Commentary
Anger from their Lord and humiliation. The anger is what they were commanded to do, which is to kill themselves. And humiliation: their departure from their homes, for the humiliation of estrangement is like a proverb. It is said that it is what befell their sons, who are the sons of Qurayzah and an-Nadir, from the anger of Allah, the Exalted, through killing and exile, and from humiliation through the imposition of jizyah upon the liars who lie about Allah. There is no greater lie than the saying of the Samaritan: 'This is your god and the god of Moses.' It is permissible that in this worldly life, it relates only to humiliation, and it is meant that they will face anger in the Hereafter, and humiliation in this worldly life. Humiliation and poverty were imposed upon them, and they returned with anger from Allah.
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