The Exegesis of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: ((The ones who were arrogant said to the ones who were humbled: "Did we turn you away from guidance after it had come to you? No, rather you were criminals."))

They returned the statement to them. Return the statement, Ya Ghanim? Where is the return?
The student: .......

The Shaykh : These are the ones who were humbled.
The student: Okay, look, if sleep comes and you are brought to the bed, and so on... Yes.
He says: This is a response to their saying, And here the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic is true: [al-Baqarah:166] So here He said: meaning... and we did not compel you to disbelief, but rather you are the ones who chose that. And His saying: means we turned you away. And His saying: this is from the category of affirming the arrival of guidance and its clarity. This is an admission by these arrogant leaders, an admission from them that guidance had come to them, become apparent, and become clear. The author said in its exegesis: "No" indicates that the interrogative here is for negation. And whenever you come across the word "No" after a negation, its translation is that the author holds that the interrogative is for negation. In your souls, look, I seek refuge in Allah. In this world, you find this arrogant one... he invites him with complete gentleness. And in the Hereafter, they curse one another and disavow one another. Look at the King of Ghassan; when it reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that Ka'b ibn Malik had boycotted him, what did he send to him? He sent him a gentle, soft letter and said to him: "It has reached us that your companion has boycotted you, so come to us so we may console you." Look at the wording... but Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) was not deceived because of his faith, and he feared he might be deceived in the future. So what did he do? He went to the oven and burned this paper. And so, everything you fear for yourself in the future, you must destroy it. Do not say, "I cannot do that thing now, and I cannot be led astray by it." It is true that at the beginning you are not deceived, but Shaytan does his work. Therefore, you must destroy everything you fear will have a severe consequence for you. The result is that these people in the Hereafter do not befriend, do not soften, and do not show mercy to these followers. And criminality is the blame that is not forgiven. Yes, he said: