Tafsir of Al-Mu'minoon 23:108

(He [God, glorified be He, says] in the utmost manifestation of despairing them: "Be driven away into it"—meaning, be humiliated and rebuked with the rebuking of dogs when they are driven away. It is derived from khasa’tu al-kalb (I drove away the dog) when you rebuke it, so it khasa’a (becomes driven away/repelled). Or, it means: "Be silent," a silence of degradation. In this is a metonymical metaphor (isti'ara makniyya) whose counterpart is explicit (tasrihiyya).

"And do not speak to Me"—by requesting to be removed from the Fire or to be returned to the worldly life. It is also said: Do not speak to Me regarding the lifting of the punishment. Perhaps the first is more consistent with what precedes it, given the reasoning that follows. It is also said: "Do not speak to Me ever," and this is the last speech they shall utter.

Ibn Abi al-Dunya recorded in Sifat al-Nar (The Description of the Fire), on the authority of Hudhayfah, that the Prophet—may God, the Exalted, bless him and grant him peace—said: "When God, the Exalted, says to the people of the Fire, 'Be driven away into it and do not speak to Me,' their faces will turn into a piece of flesh with no mouths or nostrils, and the breath will circulate within their chests."

Al-Tabarani, al-Bayhaqi in al-Ba'th, 'Abdullah ibn Ahmad in Zawa’id al-Zuhd, al-Hakim—who authenticated it—and others recorded, on the authority of 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, who said: "The people of Hell will call out to Malik, 'Let your Lord decree our end.' He will leave them for forty years without answering them, then He will answer them, 'Indeed, you will remain.' Then they will call out to their Lord, 'Our Lord, bring us out of it, and if we return [to sin], then indeed we are wrongdoers.' He will leave them for the duration of the world [twice over] without answering them, then He will answer them, 'Be driven away into it and do not speak to Me.' He said: Then the people never uttered a single word after that; there was nothing left but moaning and sobbing."

Sa'id ibn Mansur, Ibn al-Mundhir, and others recorded on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ka'b, who said: "The people of the Fire have five pleas to which God, the Exalted, answers in four; but when the fifth comes, they never speak again. They say: 'Our Lord, You have made us die twice and given us life twice, so we have confessed our sins; so is there any way to get out?' God, the Exalted, answers them: 'That is because, when God was called upon alone, you disbelieved; but if others were associated with Him, you believed. So the judgment is with God, the Most High, the Grand.' Then they say: 'Our Lord, we have seen and we have heard, so return us; we will do righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain.' God, the Exalted, answers them: 'So taste [the punishment] because you forgot the meeting of this Day of yours; indeed, We have forgotten you; and taste the lasting punishment for what you used to do.' Then they say: 'Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call and follow the messengers.' God, the Exalted, answers them: 'Had you not sworn before that for you there would be no cessation?' Then they say: 'Our Lord, bring us out; we will do righteousness other than what we used to do.' God, the Exalted, answers them: 'Did We not grant you life long enough for whoever would remember therein to remember? And the warner had come to you, so taste [the punishment]; there is not for the wrongdoers any helper.' Then they say: 'Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray. Our Lord, bring us out of it, and if we return [to sin], then indeed we are wrongdoers.' Then God, the Exalted, answers them: 'Be driven away into it and do not speak to Me.' And they shall never speak after that."

In some traditions, it is said that they will persist in every plea for a thousand years. The manifest meanings of the subsequent addresses pose a challenge to these reports, as is not hidden. Perhaps none of them are authentic, and al-Hakim's authentication is judged as having no weight. God knows best.