Is the glad tidings specific to good, or does it include evil?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is the glad tidings specific to good only, or does the glad tidings apply to both good and evil?

Answer:
The default is that it is for good, but one may give glad tidings of evil in the way of mocking the people of evil, saying that this is their glad tidings, may Allah protect us from that, and what a wretched glad tidings it is. If the glad tidings is interpreted as what appears on the skin in the form of being affected, then it is a delusion that the people of evil show on their skin an effect from the bad news they are told, such as regret, hatred, and the like. When a believer is given glad tidings, good, joy, and light appear on his skin. Yes.