| Answer: It basically warns
against ignoring the verses of the Almighty for the petty reason of love of this
world. In other words, the Qur’an is telling us that when the Almighty demands
from us sacrifice for the sake of religion, like spending wealth in his way, or
accepting the opinion of someone whom we otherwise don’t like, we have to,
indeed, sacrifice our wealth or pride. Those who don’t respond to the Almighty’s
call, are, as if, selling the Almighty’s verses and purchasing petty worldly
gains in exchange. The Jews, who are the direct addressees of this verse, were
especially guilty of this crime, when they refused to accept the Prophet
Muhammad (sws) as the messenger of Allah. And this was for the petty reason that
they did not want to accept a prophet from Banu Isma‘il, who they thought was an
inferior race to theirs.
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