Translation: They said, "Build him a furnace, and throw
him 4093 into the blazing fire!"
Commentary:
4093 The argument of Abraham was so sound that it could not be met by
argument. In such cases Evil resorts to violence, or secret plotting. Here there was
both violence and secret plotting. The violence consisted in throwing him into a
blazing Furnace. But by the mercy of Allah the fire did not harm him (21:69), and
so they resorted to plotting. But the plotting, as the next verse (37:98) shows, was a
boomerang that recoiled on their own heads.
Muhammad Asad:
Translation: They exclaimed: “Build a pyre 35 for him, and cast him into the blazing fire!”
Commentary: 35 Lit., "a building" or "a structure".
4093 The argument of Abraham was so sound that it could not be met by argument. In such cases Evil resorts to violence, or secret plotting. Here there was both violence and secret plotting. The violence consisted in throwing him into a blazing Furnace. But by the mercy of Allah the fire did not harm him (21:69), and so they resorted to plotting. But the plotting, as the next verse (37:98) shows, was a boomerang that recoiled on their own heads.