Transliteration:( Yasma'u Aayaatil laahi tutlaa 'alaihi summa yusirru mustakbiran ka-al lam yasma'haa fabashshirhu bi'azaabin aleem )
"Who hears the signs of Allah being recited to them, yet persist [12] boastfully, denying them as if he had not heard them. So give them the news of a painful [13] punishment."
This refers to the one who, despite hearing the signs of Allah, does not abandon disbelief and stubbornness. From this we learn that arrogance and obstinacy act as barriers that prevent a person from accepting faith.
Such a person is warned of a painful punishment—in this world, at the time of death, and in the Hereafter. Accordingly, Nadr bin Harith was captured, tied, and executed (Tafseer: Tayseer, Roohul Ma‘ani).
The tafsir of Surah Jathiya verse 8 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Jathiya ayat 6 which provides the complete commentary from verse 6 through 11.
(45:8) who hears Allah’s Signs being rehearsed to him, and yet persists in his pride, as though he had not heard it.[9] Announce to him, then, the tidings of a grievous chastisement.
9. In other words, there is a marked difference between the person who listens to Allah’s revelations sincerely with an open mind and ponders over them seriously and the person who listens to them resolved that he would deny them, and then persists in the resolve already made without any serious thought. If the first person does not believe in the revelations immediately, it does not mean that he wants to remain an unbeliever, but because he wants to have greater satisfaction. Therefore, even if he is taking time to believe, it is just possible that another revelation might enter his heart and he might believe sincerely with full satisfaction. As for the other person, he would never believe in any revelation whatsoever, for he has already locked his heart up to every revelation of Allah. In this state such people generally are involved as are characterized by the following three qualities:
(1) They are liars; therefore, the truth does not appeal to them.
(2) They are wrongdoers; therefore, it is very hard for them to believe in a teaching or guidance that may impose moral restrictions on them.
(3) They are involved in the conceit that they know everything, and that none can teach them anything; therefore, they do not regard as worthy of attention and consideration Allah’s revelations that are recited to them, and it is all the same for them whether they listen to them or not.
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