Transliteration:( Summa nukisoo 'alaa ru'oosihim laqad 'alimta maa haaa'ulaaa'i yantiqoon )
96 .Either by the devil or by their baser self. They were once again returned to downward infidelity, but because their first thought was not based on faith, therefore this turning of theirs was not declared as apostasy.
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Please refer to Surah Anbiya ayat 64 which provides the complete commentary from verse 64 through 67.
(21:65) Then their minds were turned upside down,[61] and they said: You know well that they do not speak.
61. Literally the original text means: They were turned down upon their heads. Some commentators have interpreted it to mean: They hung down their heads with shame. But this does not fit in the context and the wording of the text. The right interpretation would be: When they considered the answer of Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him), they realized that they themselves were in the wrong, because they had set up helpless idols as deities, which could not even speak a word as to who had broken them. But soon after this, they were overpowered by obduracy and ignorance which perverted their minds and they again relapsed into crookedness.
[893]- After first admitting their error, they were seized by pride and obstinacy.
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