They [who will remain without] will call out to those [within], "Were we not with you? - [to which]; the others will answer: "So it was! But you allowed yourselves to succumb to temptation,
16 and you were hesitant [in your faith
17 ], and you were doubtful [of resurrection]; and your wishful thinking beguiled you until God's command came to pass:
18 for, [indeed, your own] deceptive thoughts about God deluded you!
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Sc., "by the prospect of worldly gains" or "by fear for your personal safety" - both of which characterize the half-hearted as well as the hypocrites.
Thus Ibn Zayd (quoted by Tabari), explaining the verb tarabbastum.
I.e., "until your death".
See note [30] on the last sentence of 31:33 .
