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« He replied: This refers to [proud] fury (ḥamīya), just as He said in Sūra Ṣād, in vainglory and defiance [38:2], that is, in proud fury and dissension (ikhtilāf ). Concerning His words: [2:165] (Yet there are people who take to themselves idols), loving them as if loving God; but those who believe love God more ardently… He said: It means that they love idols (andād) in the way that they love God, Mighty and Majestic is He. Indeed, God, Exalted is He, described the intensity of their disbelief and their constancy (ṣidq) in the state of disbelief as ignorance (jahl). He then described the love of the believers and »