Tafseer of The Cloaked One · Al-Muddaththir · 74:22
Then he frowned and scowled;
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It has been related to me on the authority of al-Ḥusayn, who said: I heard Abū Muʿādh say: ʿUbayd informed us, saying: I heard al-Ḍaḥḥāk say concerning His word: ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا "Leave Me with him whom I created alone" (74:11) — by this al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīra is meant. The Prophet of Allah ﷺ called him to Islam, whereupon he said: "Until I reflect upon it." Then he pondered it, ( ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ فَقَالَ إِنْ هَذَا إِلا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ ) "then he frowned and scowled, then he turned away and was arrogant, and he said: this is nothing but transmitted sorcery" (74:22-24). Then Allah made Saqar (Hell) for him.
