Allah the Exalted said: << . . . . . . . . . . . فما كان جواب قومه إلآ أن قالوا ائتنا بعذاب الله إن كنت من الصادقين >

Then He said: “Do you indeed approach men Look, and may Allah protect us, after this guidance, instruction, and prohibition, their response was the response of the arrogant and defiant one: The word *jawaab* (response) is in the accusative case because it is the predicate of *kaan* (was), placed before the subject, and and its subject is delayed, meaning except for their saying: *A’ti* is an imperative verb, and the intended meaning here is incapacitation and defiance, meaning we challenge you to bring the punishment you promised us. Yes, and where is the response to this conditional sentence? It was said: It does not require a response in this arrangement because it is known from what preceded. It was also said: It is omitted, and what preceded indicates it. The most correct is the first, which Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) chose, and he said: If there is in the speech what indicates the omitted part, there is no need to estimate it, because estimating it is a type of futility. Their saying to him, “If you are among the truthful,” is more emphatic than his saying, “If you are truthful,” because every person loves to be among the truthful. But if he had said, “If you are truthful,” the meaning would be truthful in this specific issue. As for meaning those described as truthful, this is stronger in defiance, as if they are saying you are among the number of liars and not among the number of the truthful. So if you are among them, bring us what you promise us.