The narrator's statement, "We were commanded to be silent and forbidden from speaking," what does it mean?

The questioner : The narrator's statement.

The Shaykh : The statement.

The questioner : The narrator.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : .

The Shaykh : No, it is a matter of emphasis and a denial that there is any speech... Perhaps silence, being the broader term, is either a case of coordinating synonyms, like the saying of the poet: "I found her words to be lies and falsehood", or it may be that: and out of fear that it would be said that silence is the more common, he said: "and we were forbidden from speaking." The time has ended now, yes, alright.