Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Indeed, you will surely taste the painful punishment.”

Allah the Exalted said: This sentence, as is evident, is emphasized by two markers of emphasis: one is *in* and the other is the *lam*. His saying is the predicate, and the *nun* was removed from it for the sake of the genitive construction, because the *nun* is removed from a dual or plural noun in a genitive construction, and the *tanwin* is removed from a singular noun. His saying “the painful punishment”: here, *al-aleem* means the painful one. The form *fa'il* can mean *maf'ul* (passive participle), as in the saying of the poet:
“Is it the scent of the fragrant flower that keeps me awake while my companions sleep soundly?”
“Is it the scent of the fragrant flower” means the scent that is heard. His saying contains the certainty of truth (*haqq al-yaqin*), because these people were threatened with this punishment, and their being threatened with the punishment is the knowledge of certainty (*'ilm al-yaqin*). Then they saw the Fire, as He the Exalted said: [Al-Kahf: 53], and this is the sight of certainty (*'ayn al-yaqin*). Then it was said to them: , and this is the truth of certainty (*haqq al-yaqin*). Thus, the three levels of certainty—knowledge, sight, and truth—converged in the threat to these people.