Tafseer of The Moon · Al-Qamar · 54:47
Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.
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And His words "Truly, the criminals are in error and in raging fires (suʿur)" (54:47): The Exalted, whose remembrance is exalted, says: Truly, the criminals are in straying from the truth, and they tread a path that is not the right guidance. "and in suʿur": He says: in a burning brought on by the severity of the hardship and the toil in the service of falsehood.
As Ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā related to us, he said: Ibn Thawr related to us, on the authority of Maʿmar, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning His words "in error and in suʿur," he said: in hardship (ʿanāʾ).
