Verse 50
The Smoke • makkah
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Commentary:
False pride and foolish self-conceit are at the root of the disbelievers’ denial of God’s Prophets. To this fact reference has been made again and again in the Quran (43:32, 52, 53, etc.). The first recorded denial of a Prophet of God (Adam) was due to pride and arrogance on the part of Iblis (2:35). The verse under comment means to say that disbelievers will be given zaqqum (زقوم) to eat and thus their pride will be humbled, as it was their arrogance and pride that stood in the way of their accepting the truth. The word زقوم has been considered by some to be an abbreviation, standing for the meaning and content of the verse. The words of the verse have been spoken in irony and disdain.
The words have been spoken in irony.