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The day when they see the angels, [while they stand] together with the rest of creation, namely, on the Day of Resurrection (yawma is in the accusative because of an implied [preceding] udhkur, 'mention'), there will be no good tidings on that day for the guilty, that is, the disbelievers, in contrast to the believers for whom there shall be the good tidings of Paradise, and they will say, 'A forbidding ban!', as was their [the pagan] custom in this world whenever a misfortune befell them; in other words [they mean] 'awdhan ma'ādhan, seeking refuge from the angels [who will chastise them]. Allahu ta’ālā, exalted be He, says: