Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 5 Al-Ma'idah, Ayat 60-60
قُلۡ هَلۡ اُنَـبِّئُكُمۡ بِشَرٍّ مِّنۡ ذٰ لِكَ مَثُوۡبَةً عِنۡدَ اللّٰهِ ؕ مَنۡ لَّعَنَهُ اللّٰهُ وَغَضِبَ عَلَيۡهِ وَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُمُ الۡقِرَدَةَ وَالۡخَـنَازِيۡرَ وَعَبَدَ الطَّاغُوۡتَ ؕ اُولٰٓـئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَّاَضَلُّ عَنۡ سَوَآءِ السَّبِيۡلِ
﴿5:60﴾
(5:60) Then say to them: 'Shall I tell you about those whose retribution
with Allah is even worse? They are the ones whom Allah has cursed, and who incurred
His wrath and some of whom were changed into apes and swine, and who served
the false deities. Such have an even worse rank and have strayed farther away
from the right path.91
Notes
91. This alludes to the Jews whose history shows that they were subjected,
over and over again, to the wrath and scourge of God. When they desecrated the
law of the Sabbath the faces of many of them were distorted, and subsequently
their degeneration reached such a low point that they took to worshipping Satan
quite openly. The purpose of saying all this is to draw attention to their criminal
boldness while they had sunk to the lowest level of evil, transgression and
moral decadence, they vigorously opposed all those who, thanks to their faith,
lived a truly pious and righteous life.