Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Have the disbelievers been recompensed?” and “What were they doing?”

Question:
From the questions of the questioner, he says: I am inquiring about the two noble verses in the saying of Allah the Exalted: The interrogation here. And the second verse, “So give them tidings of what they used to do”; the good news here is usually for praiseworthy things.

Answer:
In the verse “So give them tidings of what they used to do,” it is “give them tidings of a painful punishment,” and the meaning of “tidings” is what appears on the skin as an effect of the news, either joy or sorrow, may Allah protect us from that. It was also said that this is a form of mockery of them, in that He made the informing of them of the punishment like giving them good news of what would please them. This is a form of mockery of them, of them, and an additional lesson for them.
As for the saying of Allah the Exalted: So when the Day of Resurrection comes and they are thrown into the Fire, and the believers are in the highest places looking at them while they are being punished in the Fire, the believers will be pleased by that because their enemies have received their due, and their eyes will be satisfied by that. This is the meaning of the saying “Have the disbelievers been recompensed,” meaning that the disbelievers have been punished for what they were doing in this world, that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, made the believers look at them while they are being punished, and ? What were they doing? So today the believers are laughing at the disbelievers on the elevated places, just as the disbelievers used to laugh at them in this world. So the believers are laughing at them while they are in the punishment, as a recompense for them, may Allah protect us from that.

The presenter:
Yes. May Allah reward you with good.