Translation: "(The reply will be:) ´Nay, 4330 but there came to
you my Signs, and you did reject them: you were
Haughty, and became one of those who reject
faith!´" 4331
Commentary:
4330 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. (R).
4331 Cf. 2:34 . The example of the arch-sinner illustrates what happens, to a
minor degree, to every kind of sinner.
4330 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. (R).
4331 Cf. 2:34 . The example of the arch-sinner illustrates what happens, to a minor degree, to every kind of sinner.