferring from that into the metamorphosed forms (al-Masukhiyya), and their types are repeated, which are five: "Transmigration (al-Naskh), Metamorphosis (al-Maskh), Dissolution (al-Faskh), Entrenchment (al-Raskh), and Abjection (al-Waskh)." [This continues] generation after generation and century after century. They continue to be transferred within human forms, and the Book of God—the Mighty and Majestic—is presented to them, yet they deny and disavow. Despite this, they are repeated in human form for up to thirty molds (Qalab), and among them are those who are repeated beyond that in number, reaching a limit of seventy-eight molds. This is [the meaning of] His words—Mighty and Majestic: {Did We not grant you life long enough for whoever would remember therein to remember, and the warner had come to you?} 1 .
He shall not be transferred to any of the levels of Hell until he has denied all the rights of God Almighty, disbelieved, and rejected his Creator, while acknowledging all forms of falsehood, affirming them, and acting upon them.