On the return in the phrase of Allah the Exalted: "Then they return to what they were told." Does it refer to the saying or the action?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In the saying of Allah the Exalted , does that indicate that the first statement is the stronger position, namely the statement?

Answer:
No, the return is not to the statement; the return is to the action. That is, they intend to resolve to have intercourse. They return to what they said, meaning they resolve to have intercourse. It is not permissible for them until they become disbelievers. So the meaning of the return here is the resolve to have intercourse, the resolve to have intercourse. Yes. As for the view that it returns to the statement, that is the opinion of Ibn Hazm and the Zahiris. Yes.