* Here al-mawta (the dead) and al-summa (the deaf) denote the disbelievers. The Companions and the Followers have also narrated the same meaning. See: Tafsir al-Tabari (20:12); Tafsir al-Qurtubi (13:232); Tafsir al-Baghawi (3:428); Zad al-Masir by Ibn al-Jawzi (6:189); Tafsir Ibn Kathir (3:375, 439); Tafsir al-Lubab by Ibn ‘Adil al-Damashqi (16:126); al-Durr al-Manthur by al-Suyuti (6:376) and Fath al-Qadir by al-Shawkani (4:150).