Transliteration:( Yawma tabi yaddu wujoohunw wa taswaddu wujooh; fa-ammal lazeenas waddat wujoo hum akafartum ba'da eemaanikum fazooqul 'azaaba bimaa kuntum takfuroon )
237. From this we understand that every believer and a disbeliever on the Day of Judgement would be distinguished from their faces without enquiring about them from anybody. Hence, the saying of the Holy Prophet about the apostates at the Pond of Kauthar that they are my Companions, is for the sake of sarcasm and not on the grounds of non-recognition, just as this address of Allah Almighty is to the inmates of Hell: "Taste it. Yes certainly you are the honourable, the benignant" (S44: V 49), which is a way of censure and taunt of these persons. This saying of the Holy Prophet should be viewed in the same manner.
238. Because non-believers after accepting faith on the Day of Covenant, or verbally accepted faith but inwardly became infidels, or circumstantially became believers then turned to infidelity. Hence, this address of Allah Almighty is either to the non-believers in general, or the hypocrites or the apostates.
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