The Troops
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.[39:59]
"(The reply will be:) ’Nay, but there came to thee my Signs, and thou didst reject them: thou wast Haughty, and became one of those who reject faith!’"

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* v.59 : The reply explains how all such pleas have been anticipated and met. It was deliberate rejection that will deserve and meet its consequences. It is further explained that the motive of sin, as with Satan, was haughtiness and Self.
* Cf. ii. 34. The example of the arch-sinner illustrates what happens in a minor degree in every kind of sinner.