بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَآءَتْكَ ءَايَـٰتِى فَكَذَّبْتَ بِهَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتَ وَكُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ Qur’an Az-Zumar (39:59)Bal a qad j a atka a y a tee faka thth abta bih a wa i stakbarta wakunta mina alk a fireen a
Cf. ii. 34. The example of the arch-sinner illustrates what happens in a minor degree in every kind of sinner.
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.